Friday, May 24, 2013

True Holland

By: JPD



True Holland formed in Gig Harbor after growing up and playing together for about two and a half years.

They played acoustic for the first time May 14, 2013 outside at Green River Community College for KGRG FM's Spring Pledge Drive, raising funds for the non-profit radio station.

"It was a lot harder than we thought it was going to be. We lost our band room so we moved into Dan and I's living room so we set up some acoustics.So it worked out well, since we were already gearing up to play acoustic anyhow," Justin said.

News director, Curtis Rogers reported that he heard "Heavy" playing from his classroom and nodded his head in tune to the song.

True Holland played "Hooks" which was never heard before.

"A friend and I were drunk in a cabin and there were these antlers from a deer. And I put them in my sweatshirt so he couldn't see my hands. I asked him if we would still be friends if these were my hands and he said no. So I wrote a song about it. "Dave said.

"Bad Luck" was another song played which was heard for the first time by KGRG FM staff and passersby at GRCC. The song could also be in their next video. (if you haven't seen one of their videos I encourage you to check out "Heavy") They've just recorded 13 songs and are whittling it down as an EP. It's just a matter of time.

You can hear "Heavy" and "Afterlife" off of their 2011 self-titled EP by requesting True Holland at 89.9 KGRG FM 253-833-5004.

We just need to find a zoo that will let us swim with dolphins True Holland said.

What we promise is rock in its truest form, as hard as we possibly can. Long live the dawn of modern music.