Power Trip performed their first present for the reason that tragic passing of vocalist Riley Gale in 2020 on December 1, 2023 on the Mohawk in Austin, TX. Power Trip is at the moment fronted by Fugitive vocalist Seth Gilmore and has performed a handful of exhibits since then (plus just a few upcoming ones).
Alongside Power Trip is guitarist Blake Ibanez‘s new band Fugitive, who up to now have an EP named Maniac and a 7″ named Blast Furnace b/w Standoff to their identify. So how is Ibanez balancing the 2 bands? In an interview with Sh!t Discuss Evaluations, Ibanez mentioned Power Trip is basically a celebration of their Gale-fronted music and that the exhibits are merely an opportunity for folks to see the band once more (or for the primary time).
“By way of Power Trip, I had no… actually no want to reform the band if we could not do it the way in which we wished to do it,” mentioned Ibanez. “With those who we need to work with. We come from a scene, so it is like, we’re not going to only maintain YouTube auditions for a man that appears like Riley and like, deliver him in. It may be somebody that is a pal of ours that is from our world, that is from our scene. I simply assume the way in which it labored out, it had been lengthy sufficient since Power Trip had been performed.
“It isn’t about filling any footwear. I believe folks want to know that. We’re not even actually a full-time band. We’re simply enjoying some exhibits. It is actually nearly enjoying the songs once more and honoring what we did and celebrating the songs and doing it a distinct manner. I believe we realized that getting somebody that sounds similar to him would have been actually bizarre and actually, I believe not the best factor to do as a result of that is not proper.
“I believe Seth is in the identical household tree vocally, however he is obtained his personal sound and his personal supply. I believe he sings the songs a little bit bit in a different way, in a manner that I believe is is extra him he is his personal particular person.”
Ibanez later famous that Power Trip “nonetheless form of a reunion band,” however famous that there’s music that would doubtlessly (perhaps, probably) floor sooner or later.
“Power Trip continues to be form of a reunion band. I believe the one goal we’ve got proper now could be to play all of the songs for those that both by no means noticed us or need to see us once more. It has been a very long time. There’s a number of music that I spend a number of time writing and a number of songs that in the future we could take a crack at. Perhaps.”
Ibanez continued: “I do not need folks to assume that like ‘okay, we obtained Power Trip again on stage so I am simply gonna ditch this different factor.’ I respect what we did in Power Trip and I do not know if it is time to write music underneath that identify once more, you realize? I believe we are able to carry out the songs and rejoice them with followers far and wide and have a superb time. Perhaps down the road… there may be music that will or could not… we would determine to do one thing with it. Perhaps not. I do not. I simply do not assume now could be the time. It could could by no means be the time.”
These feedback are fairly in keeping with what Power Trip drummer Chris Ulsh needed to say in a current interview with Steel Hammer. In that interview, he mentioned: “I believe it is the latter [that Power Trip will be taking things a bit slower]. I believe we’ll simply assess after the exhibits and make some strikes, though I want I had extra to let you know. Blake and I’ve a ton of music that we have been engaged on, there’s loads of stuff there. We simply have not even actually gotten there mentally, as a result of we need to get these exhibits previous us first.
“There is a ton of those who have by no means seen Power Trip earlier than, that discovered in regards to the band on the web or Spotify or no matter. And since a lot time has handed, I believe an important factor to us is simply enjoying the outdated songs once more for folks. Then after that we are able to begin enthusiastic about perhaps getting one thing new on the market.”
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