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Houston, Texas-based hard rock outfit Await The Day have just released their 5-song debut EP Time For Change, with lyrics that focus largely on trusting God’s providence – something to which the band has grown accustomed over the course of their 18 months together. What started as a thrown-together worship band for a church men’s retreat in November of 2006 has grown into a full-blown musical ministry for the quartet. Says Eddie Boyer, the group’s bassist, “We keep saying we’re just along for the ride. I don’t think any of us intended things to go this way, but God keeps bringing the opportunities and we keep saying yes.” It’s hard to argue a point like that with a band that has rarely had to expend much of its own effort to book a show. “Most of our gigs come to us through our MySpace,” says guitarist Justin O’Neal. They’ve played bars and Christian music clubs, church youth events and battles of the bands, and they’ve shared a stage with Showbread and High Flight Society, all with minimal (non-musical) effort on their parts. In fact, their most exciting opportunities somehow seem to fall in their collective lap, sometimes in dizzying bursts. Boyer was at a Houston sandwich shop when he met Jeffrey Armstreet (Evangeline), who produced the band’s EP at his studio, and subsequently got them placed on the bill for one of GMA Week’s biggest showcases. Soon after, the first song they recorded with Armstreet got them placed on the independent stage at Spirit West Coast in Monterrey, California. After all of that, the band could be forgiven for suspecting that an external hand may be manipulating knobs on the myriad doors that continue to open for them. Despite the consistent growth of their fan base, their busy schedule and a solid first recording effort, Await the Day insists that their aspirations aren’t centered around large-scale success, at least not for its own sake.... |
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