SONS OF GUNS is Mike Surber, Gregory Rawlins, Seth Johnson, and E.J. Sander. They formed in Seattle in 2004 and have been creating and performing original music from the Northwest since.

When the lockdown started, Sons of Guns needed a Plan B. You see—as luck would have it, March 12th 2020 was the scheduled release day of their 13-song LP Emerald Evergreen. The album was two years in the making, and the tour van was already gassed up. But along with every other working band and musician across the world, their ability to travel, rehearse, and play sweaty rock shows in front of shoulder-to-shoulder strangers and hand-in-hand friends had evaporated into thin air.

So after a few deep breaths and a few days to lick wounds and find new bearings, Sons of Guns set out to have the healthiest long-distance relationship wifi could buy. From four cramped rooms in four different nooks of the Pacific Northwest, the dudes just kept writing and collaborating; tossing new ideas across the pixel-waves, adding layers to one another’s seedling riffs, lines, and verses. A few dozen Zoom calls and a few hundred file uploads later, more than an album’s-worth of brand new songs had been crafted.

As always, music is free and for all ages.