![]() The heart of the song is its energy-the guitar sounds nasty and in-your-face, the drums are loud and washy, and we threw in that Zeppelin-esque turnaround in the chorus. And I was like, ‘Boom! We got our chorus!’ We wrote 80% of that song in ten minutes. “We were messing around with the tune before rehearsal and Rylen used the term ‘heavy handed’ to describe the riff. “ actually started as a joke,” Matt said. The band has taken a bit of a hiatus until he comes home for the summer.īut despite the distance, the band’s energy is ever-present, as they’ve just released two new singles on Soundcloud, “Orphans” and “Heavy Handed.” The third and most recent song, “Heavy Handed,” was released on February 16, with a dark underlying message about relationships. Third-Space continued its number of performances until Chase returned to the mainland to study Business at Central Washington University. In October, “Dangerous” made its debut on Star 101.9’s Unsigned Hawaii segments. Through their friend and fellow musician, Jesse Valor, the band proceeded to play at Station Bar, Hawaiian Brian’s and a number of other venues. When the Third-Space members recouped in Hawaii, they held their first performance at Onstage Drinks and Grinds in Kapahulu. They wrote their first single, “Dangerous,” that same day. Coincidentally, Chase was in the area and met up with Matt and Rylen for a quick jam session. Then, Chase and Matt, who were high school classmates and had barely communicated since graduation, formed a friendship over their favorite band, The Foo Fighters (“So, Dave Grohl, if you ever read this, just know you had a part in starting our band,” Matt stated jokingly).ĭuring their spring break in 2015, the three met up in Seattle, where Rylen (a Fishery Science major at the University of Washington) was finishing up his last semester of college. Rylen and Matt, who have known each other since pre-school, were already performing together on occasion. Yeah we’re a rock band, but we try to find a harmonious way to incorporate elements from a lot of different cats.” We jokingly ask ourselves, “How can we f*** this up?” or “How can we make this a little different?” all the time. While our tunes most easily fall under the umbrella of rock n’ roll, we are constantly trying to push the boundaries and distance it from the 3 chord, 4/4 backbeat of rock music. It’s the in between, unresolved spaces that often keep us up at night, and it’s our vision to offer something tangible to people caught in those places. “Applied to the band, we want our music to exist in the tension both melodically and lyrically-hence the hyphen. Still, the tragedy is that this person can ultimately never be completely at home in either culture anymore-ousted by his/her Indian peers for becoming “too Westernized” and in many cases not completely accepted by his/her American peers because of linguistic, religious, cultural differences, etc. The Third Space is a place of tension, as the individual is forced to create a hybrid “third” identity that attempts to bridge the gap between these two opposing cultures. This person is now caught in the difference between India and America (language, religion, customs, etc). For example, let’s say someone born and raised in India moves to America for education and to start a career. In short, it outlines the plight of the immigrant. “’Third Space’ (no hyphen) is a term coined by literary/cultural theorist Homi K. “I majored in English, so the name is kinda my nerd moment,” said Matt, a 2015 graduate of Biola University. Third-Space was established in April 2015, after a brief experience that Ito shared Jimi Hendrix, The Foo Fighters and The Who are just some of the musicians that inspired the trio. ![]() The band’s sound resembles a mix to classic and contemporary rock, which were its heaviest influences. Alongside Matt and Chase is bassist Rylen Nakama, Matt’s childhood friend. He referred to drummer Chase Perry, a high school classmate who bonded over a love for The Foo Fighters. ![]() “This band wouldn’t exist without Chase Perry,” wrote Matt Ito, frontman/lead guitarist for local rock band Third-Space.
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