Left Of Your Joy

11.03.18 / Live at The Ramkat, Winston-Salem NC

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A couple weeks ago, we received some footage from one of our shows last month. I’d known it wasn’t my best night, vocally speaking, but I wasn’t prepared for what I heard listening back- a series of missteps and mistakes and general off-ness that made me ashamed. To top it off, I felt so embarrassed at the noticeable weight gain I’d previously thought I’d successfully covered. It seemed to fill the screen.

It’s honestly difficult, sometimes, to be working out my life in a semi-public manner, onstage, and through music. There are so many parts I want to hide, and when who I reveal onstage is not who I’m proud of, it can lead to a lot of embarrassment and anxiety.

BUT, before those shows, we discussed what’s important to us as a band, and the answers were things like this: “to provide safe spaces for the outcast, the ‘loser’ or ‘weirdo’ to be themselves”, “to allow people to be honest in struggle,” “to accept people on their journey.” So, even as I process, humorously worried that my offtune night and aggressive lovehandles will keep us from some imaginary kind of growth of success, I feel it is SO much more important for us to be honest, and to invite you to do so with us. Life isn’t easy, all of us struggle with usually many things, and we want to be seen for who we are, not just who we present. So come, all you broken, offtune, lovehandled, depressed, anxious, self-conscious, exhausted weirdos; join us in an honest song and dance together so we can help each other get through this crazy, absurd, beautiful life. -David Wimbish

$“Everybody quick, try to eat your nose!” After Sunday rehearsal, some of us (we missed you, @joshua_stephen_ling but you’re included in all this blubbering !) went to hang at a 🍩 place in Asheville. It got me thinking about this, that I don’t say enough: I love my band. Each of these folks are some of my best friends and family in the world. We spend so much time encouraging and building each other up, figuring out how to better support each other, how to relate to one another. We’ve gone through major stresses, traumas, and losses together, and come out even closer. I care so much more about these relationships than I do about their musical value, and to me, that’s a huge part of what The Collection is about. I’ve found the best version of community I’ve experience so far in this band and it’s members over the years, and I hope we can share even a fraction of the love, support, space, and laughter I’ve received with the folks that listen to our music. I will never cease my gushing about this. I love these folks. With love, David Wimbish$