It's a rainy Friday afternoon here in NYC, but lucky for me, I got to spend a chunk of it chatting away with Sarah Wood (Swood) and Bryan Bruchman. Bryan (guitar/drums) and Swood (guitar/vox), along with Maia Macdonald (guitar/drums) and Ryan Zumsen (bass), make up the Brooklyn indie rock band, Mount Sharp. We are super happy to have them kicking off our official Northside showcase on 6/14! Here's a little primer on the band, and their love of tacos...
Hearts Bleed Radio: So you guys met in Maine, and then ended up in a band together in Brooklyn. How did that happen?
Bryan: We were both living in Portland, Maine, where I was playing in a band (Marie Stella), working at a venue (SPACE Gallery), and running a music blog (HillyTown.com). Sarah had a band called Mango Floss that a few friends with good taste in music saw and started raving about, so I checked them out and loved what I heard. I booked Mango Floss to play a couple shows I was putting on in Maine, so that's where Sarah and I met. Then, we bonded over a long, drawn-out Foursquare battle for the mayorship of a Korean taco restaurant.
Swood: It's how all great friendships begin, really... Tacos.
Bryan: And beer!
HBR: So, how long ago was that? Did you guys come to the city together? Was there kidnapping or bribery involved?
Bryan: Hah! When was that, Swood?
Swood: That is such a good question. About two years.
Bryan: 2011 was when we met.
Swood: Yeah, and then Bryan moved.
Bryan: I booked Mango Floss to play my Belfast Free Range Festival after-party as well as Hot August Night, On A Boat, AKA Party Barge that year. Then I moved back Brooklyn in 2012. A short while after that I had a breakup and found myself in need of a roommate.
HBR: I wish more places offered Free Range Musicians...
Bryan: Hah!
HBR: And Swood swooped in...
Bryan: Yup. I was up in Maine to work on some videos - and I think for Free Range Festival again - when Sarah and I had tacos at a less-than-awesome place which will remain unnamed, and offered to move to NY, be my roommate, and start a band!
Swood: I decided I needed to get out of Maine, and that coincided with Bryan needing a roommate. Meant to be.
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