POWER TRIP Is Still Kind Of A Reunion Band

Power Trip performed their first present because the tragic passing of vocalist Riley Gale in 2020 on December 1, 2023 on the Mohawk in Austin, TX. Power Trip is at present fronted by Fugitive vocalist Seth Gilmore and has performed a handful of exhibits since then (plus a couple of upcoming ones).

Alongside Power Trip is guitarist Blake Ibanez‘s new band Fugitive, who thus far have an EP named Maniac and a 7″ named Blast Furnace b/w Standoff to their identify. So how is Ibanez balancing the 2 bands? In an interview with Sh!t Speak Critiques, Ibanez stated Power Trip is basically a celebration of their Gale-fronted music and that the exhibits are merely an opportunity for individuals to see the band once more (or for the primary time).

“By way of Power Trip, I had no… actually no want to reform the band if we could not do it the best way we needed to do it,” stated Ibanez. “With folks that we need to work with. We come from a scene, so it is like, we’re not going to only maintain YouTube auditions for a man that appears like Riley and like, convey him in. It should be somebody that is a pal of ours that is from our world, that is from our scene. I simply suppose the best way it labored out, it had been lengthy sufficient since Power Trip had been performed.

“It isn’t about filling any sneakers. I believe individuals want to grasp that. We’re not even actually a full-time band. We’re simply taking part in some exhibits. It is actually nearly taking part in the songs once more and honoring what we did and celebrating the songs and doing it a distinct manner. I believe we realized that getting somebody that sounds identical to him would have been actually bizarre and actually, I believe not the fitting factor to do as a result of that is not proper.

“I believe Seth is in the identical household tree vocally, however he is acquired his personal sound and his personal supply. I believe he sings the songs somewhat bit otherwise, in a manner that I believe is is extra him he is his personal particular person.”

Ibanez later famous that Power Trip “nonetheless form of a reunion band,” however famous that there’s music that might probably (perhaps, probably) floor in some unspecified time in the future.

“Power Trip continues to be form of a reunion band. I believe the one goal we’ve got proper now’s to play all of the songs for those that both by no means noticed us or need to see us once more. It has been a very long time. There’s lots of music that I spend lots of time writing and lots of songs that at some point we could take a crack at. Possibly.”

Ibanez continued: “I do not need individuals to suppose that like ‘okay, we acquired Power Trip again on stage so I am simply gonna ditch this different factor.’ I respect what we did in Power Trip and I do not know if it is time to write music beneath that identify once more, you realize? I believe we will carry out the songs and rejoice them with followers in all places and have a great time. Possibly down the road… there’s music which will or could not… we’d determine to do one thing with it. Possibly not. I do not. I simply do not suppose now’s the time. It could could by no means be the time.”

These feedback are fairly in step with what Power Trip drummer Chris Ulsh needed to say in a latest interview with Steel Hammer. In that interview, he stated: “I believe it is the latter [that Power Trip will be taking things a bit slower]. I believe we’ll simply assess after the exhibits and make some strikes, though I want I had extra to inform you. Blake and I’ve a ton of music that we have been engaged on, there’s loads of stuff there. We simply have not even actually gotten there mentally, as a result of we need to get these exhibits previous us first.

“There is a ton of folks that have by no means seen Power Trip earlier than, that came upon concerning the band on the web or Spotify or no matter. And since a lot time has handed, I believe a very powerful factor to us is simply taking part in the outdated songs once more for individuals. Then after that we will begin eager about perhaps getting one thing new on the market.”