Featured Local: Travelers

Posted: November 11, 2016 | | Comments are off for this post.

Travelers is an alt-rock band from Virginia Beach, VA. The band consists of Thomas Kearns (lead vocals/guitar), Brandon Jenkins (drums), and Brennan Toler (guitar). The band believes music affects people like no other form of media, making it a very powerful tool to make a difference.

“Music has always brought us and our friends together. It’s a constant in many people’s lives. Through thick and thin music will always be there.”

Travelers released their first EP titled, “Foundations” (on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, etc) last year, and they recently released their sophomore EP, “While I’m Here” this past summer. The band’s influencers include My Chemical Romance, Bring Me the Horizon, The Used, 30 Seconds to Mars.

“We don’t typically say what our songs are about, it means a lot more to us when someone listens to our music and creates their own meaning for the song based on what they believe it’s about. We will say that we do not write about boyfriend/girlfriend relationships, the idolization of drugs, or things of that nature. We like to believe that we’ll tour the world one day, and singing the same song every night about some girl we dated in high school or whatever would get old real quick. Writing about what’s happening in the world, or books, or even certain movements interest us much more than what the average radio song is about these days. Not to say bands shouldn’t write songs like that, it just doesn’t hold our attention for very long.”