South Philly Basements, by Proof and Proving

South Philly Basements

by Proof and Proving

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1.	The Shadow Caste 01:34	buy track
2.	In The First Place 02:17	buy track
3.	222 (LIVE) 04:23	buy track
4.	SideRamps 02:41	buy track
5.	One More Song (LIVE) 00:36	buy track
6.	Holiday! Make Party! (feat. Welter) 02:30	buy track

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In 2012/2013, Proof and Proving performed around Philadelphia as a three piece: Brian (me) on vocals/guitar, Justin Stevenson (One Win Choice, Man About A Horse) on mandolin, and Rene Ropac (Astpai) on bass. Though we had all first met in the early/mid-2000s via our past touring punk/hardcore bands, the three of us – all living in south philly and no longer touring at the time – coalesced over drinks, great conversations, and fun times.

As that trio, we played some great shows and made some fantastic memories before we all went our different ways - as each eventually moved out of the city.

In that time period, and as a way for us to improve our chops, we live-tracked a practice in my basement. Portions of this album are from that session, while the live tidbits are from one of the shows we played at the legendary Ray’s Happy Birthday Bar.

Last year, as I was moving around files for another recording session, I stumbled across our basement and Ray’s recordings. These recordings, which were never really meant to be an album, were too fun to not share (also, before this album, this lineup of Proof and Proving, with Justin and Rene, only ever had one song released: a cover of Sam Hall, which was on The Philly Rock Comp Vol 2 put out by 502 South: theartisnotdeadrecords.bandcamp.com/track/proof-and-proving-sam-hall).

I look back on these times fondly, and wanted to share some of the good times I had with such good friends. As a nod to our practice space and caliber of shows, the album is affectionately titled “South Philly Basements“.

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released January 22, 2019

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