Get Safe!

Posted by Serafima Fedorova in Santa Fe

With the music turned up so loud the bass reverberates and in the lights flashing in spectrums of orange and blue, the O’Shaughnessy Performance Space looked like a hot music scene for the newest and brightest bands. On March 26, SFUAD student band Get Safe promoted the recording of its new song “Murphy’s Law,” and opened for a touring band, The Boxers.

Get Safe formed in 2013 and has been working on playing gigs and recording songs. When asked about its name, Trevor Snow, the guitar player, simply states, “It’s good advice.” When describing its genre, Colton Liberatore, a drum player who recently joined Get Safe, admits that he doesn’t know how to define the band’s sound.

The members of Get Safe pitch in genres to describe the genre. “We play instrumental Rock, Indie Rock, and alternative rock,” said Kevin Johnson, the Get Safe bass player.

“Groovy alternative,” added Snow.

“We aim to spread good vibes and positivity,” Liberatore said.

Their main inspirations come from people they’ve previously played with such as Mothercoat—a Japanese band, and Chipper Jones. Snow added that the latter inspired the band’s newest song “Murphy’s Law,” which fans could download for free using a code given out at the concert.

The Boxers, on the other hand, are a four-piece rock band from Chicago, which plays Basement Rock—its self described genre.

Get Safe band members explained that though they and The Boxers hadn’t previously heard each other’s music and only met at the event, they were introduced through a mutual friend who suggested they perform together. Johnson added that getting a first impression from a live performance was definitely preferable. “It’s more raw and organic this way,” he said.

Snow commented after the show that jamming with The Boxers was fun. He said that Get Safe played better tonight and that he thinks they will keep getting better with time. “Now that we have Colton [Liberatore] our music is more interesting rhythmically,”Snow mentions.

Get Safe played all its own original songs including “Turtle Neck Sweater” and “Beware the Sheeple,” which had strong upbeat notes and kept the audience dancing through every single number. Johnson said that he hoped to reach listeners in any way. “Hopefully they get something positive or have good emotions at the end,” Johnson said.

Get Safe performed at Elevated Vibes back in Feb. with other bands, however the members add that their focus now is to do less gigs and find ways to communicate with each other and make more songs. Or as Johnson puts it: “Feel each other up and out.”

Liberatore concluded that the band’s greatest difficulty is finding time to practice with each other since all of the members are busy with their separate bands and music projects. “We’re not on our feet quite yet. We have to get accustomed playing with each other,” he said.

Judging by the reactions of the listeners, Get Safe is well on its way to sorting through the difficulties and achieving their goals. Though the crowd at O’Shaughnessy that night was small, the atmosphere left both audience and musicians with good vibes throughout the rest of the night.