** Please note that we had a bit of feedback during this episode. We’ve made every effort to clean that up as much as possible!  

 Eugene Rice (who called in from work at Malibu Music) and Joseph Perez of The American Mile sat down with us to talk about their growth as a band, their line up changes since 2018 and their sophomore album “American Mile.” We chatted about the uphills and downhills of being a band and excessive touring—with over 200 shows a year! The other two members of the band are Dezmond Saunders and Colton Miller.   

Road dogs at heart, American Mile plays over 200 shows a year and is currently in the middle of a 40+ city tour. Every time they get the train back on the tracks, something would derail it … again. But they never stopped. They never slowed down, even when they should’ve. They just keep on going. All gas and no brakes. And with every drum hit, guitar strum, and vocalline, you can hear the hard work and sacrifice poured into this album that documents the sacrifices, strength, and resilience it takes to keep a band together and to be a functioning human in the 2020s. 

 Made up of four young, seasoned studio and touring musicians, all of whom left their hometowns in the Midwest to come to Los Angeles to pursue music, the band started with a strong rock foundation and found themselves embracing the soul and storyteller songwriting of country music, finding those sweet spots that blend heavy-hitting riffs with soulfullyrics.   

Be sure to check out American Mile here: 

• Website: Americanmilemusic.com 


• IG: American Mile 


• YouTube: Americanmile 


• Facebook: American Mile