biographical info
No longer bound by expectations held over from our previous work, we felt free to explore aspects of our songwriting that hadn¹t fit into the previous aesthetic. We decided to take the opportunity to move forward and start something completely new.
The subsequent months consisted of spending several summertime nights out on patios discussing how we would go about assembling the new band. We met Clay through mutual friends and found that he shared similar musical interests and the question was put forth as to whether he wanted to join a band, to which Clay responded "Yes, and I want to play bass."
Feeling somewhat buoyed by the ease of the recruiting experience, we went out in pursuit of a drummer. Enter Todd Knapp. Todd had heard through the grapevine that we were looking for someone and was quick to respond.
After a few months of rehearsing and writing we found ourselves onstage at the El Mocambo playing our first show where we were approached by Searaig Hopgood. He had just moved to Toronto from Sault Ste. Marie and was an organ/piano/keys player who expressed an interest in joining the group and we concluded that he would fit nicely into the fold. This would be the beginning of Beneath Augusta.
After a two-week tour around the UK, the band woodsheded for two months, writing and refining what would become our debut album You Gotta Come Down Sometime (Aporia). The result is a collection of ten songs that incorporate many aspects of the band¹s evolving sound.
lineup
Clay Jones Bass
Michael Brennan Singer / Guitar
Matt Cromarty Guitar / Singer
Craig Hopgood Keys
Jeff Alls Drummer