#bryceavary

Thanks for being you.

31 pictures, photos and videos of The Rocket Summer at Slim's - San Francisco, CA on August 24, 2017 https://www.crowdalbum.com/album/599e79627574694507000086/The-Rocket-Summer_20170824

i still remember sitting in my friend's car, listening to this record, talking about the magic of music..the way songs have the power to hold our lives. music, as a time machine, moving us back to specific moments in time we might have otherwise forgotten. i've had several similar conversations, since then.. but this instance + this album mark the first for me. eyes wide, realizing it wasn't just true for me. eight years ago, she kept my copy in her car, and we both kind of forgot she'd borrowed it. (but i didn't forget for long 🤓) people get new cars + new places + new friends, but i hope this album stayed with her, somehow.. even without a physical copy, it sure stuck with me. these songs still save + fill + free me, ten years later. i can still see my sixteen year old self excitedly scanning for it at the end of the target aisle. saturday night, eyes wild after singing every word, i got to feel it all over again, as i held onto the LP. i promise i'm not gonna let go of this one! "for my head, for my heart, for what's true.." 💛 ps - i love these rad pins, too. thank you, @taraavary! : ) • • • #morethanmusic #tunestuesday #therocketsummer #bryceavary #doyoufeel #10yearanniversary #favorite #songsaretimemachines #music #bottomlounge #chicago #memories #cousintime #thankful #thevinylcountdown #vinyl #heathersturntable

Bryce Avary always has been and always will be one of the greatest musicians of all time. #bryceavary #therocketsummer #doyoufeel2017 (at Bottom Lounge)

"no matter where you're at, right now, sing this with all your heart, cause it changes things.." 🎶 we are birds with broken wings yet our hearts they keep on beating we're amazed that we survived we're amazed that there's a reason we're alive yeah, there's a reason you're alive so, come alive come alive come alive.. 🎶 saturday night, as we sang songs of hope + healing, life + light, i didn't yet know of the hatred ripping through charlottesville, virginia. bryce's art, as a reflection of his heart, has been a beacon of peace.. a reminder not to let the darkness win, for twelve years of my life. our words + our actions matter more than we could ever know.. they carry into who we become + how we make our world. i ache for the day when hurt is no more, but we cannot remain silent + wish for these things to pass.. we are to COME ALIVE + love in broken places, because it absolutely does change things. if we don't have love, we have nothing.. i still believe in hope + healing, light + life. let us mourn with those who mourn + be love to those who need it most, today + every day. "hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that." (MLK jr.) #morethanmusic #comealive #therocketsummer #bryceavary #chicago #live #music #love #hope #light #peace #life #healing #purpose #prayer #bottomlounge #chicagolove #heathers2017showseries #thankful [@bryceavary] (at Bottom Lounge)

"i'm in love with you, chicago." miss this, already, b! 🤘🏼#morethanmusic #bryceavary #therocketsummer #chicagolove #live #music #bottomlounge #doyoufeel #10thanniversarytour #DYF10 #chicago #thankful #heathers2017showseries (at Bottom Lounge)

The Rocket Summer // Nashville, TN @bryceavary • • • #therocketsummer #TRS #bryceavary #doyoufeel10yeartour #music #musicphotography #livemusic #livemusicphotography #concert #concertphotography #nashville #CR #chelsearaynea (at Exit/In)