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Our Mystery Band

Featuring a demo of a tune from the upcoming record

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Jul 07, 2026
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We’ve been getting a lot of questions about this band pictured above since it was briefly discussed in our last Little Bit Of Everything post. From left to right, the band consists of Ross James, me, Adam MacDougall, Eric Krasno, Griff, and Rick Mitarotonda. The band also includes Otiel Burbridge Nicki Bluhm but they weren’t there the day we took this picture.

This post isn’t gonna be too long because I still can’t tell you too much. I can’t tell you the band name. I can’t tell you about our plan to play some shows. But I can tell you that both of those things exist. I’ve received permission from my bandmates to share a demo of a tune that we cut for the record. This is just me and an acoustic guitar playing a song a little over 4 minutes. Whereas the studio version with the full band clocks in at a little over 8 😳.

If you’re the kind of Dawes fan that has enjoyed following us into our Misadventures of Doomscroller moment, I think you’re going to really enjoy what we’re cooking up.

The paid subscribers can now enjoy “Kicking Over The Traces” below. Looking forward to reading your thoughts in the comments.

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