Written by: Cait Elizabeth - December 2018
Edited by: Travis Ryan

INTRODUCTIONS: 

Aron Street is one of the most lyrically striking bands I’ve come across so far on Long Island. Loyal readers will have gathered by now that I’m partial to happysad music, but Aron Street just knows how to play your heart strings. The founding and only remaining original member Nick Mullady (lead vocals/guitar) has an incredible and unique narrative voice. He formed the group with a close friend about two years ago, but the duo felt the pressure of trying to make meaningful music and dreams come true; this had unfortunate repercussions for their friendship. Nick describes the journey as being “filled with stress and anxiety and uncertainty”. That has led him to where he is now though, which is surrounded by three other wildly talented musicians: Long time best friend Rosco Sinclair on bass guitar, Andrew Friedman on lead guitar and backup vocals, and the recently added Ryan Birkbeck on drums. Nick shared that he couldn’t be happier with the current lineup.

Expressing himself hasn’t necessarily been easy throughout Nick’s life. He grew up on the shy side, not knowing how to communicate or express how he was feeling to other people. He would write poems and play guitar over the years, but the big breaking point happened when he found himself in a college-level military academy. Feeling he had nothing to lose by trying, he sang in front of a crowd for the very first time at the first Aron Street show.

When asked about his favorite song, Nick shared a story that will sound regretfully familiar to so many of our own. Caught up in depression and anxiety and without a clear or meaningful path to follow, he lost sight of his own identity. In a pattern of depression naps and periods of pure insomnia that Nick wasn’t able to shake free from, he shifted from an active, adventurous lifestyle to one of pure social paralysis. He stopped going to class, couldn’t socialize with anyone, and didn’t have a direction. When the idea of starting this band began to come together, there was this one ray of hope, like a solitary beam of light into a cold dorm room.

Nick wrote “Lazy” as a therapy session of sorts. It was a deep reflective look at what he was going through and how he felt. It was the first real time he expressed even to himself how he was feeling, and even to this day singing it will bring him back to that place, making him grateful for how far he has come. He included the following lyrics from “Lazy”, which is currently unreleased.

“I still remember things you’ve said 
And the wasps have settled in my head 
But it feels they’re flying over me 
The day will come, And I know it will 
Where we make love, and you stay still 
And the lights are off so you can’t see 
And watch me do this magic trick 
And tell me when I’m full of it 
So I can tell you’re not like me 
The televisions on the fritz 
And I promised I’d take care of it 
But right now I just feel so lazy”

TOURS & SHOWS

Aron Street has primarily played shows on Long Island and in New York City. In March of 2018 the band journeyed all the way to Austin, TX for the SXSW Festival, playing in Houston that week before coming back home.

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INSPIRATION & INFLUENCES

Nick describes Aron Street’s sound as acoustic indie alternative rock. He draws inspiration from bands such as The Front Bottoms and Sublime. He shared that the endless unconditional love and support from his cute girlfriend Savannah means the world to him.