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April 11, 2016
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Top : Meet Me in Orbit’s Brandon Bews and Jared Brannan reminisce about their set backstage at The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. Bottom: Brannan (right) and Bews (left) playing a set at The Great American Music Hall. The pair have been playing music together for two years.
Estefany Gonzalez Co-Editor-in-Chief Bay Area band Meet Me in Orbit recorded its first EP in a small twobedroom apartment in Walnut Creek. Though the members recorded the EP at home, the clear, crisp sounds earned the band enough attention to enter into Live
105’s regular radio rotation. The electro-pop duo has only played a total of 10 live shows, but already the band is starting to grow a large following. This momentum earned the pair an invitation to play a music festival with popular bands like Silversun Pickups, Fritz And The Tantrums and The Offspring.
Synth player Brandon Bews grew up listening to “emo music,” and singer Jared Brannan said he listened to “R&B like Boyz 2 Men,” yet the two manage to make a perfect blend of music all their own. The two met four years ago while working at a corporate office and hit it off instantly.
They bonded over a love of outer space and bands M83 and CHVRCHES. Eventually they moved in together, but didn’t start making music until two years later, when they bought a synthesizer on a whim. They intended to create a webpage using the name Meet Me in Orbit for the site. The plan was
to post short animation films on the page and use the synthesizer to make accompanying music. Instead, they focused on creating lively music with a soft touch. Their current plans include releasing a full-length album and fulfilling their goal of playing a show wearing sunglasses, at the 2016 Live 105 BFD festival. Estefany Gonzalez/ Oak Leaf
Top: Both members of Meet Me in Orbit took a break from music to enter the work world after college, but this is by far the most serious project either of them has done. Bottom left: A split -second decision to buy a synthesizer pushed roommates Jared Brannan and Brandon Bews to form a band together. Bottom right: Brannan and Bews enjoy a cold beer backstage after performing under the hot stage lights of The Great American Music Hall.
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Members of Meet Me in Orbit like to try new things on stage. Singer Jared Brannan plays the drum pad live for the first time, alternating between it and singing.