Basically, Tim and Chad returned to Brigham Young University in the Fall of 2003 after their two-year service as missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Chad rediscovered the world of electronics, purchasing a drum machine and several other electronic music-making gadgets. Tim, racked with the despair associated with mission withdrawal and being snubbed by his then fiancée, started writing surprisingly upbeat songs. Tim recruited Aaron Monson, his childhood friend and former bandmate back in State College, PA, to play guitar and keys. He also recruited Eric Robertson, keyboardist for local prog-metal band Hourglass, on drums, and Eddie King, alum of several local emoish bands, on bass. The following January, Eddie quit, and Nathan Housley (better known as Bob) bought a bass rig with the insurance money from his totaled car to join the band and set about applying his knowledge of jazz guitar to the inferior instrument.
After several name changes, the band settled on Details of Speech, since it was the only name that no one hated. In the Summer of 2004, Aaron Monson went on sabbatical from the band to take an internship position at the University of Chicago at Illinois in hopes of curing cancer. He didn’t, but the rest of the band continued writing and playing, and upon Aaron’s return he fell seamlessly back into Details. Chad and Bob also played one show during the summer as With Enough Food We Can Feed Thousands, which managed to alienate 75% of the scanty audience. It was a nostalgic reminder for some of Details of Speech’s scary electronic days. The band made their first recording that Fall, recording three songs, funded by a friend making a movie, that would later become an EP with an added fourth track. Meanwhile, one of Eric’s friends was building a home studio nearby, which would become the band’s means of recording their first full-length, Friend, Always Miss You, to be released in early 2006.
During the Summer of 2005, the band split up to engage in various academic and otherwise enriching pursuits. Eric installed satellite dishes in Indiana, Tim did an internship with his uncle in a law firm in L.A., and Chad, while planning to go to India to study micro-credit, fell in love and got married instead. (Rumor has it he cried at his wedding). He ended up doing special effects for the movie The Work and the Glory parts 2 and 3 while his now-wife did makeup for the same. Bob and Aaron stayed in Provo, Utah. Bob recorded a solo acoustic CD in Aaron’s room, and Aaron formed a band with Elaine Doty of Another Statistic and Irene Kim called Make Yours Like Mine, and recorded an EP in Bob’s room. Meanwhile, Eric was busy recording in his off-time as Pleasant Pictures. In the Fall of 2005, the band reunited to satisfy renewed local interest, playing to record crowds. What the future will hold for this band is anyone’s guess.
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