For Trenchtown, brotherhood is everything. From the first time five kids with guitars met up after school in the rural town of North Adams, MI, just some 50 miles south of Detroit, they simply followed the path laid out for them.

It was one that would take them to far-off places as well as other rural towns, still guitars in hand, providing their signature four part harmonies blended with driving punk beats and rhythmic reggae accents.

Trenchtown's music, then under the name Maryz Eyez, garnered them 1 and 3 hits on XM radio and two spots on the Vans Warped Tour. After several years of calling the Detroit music scene home, the band decided to take their show to SoCal and relocated to Hermosa Beach to work on their self titled debut "Trenchtown EP".

Since arriving in the same beach town which has given rise to bands such as Black Flag and Pennywise, Trenchtown has been hard at work writing songs and learning the LA music scene. Upon a chance encounter, Nichols ran into Billy Graziadei of the band Biohazard at a local Best Buy and offered up a demo.

First track, the driving ska fueled opener, ("Ay Oh"). "We literally had this song complete," vocalist Ryan Wagler reveals. "But Billy thought it needed some changes, one being a slight tempo increase of two BPM. Needless to say, we started over and worked all night. That's how dedicated we all were on this project"
The six songs move from the melancholy and abstruse ("Paralyzed") to the hook laden feel good reggae/pop of ("Unpaid Holiday"), featuring shout-it-from-the-rooftops choruses ("Let it Go") and narratives about the wrongful conviction of an innocent man ("Murderer").

Yet, the Trenchtown brotherhood is best conveyed live. "Our shows are no different from the house parties we started at," Nichols says. "You rarely find us back stage, we only want to hang out with everyone before and after shows and share music during. Hope to see you there!!"