DWLLRS to visit campus for centralhallapalooza.
This year’s Centralhallapalooza music festival will feature DWLLRS as the headlining act, according to the Student Activities Board’s Monday reveal.
“I think that their music is fairly accessible and a lot of people could like it. It’s not going to be really hard rock, or country,” sophomore and SAB member John Schaefer said. “I think as a whole, people are either positive about them, or they haven’t heard about them and are open to them. I’m pretty happy with the feedback we’ve received thus far.”
DWLLRS began when then-college roommates Joey Spurgeon and Bren Eissman decided to form an alternative pop band. Now, they have over 100,000 Instagram followers and a few popular songs on TikTok, such as Blue Spirits.
“They formed in college, which is pretty cool, and so I think that they as performers in a college setting will be pretty easy to connect with,” Schaefer said. “Hopefully they’ll be willing to talk with kids afterward.”
Senior Elizabeth Oxaal said she and her friend senior Meera Baldwin enjoy listening to DWLLRS.
“Me and my friend discovered DWLLRS through a Spotify playlist radio last year when we were just listening to random stuff,” Oxaal said. “I’ve always known about them but haven’t kept up with them, and was excited to see SAB was having them for CHP.”
Growing up, the band members of DWLLRS were inspired by musicians like Frank Ocean, Brockhampton, and Tame Impala, according to the Wasserman Music website.
“The duo are creating a diverse sonic palette driven by forward-thinking alternative pop,” the website says. “Utilizing a range of production techniques and carefully crafted songwriting, DWLLRS alchemize their diverse influences to evoke feelings of existentialism, nostalgia, and heartbreak all whilst underpinned by the perpetual hope of better days to come.”
Schaefer encouraged students to listen to DWLLRS before coming to the show.
“Listen to their music before they get here so you know their songs and can sing along,” Schaefer said. “That makes any concert more fun, and also if they can see that the crowd is singing along to their songs, that’s going to be really great for them.”
Students should listen to DWLLRS’ new song “Driving,” Schaefer said.
“I really like their newest song ‘Driving,’ which I didn’t even realize was coming out,” Oxaal said. “I’m excited to see them play and am curious how their performance will be, since most of their songs are a little slower for that kind of environment.”
