Shiver Twins return to Juneau

The Shiver Twins at the 2014 Southeast Alaska State Fair (Photo courtesy of Shiver Twins)
The Shiver Twins at the 2014 Southeast Alaska State Fair (Photo courtesy of Shiver Twins)

Almost as soon as they came together, Juneau band Shiver Twins left for Seattle to pursue their music career. Now the boys are back and tonight musicians James Rosalez, Eric Mountcastle, Lance Fohrenkam and Zac Watt will take to the stage for their first show since their 2014 departure.

“Since we played Haines Fair last year that’s kinda when we were like, ‘Okay, I think we have something cool going on.’ We just booked our tickets in October and it’s been about 8 months since we left Juneau,” says James Rosalez, drummer for the band.

All four members of the band grew up in Juneau. They were working odd jobs when the group came together last year.

“I was a dock rep with Coastal Helicopters. Eric was working with Juneau Youth Services. Zach was working at Heritage, and he’s actually there now working for this week. And Lance was at Home Depot. It was just kind of day jobs and then band stuff, and that’s kind of how it is now in Seattle, but there’s just a little more happening for the kind of music,” Rosalez says.

Though they’re getting big gigs in Seattle, there are still some things they need to tour, like a van.

“We get rides from our friends to all our shows,” Rosalez says.

With a few West Coast shows booked, and recordings already on iTunes, could fame be around the corner?

“I don’t know what making it really means,” Rosalez says. “I think ‘making it’ to me two years ago would have maybe meant getting out of Juneau and playing music in Seattle, and now we’re doing that. But there’s always more that we can do.”

For now they’re just trying to figure out what success looks like for a band from Juneau with big dreams. See James Rosalez and the Shiver Twins Friday night at the Rendezvous. Their homecoming show begins at 10:00 p.m.

Full disclosure: The very talented Annie B. will be opening for the Shiver Twins at tonight’s show.

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