Explosions in the Sky at Sound on Sound Fest in 2016 (Photo by David Brendan Hall)
During my teenage years in San Antonio, I had a much cooler best friend with a punk dad. As such, his children annually attended
Fun Fun Fun Fest, the cultish music and comedy festival held at Austin's
Auditorium Shores. I joined in at age 16, just months after returning from a 2012 summer mission trip with my church choir.
Upon entry, the singer of Chicago shock act the
Dwarves dislodged my sunglasses and told me to let my hair down as I bobbed nervously (and happily) before the heavy-genre Black Stage. I got properly high for the first time waiting for