In January 2017, the members of Denver’s Magic Beans were headed to Bozeman, Montana, when their gear trailer hit a patch of ice, fishtailed, and partially detached from the hitch. The trailer flipped on its side and slid through the mud onto the highway's median. The bandmates found themselves headed toward an oncoming semi. Luckily, the trailer acted as an anchor and caused them to stop before they collided with oncoming traffic.
Everything could have ended that day. But it didn't. Fast-forward a little more than four years later, and the band is about to drop a double album,
Slice of Life, on April 30.