This is Tour Diary, where artists give us a behind-the-scenes look at life on the road. In April, Arcadia Grey wrapped their run with glass beach and Fleece Kawasaki, where they hit over a dozen cities. As the fifth-wave emo crew prepare to release their new album, Casually Crashing, out tomorrow via Smartpunk Records, they gave us deeper insight behind the tour, which included camping in suboptimal temperatures, seeing the Grand Canyon, and toting around an unplayed Oppenheimer Blu-ray.
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Our first show of tour was in Seattle. We had a three-day drive from Chicago. We decided it would be fun to camp three nights there… in mid-March… in 28 degree weather. We were frozen. (Nat Breeden)
William White and Joey Tobin chilling in the Van-Nat. (Nat Breeden)
Nat Breeden
Fleece Kawasaki had an unexpected lineup change in the middle of tour. Pictured is members of glass beach and Arcadia Grey learning his set on an off day in an Airbnb in Virginia. (Nat Breeden)
Dax and Amera holding down merch table. (Nat Breeden)
Nat Breeden
Kiazi of Fleece Kawasaki serenading the touring party. (Nat Breeden)
Nat Breeden
Leigh-Ann, Amera, Joey, and Cooper working on some impromptu handmade merch signs in the back alley of a venue in Phoenix. (Nat Breeden)
Arcadia Grey lives off cup noodles or, in this case, bowl noodles. (Nat Breeden)
The world-famous crag! Cooper, Dylan, and me pulled over at a rest stop and were just smitten with the big ole crag! (Nat Breeden)
Dylan pictured with his two Blu-ray copies of Tenet and Oppenheimer. They traveled the entire country with us, 14,000 miles, and were never once watched. (Nat Breeden)
After the tour ended with glass beach, we had a 27-hour drive back home. We treated ourselves by visiting the Grand Canyon and basking in the beauty of the world. Feeling accomplished from an amazing tour. (Nat Breeden)