Raining and OK

In the summer of 2006, Trevor Tillery decided to pack up his bags and leave his hometown of Phoenix to head up to Seattle. It was during the quiet, lonely and creative Seattle nights that Tillery first felt inspired to write down the songs in his head. “I felt like I had these songs in me for years and they all burst out of me at once because I had been holding them in for so long. I had always been just a closet singer until the songs called me to sing them. I feel like the songs found me..” says Tillery.

After just one semester of college in Seattle, Tillery felt compelled to bring his songs back to Phoenix and start Raining and OK with friends Nick DuPlessis (drums), Stephen Spears (bass), and Austin Tingle (guitar). In the next few years, Raining and OK built a steady fanbase by releasing their debut album THE DEVIL ON YOUR SHOULDER in September 2007, and following it up with the ALWAYS WILL BE (EP) in March 2009. Their EP was produced by Matt Grabe (The Maine, The Summer Set) and co-produced by Dan Young of This Providence. The response from both fans and the industry was overwhelming as they were praised for their “depth of maturity” and “beautifully crafted (songs)”, and proved to Raining and OK that people were really connecting with their music and the band.

Along the way, Raining and OK won over fans by playing throughout the Pacific Northwest with Barcelona (Universal Motown) as well as playing shows locally. Raining and OK was put in front of the masses when their song “Empty Handed” was placed on an episode of MTV’s The Real World, resulting in thousands of digital downloads, tens of thousands of Youtube streams, and even an fan-created anime video. An opening slot for Taking Back Sunday (Warner Bros) soon followed, where the band had the opportunity to play in front of an audience of 5,000 people at the Wells Fargo Arena in Phoenix, AZ.

With their latest EP LIVING LIKE A GHOST, Raining and OK has again taken things to a new level of maturity. As Tillery explains “The EP has an overall theme of yearning to live life for a purpose beyond what the world and the media wants us to live. These are songs of hope and anthems to hopefully help bring people out of the dark into the light; out of the hard times.“ The music has anthemic choruses, thought-provoking lyrics, and even a full string section on ‘Waited Long Enough’. The band is now looking forward to releasing the new EP and continuing to build their passionate fanbase. Raining and OK continue to prove that with the right tools, drive and ambition, their music will connect with people.

“We have been around for a bit, but at this point feel like we are really just getting started. We are striving to build a strong community of fans that will allow Raining and OK to be a trademark name for years to come. We want to reach people through our music as far and wide as possible.”

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