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Raining and OK are a three piece, unsigned band from Phoenix, Arizona. The bands three members include, Trevor Tillery on guitar, piano, and vocals, Nick Duplessis as the band’s drummer and percussionist, and Stephen Spears on the bass and also vocals.

As a band they have released two albums. I got the chance to interview guitarist/pianist/vocalist Trevor Tillery over email. He has a lot of interesting things to say including how the band got their name!

How did Raining and OK start?

“Raining And OK started as a little 1 one man project when I started college in Seattle, Washington 3 years ago. When I moved I had a lot of alone time in my apartment and wrote a ton of songs. I never really sang until I started writing my own songs. I was just a closet singer singing in the car haha. After a semester in Seattle I moved back to Phoenix, Arizona and started up the band soon after.”

How did you come up with the name ‘Raining and OK’?

“The name came up before I even moved to Seattle. My friend and I were hanging out and were extremely bored. He was taking white out to a book on the table titled “Training Handbook” for something. He whited out the “T” the “H” and the “bo” and it was left with “Raining And OK” haha. We both agreed that would be a cool band name so I took it!”

What are some of your bands influences?

“We are all influenced by a lot of different bands, books, people and life in general. We listen to a decent amount of Radiohead, Coldplay, Muse, U2, Switchfoot, Phoenix, The Beatles, Queen, Eric Clapton, John Mayer, and The Cardigans.”

Best concert you’ve ever been to?

“By far Coldplay last year. Nick and I went and won front row tickets. Dead center. Amazing! Second best are tied with Muse and U2.”

If you were given the chance to tour with any band/bands, who would be on that tour?

“We would definitely love to tour with any of the bands we are influenced by. Realistically we’d love to tour with our friends in Barcelona and This Providence. We’re also in love with Paper Route, Switchfoot, and Relient K.”

How long does it take you to write a new song?

“Usually when I write a song, the entire main idea of the song comes out in a matter of a few minutes and then I’ll “finish” it in one sitting. The songs that stick around are usually the ones that are written this way. However there are songs that take more work and time. Like the song “The Loveless (True Love)” was a completely different song at first and went through a series of changes to be the song it is now.”

What are your future plans for the band?

“Tour, tour, tour … write .. record … release and repeat! Obviously some things in between. We plan to release something else soon. We are hoping to do this in the Winter but we will see. Right now we are getting a lot of great opportunities to get our current EP a lot of attention, so we want to take that as far as possible so that the new material can have even more impact.”

What is something that most fans probably don’t know about the band?

“We don’t play any of our instruments live, there’s 50 year old professional musicians under the stage that play for us……. not really. But wouldn’t that be a bummer if it were true??”

A big thanks to Trevor for the interview!  You can download the band’s previous releases on iTunes or buy them from the Raining and OK online store.