>>From the second floo of the Orlando Public Library, welcome to Melrose in the Mix, our series of live recording sessions from here at the Melrose Center.

Hi, everyone.

I'm Jim Myers.

Today's session features 0 Miles Per Hour.

This young four piece unit featuring Jackson Bates, Chrissy McKeever, Jack Dee and Dakotah Walker have quickly established themselves as a energetic force in the Orlando music scene, building a strong local following while also touring and receiving positive press attention along the way.

Before the session, we had a chance to talk to the band about how they began playin music together in middle school their influences their favorite shows so far and more.

We also had a chance to talk to Marshal Rones from Montgomery Drive Presents about his experiences working with the band.

♪♪♪ >>If you care to kno what my heart won't ever show.

We're overgrown.

I won't be the one to make you whole.

But what if I can't get past this feeling?

Calloused hands now cut up and bleeding.

♪♪♪ I cant keep going on this losing streak.

When we make a promise, there's nothing on it.

Its always half empty.

But what if I can't get past this feeling?

Calloused hands now cut up and bleeding.

Resenting you and your love now I can't believe that youre still here while Im trapped underneath.

♪♪♪ >>Thank you.

We're 0 Miles Per Hour.

We're from Orlando, Florida.

>>So Montgomery Drive started, actually, as my musical project.

Over time, I. I delved into booking, and it became things shifted from me promot ing myself to promoting others.

And as that grew, it led me to booking and promoting tours, touring the country, touring Japan, and building that sense of community I guess, throughout the state.

And eventually it evolved into the booking out of state and take along acts that I manage and other acts that I do tour booking for.

I discovered 0 Miles Per Hour, probably a few years before the pandemic.

I want to say the first time I saw them was probably 2015 or 16ish, but two of the members were attending shows that I hosted when they were very young, and then they started a musical projec and we talked and at that time they were a little too young for me to put them in most of the establishments I was working with.

And over tim that we just stayed in contact and then we just started doing shows and they became what they are now and exploded.

♪♪♪ >>You gave a sign.

Whispers leave your breath.

A moment stopped in time.

With you Ill never regret.

All caught up in this feeling.

With my head in the ceiling.

Take things slowly.

Lay me down.

Your world surrounds me.

Dont let me drown.

It's a fiery blue.

In rivers of Lethe.

Something about you I think I'm losing my breath.

All caught up in this feeling.

With my head in the ceiling.

And hearts are both racing in a state of just being.

Take things slowly.

Lay me down, your world surrounds me.

Dont let me drown.

Will you sink with me?

Tethered to the weight of everything we could be.

Then Id feel safe.

♪♪♪ >>There's been a ton o memorable moments with 0 Miles.

Last year, we had the opportunity to go to South by Southwest and they absolutely destroyed there.

Over the last few years, they've grown to the point that they're getting bigger and better opportunities.

So we sold out the Abbey with them, which is a 500 cap room here and the receptio to them was absolutely insane.

I've gotten to see them open for some of their favorite artists, people that inspired them on every stage, from The Social to Will's Pub to Soundbar when that was in existence or pretty much wherever else.

And that has expanded to the point of them getting different tours, supporting some of those artists.

And so every every day there's something new.

>>Memorable one?

>>That is a memorable one that's a good one.

>>I guess Abbey, Abbey's cool.

>>We played it at the Abbey this past August and that was a venue we grew up going seeing some of our favorite bands and we ended up like selling it out and that was a really cool feeling.

Full circle moment.

>>Very.

>>Like we saw bands that mad us want to start a band there.

>>Literally.

And then we now being on that stage and doin the same thing was really cool to do.

>>Stage dives.

>>Lot of stage dives.

Yeah, that was so cool.

>>Think Savannah was cool too.

>>Savannah.

It >>Savannah was cool.

Yeah, yeah.

We, we just recently started like being able to branch out and play a lot more like out of state or out of town shows.

And we got to play Savannah and like there wasn't obviously that was our first time.

There wasn't like a bunch of kids there, but it was cool just to be like "Oh, we're in a state that's not where we live."

And like, kids still came to like, listen to music and like everyone, like, had a good time.

So like, stuff like that is like, not as picturesque.

It's still very fun.

>>I think, um, another big one was coming out of COVID opening up for Waves which is one of one of our favorite bands and one of the reasons we started the band and got the opportunity to open for them, that was really cool.

I think I always think of that show that's a very memorable show.

>>Way too early.

>>Yeah, we were like, we were I, we, I remember we were seniors.

I had SATs the next morning.

>>Yeah we all did we all had SATs.

It is the morning after that was-- >>I couldn't stay for Waves.

I had to go home.

>>But yeah it was great-- the worst I did on the SAT-- >>That was the worst SAT score I got too but it was a great time so worth it.

>>So worth it it was fun.

>>And now I worked at that venue.

>>Yeah, I know.

>>Like, full circle.

♪♪♪ >>Soft and sweet to me.

Petals and thorns memories to keep.

Passions rooted gently.

A love once eternal now buried deep.

♪♪♪ We used to bloom together, now we change with the weather.

But it feels like we're stuck in just one place.

You paint everything in the dullest shade.

Wake up, breathe in.

Its not how we should have been.

The roots will stay, feel us fade away.

♪♪♪ The sun comes out less these days.

What once was growth is now decay.

I know that it can be hard to see.

But seasons change and so have we.

Buried.

♪♪♪ Wake up, breathe in.

Its not how we should have been.

The roots will stay.

Feel us fade away.

♪♪♪ >>So tentative.

>>So tentative.

>>Hopefully.

>>We're working on our first EP Body of work that we're very proud of and like we've been really trying to hone in on these songs and the sound.

The past couple of years we've been just throwing out you know, one time singles and songs here and there.

But I thin really trying to find ourselves and now we feel lik we have really found something and we want to put out a body of work that represents us.

Um, so that's coming out sometime this year.

Now, I don't know if I can say for sure.

>>We don't know when or if.

>>Yeah, but well, that's, that's the plan.

Yeah.

>>By the time this airs they would have just played supporting Modern Color at Will's Pub.

I'm sure we'll have a lot of other interesting things in motion for after that.

There there's a lot of interesting irons in the fire right now that some I'm not at liberty to say just yet but they're very excited for the future and there's lot of different opportunities statewide and outside Florida that are coming their way.

>>I think for influences like recently, um, like within this past year, um, we started out the band trying to do like stuff maybe other people would like, like what would I like?

Would, would other people like this or would like group of people like thi or try to impress other people?

And then you kind of came to the realization after seeing bands at South by Southwest when we went over there, like we really only have to impress ourselves and that's when stuff really starts working out.

Um, so we can name names.

Snooper would be a name of a band, Hotline T&T.

Um, like bands though we sound nothing alike, but just seeing them do their ow thing and really just be a true their art is a true reflection of themselves.

Um, I think was very influential to us and just our approach to music and how we do things.

But also I like the point you made like peers and seeing what our community does.

It's just so inspiring, seeing like a local band have a huge show or hav really great songs like-- >>Or a local band not become a not local band.

>>Or because, yeah, blow up.

It's just the coolest thing.

And so inspiring to us to see.

♪♪♪ >>Such a stupid kid that's why you're stuck here.

They don't like you cause you're smart.

Stuck between rock and hallway but the lights wont come back on.

♪♪♪ I think you drink too much I think its catching up.

I know you can't carry on for long.

You should get some sleep just like Colin and Keith.

You see they get so much done.

♪♪♪ But you'll open up again on Saturday.

In and out and then you'll fall away.

Everyones been talking, everyones been worried about you.

But everyone can live without you.

So whats it gonna take baby?

How much will it take for you to stop before youre gone?

Nothings gonna change baby nothings gonna change.

I just love you until Im gone.

Look her in the eye tell her bottle took the prize as you watch her face distort.

You shouldnt be surprised by the end of the night and you can't tell us apart.

♪♪♪ >>We'll usuall come to the group at a practice and show some ideas.

We might have it fully fleshed out and like an idea of what we want and all the structure.

Or it might just be a riff or an idea or a line, and then over the couple of weeks, like we'll work it out and really work out the kink and everyone kinda just brings something different trying to add something new.

>>Yeah, it's a lot of a lot of riffs.

>>Lots of riffs.

>>Lots of just going over and reriffing.

>>Reriffing and then lyrics are like absolutely last.

>>Yeah.

Really.

Yeah, yeah, yeah You just wait for lyrics last.

>>Yeah, I think we write songs just so we can play shows.

>>Yeah.

The lyrics I think recently though have been really >>Been a lot.

>>It was kinda like a wake u call when our friend was like, You guys should really pay attention to what you say.

You know why people want to listen.

And so we took that and ran with it really like, okay, you know, if we have a stage, we have a platform, we might as well talk abou something we wanna talk about.

>>Yeah.

>>Something we have to say.

>>Something personal.

>>I think we were also we were so young, we didn't really have anything to say when we started over.

>>We had no problems.

>>So we no, we didn't really have any message or anything we wanted to really tell the world.

But now in our old age of 20 years old, you know, we know we have lots of-- >>Life experience.

>>Stuff to say.

Um, but yeah, now we all collaborate on lyrics and it's really cool.

Yeah.

It's like, yeah.

>>I mean, yeah, it's all we individually and then we all come together, uh, us three live together and he has like a little recording thing in his room.

>>I like to demo some stuff.

>>Demo together, I don't know.

>>Or just get some acoustic guitar.

>>Yeah, jam out.

>>We could do dotted cause that's-- >>The song we're closing out with.

Um, we're in the process of recording right now, hopefully finishing it up soon.

But, that was the first one where we really were truly felt like it was ourselves and that we found a sound that represents us.

And that was right after, during the time when our friend made that comment saying like, you guys should take lyrics seriously for once.

>>Good opportunity.

>>We really did with that one.

Sat down and took the tim so the lyrics mean a lot to us.

Um, and we're I'm still so proud of that song is, we've been playing it for a while now and I think the crowd also it reflects in them too.

>>Yeah.

Yeah.

>>It's called Dotted Line.

>>Yes.

It's the one we're closing out with.

So.

Thanks you al for coming out this afternoon.

Very lovely.

>>We'r so stoked to be a part of this.

This is really cool.

This is our last one we're going to be playing.

We're called 0 Miles Per Hour.

Thank you again.

Thank you, everyone involved.

This is really sick.

♪♪♪ Hello.

Got me wrapped around your finger.

I sit back and let it linger just like yesterday.

I struggle to let go and be myself.

Seek approval from someone else that I'll never win.

Ill never win.

Awake at night I cant get any rest.

If I let you in will you love me any less?

I dont know much but I cant feel so insecure.

The weight is disabling, can I take any more?

♪♪♪ Its constant, always worried about theyll say.

Ill waste the day away but Ill never learn I cant pretend Im fine.

>>Dont think Ill ever be enoug >>Walk the dotted line.

>>Why would I ever make this up >>Now Im shaking hands.

>>Will I feel this when Im older?

Youre the devil on my shoulder.

>>Awake at night I cant get any rest.

If I let you in will you love me any less?

I dont know much but I cant feel so insecure.

The weight is disabling, can I take anymore.

♪♪♪ Thank you, guys.

>>Okay.

>>Um, art class, 8th grade, talking about making a band, maybe.

And our friend Nic was like, Oh, you guys are going nowhere, so.

Right.

And we could have drive at the time and someone, someone mentioned it.

I don't know who like the name.

I don't know whose idea.

>>I don't know.

But we liked it, it always stuck.

>>Yeah, it just worked.

>>That's the story.

>>That's that's the story that we pick.

>>It's an acronym.

>>It's changeable.

>>Start a band.

>>Yeah, it's a good one.

>>Literally.

Everybody should start a band because it's awesome.

>>It's a lot of fun, maybe.

Yeah.

>>Yeah.

>>Express yourself.

Yeah, that's.

I mean, if you can't start a band-- >>Do it another way.

>>Try to try to find some way.

>>Find a passion.

>>To, um, show who you are to let the world know because might as well.

>>Yeah.

>>Lots of bad stuff i this world, might as well try.

>>Might as well have a good time-- >>Start a band.

>>Letting people know >>Start a band life sucks.

>>Life sucks start a band.

>>Thanks for joining us for this episode of Melrose in the Mix, featuring 0 Miles Per Hour.

We'll see you again soon for another live recording session here in the Melrose Cente at the Orlando Public Library.