The Greeting Committee

Kansas City's Greeting Committee crafts an inclusive, upbeat strain of indie rock. Success arrived for the group in 2015 upon issuing their first EP, It's Not All That Bad, which spawned the breakout single "Hands Down." That track paved the way for a contract with Harvest Records, and the label put out the quartet's debut album, This Is It, in 2018. A more mature and reflective release, I'm Afraid I'm Not Angry, followed in 2019, while their second full-length effort, Dandelion, appeared in 2021.

High school friends Addison Sartino on vocals, Brandon Yangmi on guitar, Pierce Turcotte on bass, and Austin Fraser on drums launched the buoyant indie pop outfit in 2014. Local radio personality Lazlo Geiger soon took notice. Momentum accelerated once It's Not All That Bad came out, as "Hands Down" turned into a regional smash and Los Angeles-based Harvest Records quickly signed the band, reissuing the EP in October 2015. Their second EP, Meeting People Is Easy, surfaced two years later, and the full-length This Is It arrived in 2018. The ensuing twelve months found them sharing stages with Bombay Bicycle Club, Hippo Campus, and Tennis, after which the I'm Afraid I'm Not Angry EP emerged in 2019. Three Greeting Committee songs landed on the soundtrack to the streaming romantic comedy To All the Boys: Always and Forever in 2021. That year also marked founding drummer Austin Fraser's exit and the arrival of the heartfelt post-breakup track "Can I Leave Too?," which featured on the emotionally vulnerable sophomore album Dandelion. Standalone singles "Hopscotch" and "Anything But You" sustained activity in 2022, while the 2023 collaboration "Talk About It" with Post Sex Nachos and the 2024 track "Where'd All My Friends Go?" with flipturn kept the momentum alive.