Description
Portland grown alternative indie rock duo When We Met is a two piece power house of sound making fun music that rocks!
The duo trade off on lead vocals as well as singing duets. The instrumentation is typically Melissa ripping it up on bass while Bryan shreds on guitar with their booming unique electronic and percussive tracks made by Bryan dripping throughout songs.
When we met has been on many small west coast tours, as well as two national tours that they made fun Documentaries for that are on YouTube. Taking you to all the venues with behind the scenes tomfoolery and clips of all the bands they played with.
Also on YouTube for your audio visual stimuli, WWM has an ever growing animated music video collection, lyric videos, live performances and more! https://www.youtube.com/c/Whenwemetmusic
Highlights
Music Video Festivals:
"Falling Apart" animated music video featured at Another PDX Music Video Festival in 2019.
"Ride the Tide" animated music video featured at the Jerome Indie Music and Film Festival in 2018 & The Austin Music Video Festival in 2018.
Notable Festivals played:
Julia Louis Dreyfest / 2019 / Billings, MT
Noggin Fest / 2018 / Portland, OR
SHIFT Festival / 2017 / Grass Valley, OR
The Bite Oregon / 2015 / Portland, OR
Rose Festival / 2015 / Portland, OR
Song Spotlights:
“Bring Them Back” - Heatvision compilation, by ICEBreakers 2019
"Y.O.T.B" (Year Of The Bitch explicit) - Musicians Rising Up live series 2018
"Exist" - Local Roots Compilation volume 4 2018
"Things We Talked About" - halftime show at a Portland Trailblazer NBA Game.
Guest Appearances:
2018 - KGW news channel 8 in Portland, Oregon.
Radio guests at KCRW, KBOO, KPSU College Radio, Portland Radio Project, Freeform Portland, Radio Hot Tub, and Anarchy Radio to name a few..
Reviews / Quotes
"When We Met is a duo that performs effusive, punkish power pop anthems. Both members sing and are also accompanied by an arsenal of samples and drum programming, which gives them a surprisingly big sound for such a small group. The two also bounce around stage, creating an engaging and electrifying performance." - ALISON DENNIS, Portland Notes
"Their chemistry was infectious and their sound highly energetic, often danceable, a mix of late 80’s New Wave and mid 90’s Indie Rock. Both of them shared vocal duties and sang about everything from women’s rights to their own personal demons." - Freeform Portland
"This Portland, OR, duo brings that great new wave/punk touch in a manner similar to the B-52’s and DEVO with that Pixies attitude thrown in. Get off your ass and dance your blues away." - Audio Fuzz
