[1] Odell, who, after working as a music studio worker for years, assisting various bands such as Motionless in White, had desired to start his own project.

[1] Eubanks, who had prior moved to Los Angeles to work as a chef under Wolfgang Puck, had not found success in the endeavor, eventually finding himself homeless.

[3] Impressed with the initial results, they recruited the rest of the band – Wil Andrews as a second guitarist, Ryan Nimmo as a bassist, and Zane Frye on drums – and began working on recording an album.

[1] The closing track "I Won't Say Goodbye" was written around Odell's experience as a teenager regarding the denial he felt during the sickness, and eventual death, of his mother.

[3] After a short break to release the album, the band resumed touring again for further promotion, most notably securing a spot Carolina Rebellion shows in May 2016 alongside Shinedown and Megadeth.

They have plenty of flaws, and they aren’t the next coming of the Foo Fighters, but they are definitely creating new waves of energy in a genre pool that has been stagnant for years – a feat worth lauding in itself.

If you don’t mind the intrinsic faults of popular rock music, then First World Problems is likely a debut that will capture your interest from start to finish.