IT'S SAFE TO SAY BILLINGS' HATE THE WAY I AM IS DESTINED FOR BIG THINGS. LEAD SINGER KELLyN'S INCREDIBLE VOCALS, BUBBLY PERSONALITY, AND CAPTIVATING STAGE PRESENCE KEPT THE WHOLE CROWD INVESTED, WHILE MEMBERS CALEB, FAITH, AND TREVIN CREATED A FUN AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT. THEIR ORIGINAL SONGS, BOTH RELEASED AND UNRELEASED, CHRONICLE THE UPS AND DOWNS OF SENSE OF SELF AND THE COMPLICATIONS OF INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH
OTHERS.

CROWDWORK IS SOMETHING THAT CAN ELEVATE A SHOW FROM MID TO MAGNIFICENT, AND HATE THE WAY I AM WAS ONE OF THE BAST EXAMPLES OF GOOD CROWD INTERACTION THAT I SAW THROUGHOUT THE FESTIVAL. THE BAND'S DRUMMER, CALEB HAYNES (ALSO OF HEY, ILY AND FLY OVER STATES) WAS THE STANDOUT IN THIS ASPECT, "CALLING ALL THE SHOTS", AND ROUTINELY MAKING THEIR BAND MATES ERUPT WITH LAUGHTER ON STAGE. THE FUN HATE THE WAY I AM WAS HAVING WHILE PERFORMING WAS ENTIRELY CONTAGIOUS.

THEY WEREN'T JUST GOOD AT COVERS OR FUNNY THOUGH, THEIR NEW ORIGINALS WERE STRONG AND A DEFINITE SOUND WAS EMERGING. KIND OF INDIE, KIND OF POP, BUT NOT REALLY EITHER- BORROWING SHOEGAZE-Y GUITAR RIFFS WITHOUT THE DRONING PEDALS, CATCHY, RELATABLE, POP-Y-ISH CHORUSES, PRESENT AND DEMANDING DRUMS, WITH SOME OF THE SICKEST BASS LINES I HAVE HEARD LIVE. HATE THE WAY I AM PROVED THEMSELVES AS A DEFINITE NEW MONTANA BAND TO WATCH.

- MILLER SEBO ON LAST VEARS TREEFORT PERFORMANCE :)