RALLY to perform at LCL
RALLY, which was formed in Salt Lake City in 2018, will be playing at the Logan City Limits festival on April 16 at 7 p.m. at WhySound. The band name was originally Pep Rally after some brainstorming, but they ended up shortening it to RALLY.
“When I first heard their music I was beyond impressed,” band photographer Bronson Cornilles said. “They take music delivery very seriously, wanting everyone to feel what they feel when writing these songs and it shows.”
The bassist, Duncan McKay, met the lead singer, Alec Whitaker, through a mutual friend in 2018. He was already friends with the drummer, Sean Rostrom, from high school.
“Funny enough I had no idea Alec had picked Sean until I walked in the room and saw him,” McKay said. “Love at first sight kind of thing.”
The band was described as mutual friends becoming friends and expanding from there.
After deciding to make a project out of “Cherry,” a song Whitaker had started, it became the band’s most-streamed song.
“It was that song that got us together,” Whitaker said. ”We decided there is a lot of potential here and over time we inducted people into the band, like Hunter, our keyboardist, and John, the lead guitarist.”
The band has quite a few songs written, including three singles and one EP available on Spotify.
“Alec is a very real, emotional songwriter and the band has amazing energy when playing in front of crowds,” Cornilles said. “From jumping around to slowing it down, I’ve always got their music on repeat.”
According to RALLY, new content is in the works to be released on all platforms sometime in the near future.
“Positivity and honesty are our overall messages,” McKay said. “But we are heavily influenced by nature and especially the ocean. We play on themes like surfer culture too.”
The band typically plays gigs around Rexburg, Salt Lake, Provo and St. George with the hopes to eventually play in Arizona.
Whitaker said it’s hard to pick a favorite show.
“I feel like each experience is just different,” he said.
Cornilles supports the band by being at every concert possible, taking pictures and paying for film and development.
“Alec originally asked me to join because he wanted some film photos of the band,” Cornilles said. “I now do film and digital photos of the band at concerts and whenever I’m around them with a camera.”
The band lets Cornilles edit the raw photos the way he wants because, according to Whitaker, “he has a great eye for the band’s style and vision.”
McKay said they have heard amazing things about people in Logan and can’t wait for the show.
“We are super excited to play at Logan City Limits,” Whitaker said. “I’ve been up to Logan before and I love the energy that y’all had when we were playing.”
Submitted photo.