xoxo, nico

my grandpa died on my dad’s younger brother’s birthday in 1992. my grandma died on my dad’s older brother’s birthday almost exactly 13 years later in 2005. on new years day 2006 my little brother got a phone call that there was to be another funeral.

i met the guy at the bottom of this picture right after my grandpa died when we were in seventh grade. his little brother is above him on the top left and my little brother is next to him on the bottom right. we all grew up together in a small town called romeo and the three of them have been playing together for the last seven years. they are the front man and the rhythm section of red i flight, a metal band that got signed by victory seven months ago currently on tour with across five aprils. they wrote a song inspired by the time the front man and the drummer’s grandparents dressed in their best and danced to an old record before the grandfather committed premeditated murder suicide with his wife. they ended their lives together on new years eve and “bullets over prayers” was written as an attempt to wake up the dead.