Biography

Off Road Minivan treat their second full-length album, May This Keep You Safe From Harm [Tooth & Nail], like a scrapbook. The Hudson Valley quartet—frontman Ryan “Tuck” O’Leary [Fit For A King], Evan Garcia Renart, Miles Taylour Sweeny, and Mike Planko—pin memories of real-life experiences to instantly chantable alternative anthems awash in nineties energy and uplifted with a 21st century perspective. At the same time, actual secret recordings of Tuck’s family thread together a nostalgic and nuanced vision. After generating millions of streams and inciting critical acclaim, the group fashion a sonic keepsake out of their own experiences meant to be shared as loudly as possible. "All of this is about preservation of time. It’s a way to document some of my most fragile moments and share the delicate, untouched vulnerable side of myself maybe you haven’t experienced from Fit For A King. It’s the other swing of the pendulum.” The group first came to life in 2018 with the Spiral Gaze EP. On its heels, 2020’s full-length debut, Swan Dive, immediately captivated audiences as “Vampire” surpassed 1 million streams and counting. Of the single “YOU,” FLOOD raved, “‘YOU’ is nearly just four minutes of heavy breakdown, pivoting from heartfelt verses to its aggressive dream pop chorus.” Throughout the last 3 years, the band members wrote and sent ideas back-and-forth. Simultaneously, they stitched together a throughline carried by the real-life interviews with members of Tuck’s family.