Of Mice & Men—Aaron Pauley (bass and vocals ), Valentino Arteaga (drums), Alan Ashby (guitar), and Phil Manansala (guitar)—has entered into an exclusive Twitch partnership and will stream on the service going forward.
As of July 1, 2021, the band will stream live on the service multiple days per week. The debut stream is set for 11 a.m. PT/2 p.m. ET Thursday, July 1. Subsequently, the band will go live on Twitch at 11 a.m. PT/2 p.m. ET every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. This gives fans plenty of opportunities to interact directly with the group and to watch the band members write and record new music in real time . In addition to inviting fans into the writing process, the band will engage in Q&As and will discuss past and forthcoming releases.
“We’re so happy to get the opportunity to stream exclusively on Twitch,” Manansala said. “Over the last year, I’ve been streaming and got to be a part of an amazing community I had no idea existed but am happy that I discovered. Twitch is the streaming service that cares about each community and gives power to the streamer, and we couldn’t be more excited to be involved.”
Now is the perfect time for OM&M to further engage with fans on Twitch, as it used the service throughout the 2020 quarantine that was a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. During that period, the band wrote and recorded both the “Timeless” and “Bloom” EPs, which were released in February and May of this year, respectively. Twitch allowed the band to interact with its fanbase in the absence of live shows.
In other OM&M news, the band will release the final EP in its planned trilogy that will comprise a full album later this year. Leading up to that EP, Of Mice & Men will use Twitch to give fans insight into the latest material.
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