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The Only Children
12+ albums
indie rockrockHouseindie3
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What were The Only Children to do after a hellish six-week U.S. tour that featured a dysfunctional school bus and rendered frontman Josh Berwanger thousands of dollars in the hole? For the guitarist, vocalist, and founder of the Lawrence, Kansas-based outfit, he did the only thing he could: Berwanger cut his losses and mothballed the shop, boarding up the band’s metaphorical doors and windows. The release of The Only Children’s striking sophomore effort, Keeper of Youth, finds Berwanger with hammer in hand, prying off the nails and re-opening for business. With a new batch of material, new roster and new vitality, The Only Children are poised and primed to give it another go. Created by Berwanger during his final days as a member of indie-rock act The Anniversary, The Only Children came about from the sheer necessity to move forward with his ideas and creations. “The Anniversary broke up, and I think [The Only Children] started practicing about five minutes after we broke up,” says Berwanger. “Staying in The Anniversary was one of those things where I had no idea what was going on in my life at that time — I had been doing that for so long that I didn’t want to fully quit it and didn’t want to fully be in it.” With his musical heart finally in the right location, Berwanger and The Only Children recorded their debut effort, Change of Living, which was released on Glurp in 2004. Shortly after the album’s release, the band embarked on its ill-fated tour. “Well, no one died, s
