The Early Sixes

The Early Sixes are an alternative rock / indie-alt-pop band with a unique electronic-folk sound from Chicago. After releasing their debut album I Want That for You in 2018, the band is back with their sophomore album Navigate. Navigate, due out October 9, 2020, features four singles preceding the full-length release in Chase the Sun (Sept. 4), I’m Sorry (Sept. 18), Saved You (Sept. 25), and the title-track, Navigate (Oct. 2).
Navigate was recorded, produced, mixed, and mastered during the quarantine stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic – all without the band ever seeing each other face to face. The record was written collaboratively in text chains, video chats, and voice memos spanning coasts and time zones from the winter of 2019 to the summer of 2020.

The album title Navigate truly became a natural fit for this release as, pandemic aside, it comes on the heels of many band members leaving the Chicago area and moving (in some instances) to entirely different coasts. The concepts of ‘distance’ and ‘finding a new way’ certainly loomed large over the development of this release as the band themselves navigated the process of producing an album in a whole new way, all the while also adjusting to their own new locations and situations.

The Early Sixes songwriting unapologetically draws inspiration from the band’s personal experiences, an approach that comes naturally for the band to explore without pretense. Although The Early Sixes officially formed in Chicago in 2012, the friendships that forged the band spans decades.

The Early Sixes are Matt Charoenrath (vocals, guitar, piano), Dan Zuba (guitar), Sam Zuba (bass, drums, vocals), and Nate Meyer (cello).