A first for Consumption, I think, We're playing stripped-down acoustic, which is how our songs start... .Just Gina and a guitar.

I used to write songs so fast like this, like snapping my fingers. Some of them didn't even have a title, for I just did the song.

We'd be singing crazy stuff — making up songs while we shot hoops just to goof around. What began as a hobby eventually became a newfound calling for the three of us.

We've had a great turnout. We're very pleased. It's bigger than last year.

Our music, specifically, is hard to put into a genre, we've been told. Working with so many different bass players has helped us home in on the style and sound we've been looking for...and nine would be the number on that, by the way.

My granddaddy on my momma's side, he was a romantic. He loved love songs. Every Valentine's Day, I remember him buying a red carnation for my grandmomma, my momma and my sister. That was something you could count on every year.