The band he co-founded with Bryn Mawr grad Michelle Zauner '11 has a full-length debut release and a busy touring schedule this summer.
Many of us have rock-star dreams, but guitarist Kevin O'Halloran '11 is living his. His band, Little Big League, which he co-founded with Michelle Zauner BMC '11 two years ago, signed to independent label Tiny Engines this spring and released its full-length debut, These Are Good People, in July. The Philadelphia-based quartet, which also features drummer Ian Dykstra (previously of the New Jersey punk outfit Titus Andronicus) and bassist Deven Craige, has already released a self-titled seven-inch, featuring cover artwork by Haverford's own Postdoctoral Fellow in Visual Studies John Muse.
The immediate goal of Little Big League, which O'Halloran likens to guitar-driven indie bands like Sleater Kinney and Built to Spill, is, in his words, to“tour, tour, tour.” The band booked two big Philadelphia shows this spring: in May at Johnny Brenda's, and in June at the even larger Union Transfer with Titus Andronicus, as well as a two-week Northeast tour in July, and has already earned a slot at the huge annual punk-rock gathering FEST12 in Gainesville, Fla.
O'Halloran knows that music is a difficult and fickle industry, but, armed with the skills he honed as a Haverford English major, he is resolved to make his living doing what he loves.
“Haverford definitely gave me the skill set and the confidence to pursue a career in music,” he says.“Perhaps it's not the most lucrative or traditional career path, but nevertheless it's still work that requires the same hard work and persistence as academic life.”
