Ignacio Florian, guitarist for Jupiter Trolley — a psychedelic-vibey four-piece from Niagara Falls — says the band is poised to begin work on its first album: a concept LP involving a spy facing a mid-life crisis.
“Twelve songs, and as far as the actual concept of it, it’s based around spies and adventure,” said Florian, known playfully by some as ‘Nacho.’
“It’s based around a person who’s going into the world with not knowing what he’s getting himself into. … It’s the idea that you never know where the plane might land next. He’s a spy, sure, but maybe he might not want to do that anymore. It’s the idea that he’s always changing.”
The album is somewhat of a significant milestone for the band, which has been through some lineup changes in recent years, both at vocals and drums.
“When it comes to the lineup we have a fluctuating drummer. But we have settled on one, for the most part, this last year,” he said.
Besides Florian, the rest of the band is now made up of Stephanie Kustreba, on bass; Jesse Powers, vocals and guitar, and drummer, Michael Govoni — a lineup that is now in the midst of a string of performances.
Recent shows, Florian said, have been “really good” with strong audiences.
“Everyone (has been) really responsive,” he noted. “We hadn’t played for a while and you’d think we wouldn’t have attracted the people, but actually people wanted to see us in a show more than ever.”
So far this month already, the band has shared the stage with Pam Swartz, Division Rivals, Romcom Victims and Glowstone. Jupiter Trolley also will be playing Mohawk Place on March 28 and again on April 11, as well as the Bug Jar in Rochester on March 29.
The band announced too that it will be playing an all-day music event at Daredevil Records in Niagara Falls on April 7 at 9 p.m.
“It’s going to be a lot of fun,” said Kustreba. “A lot of bands that we enjoy playing with; a lot of sounds similar to what we bring in the alternative sense. Some of our friends from Rochester are coming out to Buffalo, and also (people from Buffalo) are going to their (shows in Rochester). It’s just a lot of fun.”
The band’s audience, said Florian, is one that has grown organically.
“It’s based on word of mouth, I’d say. When it comes to our popularity, we can’t really say much because we don’t know if we’re really popular. But when it comes down to it, it seems we’ve come to a certain time when people want to hear something.”