Last night we were involved in an accident that totaled our van and trailer, they wrote.
Everyones fine but were sadly not going to be able to make it to Canada.
They promised to be back soon.
Photo taken at the scene on Oct. 6, 2013, courtesy of the band
Van Ellis was driving.
The road shifted and I didnt know because there wasnt a white line to indicate that.
He continues, For some reason there was a 10-foot patch on the highway with no guardrail.
Photo taken at the scene on Oct. 6, 2013, courtesy of the band
It was literally just a 10-foot opening.
We went right through it.
We flew off the side of the road and it just dropped straight down into a ravine.
We fell 75 feet and ended up 120 or 125 feet from the side of the road.
They eventually hit the ground, the van tumbling over itself until they landed on the vans right side.
Because it literally felt like a year.
We were just falling.
Everyone was, for the most part, physically fine.
Nobody was wearing a seatbelt except for me.
It was nothing short of a miracle that all of us made it out alive.
Their van and trailer were totaled, news that devastated the group.
When youre a touring musician, thats like your home, Van Ellis says.
It just made so much sense during the whole thing that we werent going to live throughout it.
Van Ellis was driving.
It was super freaky, he remembers.
I think at that point everyone wanted to go home.
I pulled over and was like Im not driving for a while.
Its easy to put something out there that brings attention to your band, Van Ellis explains.
Its something that happened that was more of a personal thing, the lives of normal individuals.
It wasnt at a show.
I think that might have produced some more chemistry between us.
It really did have a big effect on the way we write.
Like all the songs onLight We Made, theres no mention of the wrecks.
But it was too literal.
But now, Van Ellis promises, [Light We Made] is our band thinking without limits.
