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Off Road Minivan treat their second full-length album, May This Keep You Safe From Harm, like a scrapbook. The Hudson Valley quartet—frontman Ryan “Tuck” O’Leary [Fit For A King], Evan Garcia Renart, Miles Taylour Sweeny, and Mike Planko—pin memories of real-life experiences to instantly chantable alternative anthems awash in nineties energy and uplifted with a 21st century perspective. At the same time, actual secret recordings of Tuck’s family thread together a nostalgic and nuanced vision. After generating millions of streams and inciting critical acclaim, the group fashion a sonic keepsake out of their own experiences meant to be shared as loudly as possible. “When my grandfather joined the military and was going off to war, my grandma gave him a bible with a metal cover. On the front, it said, ‘May this keep you safe from harm’. Even if you got shot in the heart, the bible would protect you. When I first started touring, different family members gave me mementos to feel safe on the road. The bible was from my grandmother. Now, I’ve got it tattooed on my chest, so I don’t have to bring the original with me. All of this is about preservation of time. It’s a way to document some of my most fragile moments and share the delicate, untouched vulnerable side of myself maybe you haven’t experienced from Fit For A King. It’s the other swing of the pendulum.” - Ryan “Tuck” O’Leary