When you’ve been playing and writing music with the same fellas for over a decade, you start to know eachother better than you might have wanted to in the first place. The guys first crossed paths in high school, but it wasn’t until after graduation that they began jamming together seriously. During their college years, they all lived together, playing shows, writing songs, and, honestly, just hanging out. There was probably more hanging out than anything else, but that’s what built the foundation of the band’s bond.
It was a bond forged through playing to empty rooms at odd hours, writing songs that now make us cringe, and meeting some of the most interesting, unstable, and artistic people along the way. Today, under the name Oba, we are a family who creates music that we genuinely enjoy listening to and hope that people who need a couple songs to daydream to, can find comfort in our songs.
The name is a nod to the band’s beloved Obaajan (grandma in Japanese), who always made sushi and other snacks for long road trips to gigs across Canada.
