The trio are longtime best friends, so they naturally have those difficult conversations with each other when it comes time to write music, they draw from those situations.
Though direct in their expression, many of A R I Z O N A’s songs deal with difficult topics, like anxiety and depression (“Freaking Out” and “Hold The Line,” a collaboration with AVICII), a failed relationship (“Find Someone”), or coming to terms with being in the wrong (“I Was Wrong”, “Cross The Line”).
Though they’re all technical perfectionists, Charles, Esquite, and Labuguen are also able to step back and remind each other to relax and enjoy what they’re doing, without taking it too seriously. Speaking on their work as producers, Labuguen remarks that after a long time of making music for other people, “you feel like you’re giving your heart to something that isn’t giving back to you.” They didn’t expect or intend for A R I Z O N A as a project to become anything, and the band agree that it was never about playing certain stages or reaching particular points of fame rather, creating this music was “therapeutic – it was an outlet.” Once they were creating music that they felt ownership of, the art was able to give back to them, in a similar way as it does to those who listen. While Labuguen and Esquite had been on stage and in bands before, Charles had never performed live before A R I Z O N A – though from his command of the stage, anyone watching would never guess. Though confident in his own skills and those of his bandmates, “I’m still just like – I didn’t really ever apply for this job and I never really imagined I’d get it, and quite honestly I can only imagine what people would think if they knew that,” he confesses. Charles likens it to being given a job running a marketing department because you had a couple of good ideas, only to find out just how much goes along with the job itself. On May 19, 2017, they released their debut full-length album GALLERY in July 2018, A R I Z O N A released the singles “Cold Nights” and “Summer Days” and began an arena tour with Panic! At the Disco.Ĭoming from the production world, the members of A R I Z O N A found that the hardest thing was accepting that they were now the band. Their first release as A R I Z O N A was “Let Me Touch Your Fire” in 2015, but what was supposed to be a swan song – a reminder that they’re just here to have fun, one last try – picked up steam and quickly lead to a record deal with Atlantic Records/APG. Later that night, Charles would tell the crowd that a few years ago, they had all but given up on music on their way out, they decided to create something just for fun. Labuguen, Charles, and Esquite were longtime friends and had worked together as producers. It’d be easy to say that all of this is a dream come true, but for a long time, becoming artists wasn’t even on their radar. Two years since the release of their debut album GALLERY, the success of this run with morgxn has been “beyond our wildest dreams” connecting with people has always been the most important thing to the group, and keyboardist David Labuguen is eager to share that they’ve met “a lot of really incredible people.” Labuguen and his bandmates – vocalist Zach Charles and guitarist Nate Esquite – come from the production world, and while they’re quick to notice technical specifications of a venue, like speakers or lighting design, they also note that The Fillmore is a space where “you can still feel like you can touch everybody.” The Philadelphia date of the Find Someone Tour was initially announced for the 1000-cap TLA when that sold out, the show was upgraded to the 2500-cap Fillmore. On June 23, New Jersey electro-alt-pop act A R I Z O N A wrapped up their Find Someone Tour with a sold-out show at The Fillmore Philadelphia.
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