Zach Amster of ABRAMS on What Happens to Your Mood When You Stop Playing Music & the Denver Scene

ABRAMS guitarist and vocalist Zach Amster on two things that every musician will recognize immediately — what happens to your mental state when you go two weeks without playing music, and why the local scene you come from shapes everything about how you make it. Zach talks honestly about music as a necessary outlet — what it feels like when that outlet gets cut off even for a short period, and how quickly the absence of playing affects his mood and headspace. It's something most musicians understand instinctively but rarely say out loud this directly. He also talks about Denver, Colorado as a music community — what makes it a genuinely supportive scene for heavy rock and independent bands, and why having a strong local foundation matters for a band like ABRAMS that has been building their audience from the ground up for over a decade. This clip is from our full conversation with Zach ahead of the release of ABRAMS' new album Loon, out now on Blues