Songs that read like short stories

Getlin is fronted by Mike Getlin, whose debut record Stay laid the foundation for the band's sound: big southern-rock hooks, heavier guitars, and lyrics built like short fiction — road towns, bad decisions, and the people you can't quite leave behind.

The band's catalog runs on that same current, from the open-highway ache of "500 Miles to Reno" to the heavier, hook-forward pull of "Chaos Called Love." Roots-rock and Americana storytelling underneath, a 90s alt-rock edge on top.

Based out of Oregon City, Oregon, Getlin plays rooms built for it — dive stages, county fairs, and the kind of listening rooms where the lyrics actually land.