G William Boyd, Civil Youth, Kid Cousin

Civil Youth is more than just band. Civil Youth is having a voice to what you believe in. It's yelling at the top of your lungs your biggest troubles plaguing you. It's being a part of a family who will have your back no matter what, because we've been to the bottom and back. Civil Youth uses the power of music as a vehicle to try and change the world, to save a life, & to make the common uncommon. Civil Youth is you, and you are Civil Youth. With that comes the ¥outh, the fans, because without you, we seize to exist. We're a movement lead by the ¥outh who believe in hope, humanity, and humility. We try to give definition to those who cannot define how the feel or how the fit it. This is not your average youth group. We are Civil Youth.


Kid Cousin is derived from a project that dates back to 2012, when AJ Ortiz and Jeff Grey first began to collaborate and create original material. With a constantly changing lineup, the two resorted to performing many shows completely acoustic and maintained a captivating sound of both progressive arrangement and folk-influenced melody. Looking to recruit permanent members, they enlisted the help of Evan Seeberger on bass and Steve Mea on drums. Together, they recorded an EP of old material that was never officially released, but propelled the band into performing live around the northeast Pennsylvania region. Steve Mea left the group a year later, pursuing a full-time commitment to the Phoenixville-based band, the Nocturnal Jocks. Evan Seeberger would soon switch over to drums, and the band welcomed Greg Kneiss on bass.
Finally falling into a creative formula, the band drew ideas from their influences including Reign of Kindo, Radiohead, David Bazan, Closure in Moscow, Tauk, The Mars Volta, Zelliack, Thank You Scientist, Rush, and Coheed and Cambria. Over the course of a year, the band compiled the material that would become 'Birth', released November 25, 2014.