Story - Of The Year Page Avenue Rar

is actually the title of their debut album, released on September 16, 2003, through Equal Vision Records. The album gained significant attention on PureVolume, a website that allowed users to stream and download music from emerging artists.

Word became ritual. On the first Saturday of each month, Rar opened its teal door to a line that hummed like a choir. People arrived with heavy pockets and light expectations. They left lighter. Sometimes they cried. Sometimes they danced. Once, a small troupe of teenagers printed zines right on the sidewalk and handed them out with sticky smiles: Story of the Year, they called their work, and each issue contained one real thing that had happened to the writer that month. The zines sold out. The avenue began to collect stories like coins. story of the year page avenue rar

By year’s end, Rar had altered the rhythm of the avenue. The city tallied it loosely, as cities do—there were a dozen reconciliations, two marriages rekindled, one mural inspired by a story of loss turned into generosity. People who had come to Rar to mend private things began organizing volunteer nights, soup kitchens, a reading club for those who’d never finished a book. Streetlights burned a little brighter. Children who had once been practiced at moving through indifference learned to ask what someone’s story was, and then to listen. is actually the title of their debut album,