2019: How much do you need to a know about a band beyond the fact that you like their sound? I heard a few tracks from the Canadian group Across the Board and that was enough for me. They just released a new album, Wild Ones, so I invited them on the show today and figured we could just dive in and learn about them together. Jackie Auguste podcast excerpt: "Our new album, 'Wild Ones," is a collection of songs about two things: the internal struggle of being independent, and the external struggle of having chaos on top of it." Plus, singer Jackie Auguste and bass player Andy Ramjattan agreed to perform two songs -- “Calling,” from their new album, Wild Ones, and “It Shouldn’t Be This Hard” from 2018’s Sonic Boom -- so why not? Across The Board • • • •