The Story of Lilac Jam

We started Lilac Jam in the Spring of 2018 in Watertown, South Dakota. The original lineup we had included Sam Smith (drummer), Tré Smith (vocalist/guitarist), and Brandon Schuldt (guitarist). We started the band to learn how to play music. None of us really had any experience performing and not much experience playing our instruments. We started writing music and practicing to eventually perform local shows. We added Charlie as the bassist and the following spring (2019) we played our first set of shows at Sam and Charlie's graduation parties. From then on we began performing in various venues around the state. We continued until 2020 but as members started moving to different towns we stopped getting together as often. In 2022 Sam and Tré were both living in Sioux Falls. We then recruited Spencer Harris (bassist), in place of Charlie; and Justin Meyer (guitarist), in place of Brandon; to begin performing again. We have been performing shows around the Sioux Falls area. In October 2022 we went to a studio called All Poetic Audio in Scotland, South Dakota to record our debut singles. We are planning on releasing our first single at the end of this year, and our full debut album in 2023.

Our influences include: Title Fight, Basement, Alkaline Trio, and Rise Against.