The alternative pop sound of Kansas City’s The Greeting Committee was born in 2014 when high school student and singer-songwriter Addie Sartino realized that she was lonely on stage. Knowing that she couldn’t do it alone, she called Brandon Yangmi, the band’s guitarist, who helped form the group by recruiting drummer Austin Fraser and bassist Pierce Turcotte.

Shortly after the band’s conception, they began putting work into their first EP, “It’s Not All That Bad.