The sound of indie-rock with a mix of violin and electric guitar can be heard coming from the Tavern at Bayboro.
It’s Glass House Point – freshman Dylan Methot’s band that often plays at the restaurant’s open mic night on Wednesdays.
Patrick Browning, who works at the Tavern, said he has watched the group’s performances multiple times.
“I think they have a really good sound, they play a good variety of music,” Browning said. “They do a lot of energetic stuff so it gets the crowd hyped up and excited.”
Methot started playing guitar and mandolin when he joined the high school band.
“I started teaching myself around junior year,” he said. “Pretty much I joined the band and that escalated the amount of time I was playing and practicing, so I just got better a lot quicker.”
In 2013, Methot formed a band with Dylan Graham, Ian Campbell, Noah Feldman and E.J. Miner. To brainstorm band names, Campbell searched hyperlinks on Wikipedia for ideas and found Glass House Point, a ferry terminal in Jamestown, Va.
The band recently released a six-song EP on Spotify and iTunes and has performed in Tampa, Orlando and Winter Haven.
Before Methot started attending USFSP in the fall, the band’s practices began in his bedroom. And although it has since turned into a nearly 60-mile commute Methot makes every weekend, he says that it’s worth all the miles.
“We didn’t know what it would be like, for the longest time the band practiced at my house,” he said. “In my room I had all the equipment for the band (and) it went from practicing all the time to a little bit.”
On Feb. 17, the band competed in the second round of Destination Okeechobee at State Theatre for an opportunity to perform at the Okeechobee Music and Arts Festival.
Although Glass House Point didn’t win, the band doesn’t plan to slow down.
“Going from recording in the studio to having it put on iTunes and Spotify has been kind of surreal,” Methot said. “(It’s) awesome knowing that we have a tangible piece of our work that people can listen to and hopefully enjoy.”
With three members still in their senior year of high school, many decisions about their personal goals and the future of the band will need to be made.
But Methot is not worried about it.
“Regardless we’re trying to ride this out and see where this takes us,” he said.
