I formed Pilgrim 1 in October 2023 as a solution to fill a main support slot for Milhouse, who were headlining The Peer Hat in Manchester 2 months later. After moving to Liverpool and getting to know the network of musicians around me, I contacted Linus Westwood and Rob Nesbit to form the band. Our initial sessions focused on writing, giving us a foundation of collaborative songwriting that has stayed a large part of the band since. In our first session, we sat down and wrote 'The Ballad of Saint Bertin' and 'All I Really Wanted' which would become fundamental to our early live shows - the latter still a staple of our setlist today. We would write 'Electric' and 'Don't Know Why' during rehearsals in the following weeks. Myself and Linus sat down to write 2 more songs over an evening in November and wrote 'The Songs He Wrote' and 'My Old Friend'. We then found inspiration for our name on Liverpool's Pilgrim St with 'The Pilgrim' pub, a place where we would often find ourselves at that point.

Over the course of our first 7 months as a band, we sold out a co-headline gig at Liverpool's Kazimier Stockroom with Milhouse (after previously playing Manchester as their main support), sold out Manchester's The Peer Hat where we had played our first support slot, and headlined the iconic Jacaranda Club in Liverpool the week after that. We have also been on various line-ups events for gigs across Liverpool consistently since we first played live in December 2023.

Musically, I have found myself in many roles in this band, primarily drummer, but also regularly backing vocals, and sometimes piano & keyboards for more stripped back performances - even stretching to additional arrangements and more. I took care of most of the management tasks, including advancing, booking & scheduling gigs, running social media and creative direction. I also promoted our headline gigs in 2024.

Don't Know Why