Fu­ture mu­sic celebri­ties are closer to home than you might think.  Right here in Rhea County there is a new Chris­t­ian rock band, This Last Second.

This Last Sec­ond is made up of lo­cal high school­ers: Jared Goins, Gabe Holton, Dakota Fron­tiera, and Steven Cook.  Com­ing to­gether back in Au­gust 2011, the band is still lay­ing down a few roots but has gained some ground.  They have per­formed at sev­eral dif­fer­ent churches around the com­mu­nity and plan to continue.

Where the band prac­tices is ev­i­dent of their style.  You can pass by Matthew’s House, where Jared’s dad is the pas­tor, in Day­ton and hear their mu­sic.  Jared, the band’s founder and leader, is usu­ally on lead vo­cals, pi­ano, and strings.  Dakota is on lead vo­cals also and plays gui­tar.  Steven plays drums, gui­tar, and vo­cals.  Last but not least, Gabe plays bass.  Jared and Dakota split the song writ­ing, and the lead singer is de­pen­dent on who wrote the song.

This Last Sec­ond plans to con­tinue writ­ing songs, keep look­ing for places to play at, and stay close to God.  They have a per­for­mance at McDonald’s in Day­ton com­ing up on May 17th and plan to per­from at the Straw­berry Fes­ti­val.  If you want to know more about the band or have ques­tions about them play­ing at a func­tion, you can con­tact any of the mem­bers on Face­book or just find them at school.