current town: NYC, NY
favorite food: On our first tour we all had crawfish in New Orleans for the first time, we all love crawfish now. Second favorite food is hashbrowns.
fun fact/secret: Our collective favorite band song is Hella Good by No Doubt
bio: Every moment is a gift.  Each moment has richness, complexity, and singularity. Once it’s gone, it can’t be recaptured. Can you be present?  Can you open yourself up and appreciate it in its fullness — the ugliness and confusion as well as the beauty and joy?  The members of the Brooklyn, NY psychedelic rock quintet GIFT believe you can. Momentary Presence, their debut set, is a chronicle of that chase, and a celebration of the eternal now.
 
Momentary Presence is a natural match for the new label co-founded by Oliver Ackermann of New York City noise-rock and psychedelic legends A Place to Bury Strangers and Death by Audio. Out on Dedstrange Records on Oct. 14, 2022.
 
He's got a group of likeminded collaborators who share his quest for perfect sound, harmony during times of trouble, and radical openness. Gurewitz, Campbell, Hrabovsky, and Naess understand the mission of the group, and their approach is an expression of the desire to live in the moment. Together with Freda, they’ve crafted a live experience that extends the spell that the album casts, and pushes the songs in wildly improvisatory directions. They’ve been selling out shows in Brooklyn for awhile now.  It's only a matter of time before the rest of the world catches on.  This message, this music — this GIFT — is for everyone.