For SLUG's end-of-the-year wrap-up last year, I chose My Ticket Home's To Create A Cure as one of my Top 5 albums, and I've been watching the news for a while, waiting for my chance to hear them live. There's just something about them that I loved right away, especially after watching the video for “New Breed.” Plenty of bands do the heavy-and-light mix, but I thought there was a genuine passion in their take, an earnestness that stood out to me. Touring to promote their new album, Strangers Only, they finally announced a Salt Lake show in the second half, bringing along Night Verses and I Am King to round out the bill.