The Sunday Music Drop is a weekly radio series hosted by the KQED weekend news team. In each segment, we feature a song from a local musician or band with an upcoming show and hear about what inspires their music.

Many of the lyrics on Drought’s debut LP, “Souvenir,” are about finding home.

Says lead vocalist Viggy Ram, “a home is something you build. It’s something that you carry with you wherever you go.”

The band formed in 2022, when the members began revisiting music during the pandemic. The band includes guitarists Eric Nakano and RJ Rabe, drummer Ray Avila and vocalist Viggy Ram.

The cover of the EP is a diorama of a house, symbolizing a home that you built for yourself and can take with you. Ram envisioned being in that house when working on the song “An Invitation.”

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