We’re Porch Couch, an alternative rock band started by brothers Nick and Vin Santamarina. We first started jamming together back in 2013 under the name Mind The Gap, growing up in Watertown, NY. There wasn’t much of a local art or music scene there at the time, so we had to build our own momentum from scratch.

We spent years dialing in our sound, pulling from the 90s and early-2000s records we grew up on—like The Beatles, Oasis, Green Day, and The Strokes—while mixing in newer favorites like The 1975, Vampire Weekend, and Turnstile. The result is a loud, melodic brand of alt-rock that feels familiar without sounding like everyone else on the bill.

In May 2024, we officially became Porch Couch when Joel "Wild Poncho" Teitelbaum jumped in on bass. Adding Joel locked everything into place, bringing a whole new groove and low-end punch to the songs. We hit the road right away, playing all over New York State and building a tight-knit crowd of fans everywhere from Central NY down to New York City.

Our debut album, Free, dropped on November 11, 2025. Luckily, people around the region seemed to dig it. The record landed us features on NYS Music and Syracuse.com, a live TV spot on NewsChannel 9's Bridge Street, a full-band hang on ICTV, and a 2026 SAMMY nomination for Best Alternative Album. Now, we're just keeping the momentum rolling, taking our live show from sweaty CNY rooms to stages in Brooklyn and beyond.