"Friends. Music. Couch."
The story of a group of friends growing up together told through the space around them.
Social & External
The people behind it
Micah Derrer
Self
Peyton Reed
Carolyn Derrer
Young Peyton
Jackson Reed
Young Micah
Dierdre McClellan
Middle School Aged Peyton
Ethan Meade
Middle School Aged Micah
Delaney Kearns
Morgan Puccinelli
Alex Walton
Chase Bultemeier
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