First Father
Rock forged from truth. Songs born from the fire between darkness and light.
The Band
Who We Are
FirstFather is a faith-based Rock project built on the conviction that music should be honest about the struggle before it celebrates the salvation.
The name points to God the Father — the First Father — source of all things. The music lives at the intersection of hard-hitting rock, gospel truth, and down-to-earth storytelling that doesn't sanitize the mess of being human.
Matt Johansen and Thomas Dyches bring decades of musical range and life experience to every song. The album covers ground from abuse and anxiety to vanity, betrayal, and the long walk toward redemption. Nothing here is fake.
The Album
The Music
Three songs. Each one a different angle on the same essential fight — between the old self and the new, between fear and faith, between what the world tells you and what you know to be true.
Voice of Truth
"I don't want the soft lie / tho it tastes so sweet — then it turns out sour, baby / a bad song on repeat"
Beat Down
"My life won't end with a beatdown / each day I wake, I'll live it for HIM / it's a new life, I'm born once again"
Spiny Friend
"The Voice of my Master is meek and it's holy / your voice is just one of many in my head"
Philosophy
We write it anyway.
We believe the gospel is not fragile. It doesn't need to be protected from hard topics — violence, vanity, anxiety, betrayal, or doubt. In fact, those are exactly the places where it lands hardest. FirstFather exists in that space: where real life and eternal truth collide.
Live
See Us Live
23
The Electric Theater
This is the one. FirstFather's debut live performance — the night this music gets off the record and into the room.
The Electric Theater is a historic 1911 venue in the heart of downtown St. George: marquee lighting, red curtains, a real stage. Up to 300 people. Built for moments like this.
Expect the Album performed live, plus material from an extended catalog spanning the same themes — struggle, redemption, truth, and the kind of faith that doesn't flinch.
Doors 6:30 PM · Show 7:00 PM