Olivia Tremor Control member Peter Erchick on the band’s final album

WUGA | By Havivah Saltz

Published October 24, 2026 at 10:00 AM EDT

A man with long grey hair tied into a ponytail and glasses sits behind the microphone in a studio with padded walls. — Olivia Tremor Control band member Peter Erchick.

The Olivia Tremor Control is one the most iconic Athens bands of the 2000s. Following the tragic passing of two of the band’s members, they have now released one final posthumous album, entitled “The Same Place,” which came out on Friday, October 23rd. WUGA’s Havivah Saltz sat down with the band’s multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Peter Erchick to discuss the album. Here’s that conversation.

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Havivah Saltz

Havivah Saltz has been with WUGA since 2023 as an on-air host and the producer for African Perspectives. She got her start in radio on WOBC FM at Oberlin College (class of ‘23), and she’s also worked as an on-air host on Athens' Power 100.1 and Magic 102.1. She is currently WUGA's Senior Content Producer. Outside of work, you can find Havivah making art, writing fiction, practicing Japanese, petting her very round cat, and watching concerning amounts of TV.

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