Fool's Errand, a Davidson College student rock band, recorded a six-song debut EP at a professional studio in Athens, Georgia.

The EP, titled "Final Errand," features three original songs and three covers, according to a Flagpole feature published July 22. The band recorded it in roughly 36 hours at Tweed Recording Audio Production School in downtown Athens.

Fool's Errand is a three-time Davidson College Battle of the Bands champion.

Davidson College student Nikola Cope, a Class of 2028 economics and psychology double major from Athens, first conceived the project during his freshman year. He spent more than a year and a half working through setbacks to get the band into a studio, he wrote in a blog post published Monday, Sept. 28 on the college's website.

"After more than a year and a half of setbacks, I truly came to understand the Hurt Hub at Davidson's motto: 'Failure is Not Final,'" Cope wrote.

Two Davidson College funding sources made the trip possible. The Jay Hurt Hub for Innovation and Entrepreneurship's Try It Fund, which awards students up to $1,000 for creative or business ventures, provided one grant. The Music Department's Music Major Special Project Funding provided the other. Exact dollar amounts were not disclosed.

Cope, a QuestBridge Scholar and student consultant at the Hurt Hub, co-led the planning and funding effort with lead vocalist Annabel Semans, Class of 2026. The recording lineup included Semans on vocals, Enzo Guardado and Jayson Rivera on guitar, Jacob Kim on keys, Peter Diugu on bass, and Paige Pakenas and Henry Erickson on drums.

Ezra Minard, Class of 2028, also traveled to Athens and wrote the Flagpole feature about the trip.

Roan O'Reilly, a recent graduate of Tweed's 20-week audio program, produced the EP. Flagpole reported that when Semans sang the first lyric of the band's cover of Carole King's "It's Too Late," O'Reilly said unprompted: "Wow, she can sing."

The band played its first show behind a Davidson fraternity house in 2024 and built a following through performances at fraternity and eating houses and at Summit Coffee, which students call "Nummit," according to Flagpole.

Cope's Athens connection runs deep. Bertis Downs, Davidson Class of 1978 and longtime friend and agent of R.E.M., reached out to Cope when he was matched to Davidson as a QuestBridge Scholar, according to the Flagpole feature. During the Athens trip, the band attended a show at the 40 Watt Club where Wuxtry Records celebrated 50 years and R.E.M. co-founder Peter Buck performed on stage.

Before leaving the studio, O'Reilly pulled the console tape off the soundboard and had everyone sign it, leaving a piece of Fool's Errand behind alongside artifacts from other groups that have recorded at Tweed.