Facing New York

Facing New York is experimental post punk/post rock with progressive leanings. They
deserve to be listed in the archives for their instrumental breaks, extensive use of
flavorful keyboards, complex drum rhythms, non-standard (tangential) song structure and
common use of odd time signatures. Their self-titled album released in 2005 is their most progressive work to date.

BAND INFO:

Facing new York is native to San Francisco, California, USA. They formed in 2004 and
released an EP, an album and 2 splits with other bands from 2004-2006.

On their myspace page they site their influences as:

Do Make Say Think, The Dismemberment Plan, Yes, Fela Kuti, The Police, Led Zeppelin,
Steely Dan, The Beatles, Can, Gentle Giant, Sly and the Family Stone,
Parliament/Funkadelic, anticon., The Neptunes and My Morning Jacket.

Current band members:

Eric Frederic - Vocals/Guitar/Keyboard (2004 - Present)
Matthew Fazzi - Guitar/Vocals/Keyboard/Drums (2004 - Present)
Brandon Canchola - Bass/Vocals (2004 - Present)
Omar Cuellar - Drums (2004 - Present)

Past band members (on all releases up to 2006):

Rene Carranza - Keyboard - (2004 - 2006)

Their music is hard to classify, and I don't think it fits with any of the sub genres of
prog already listed on progarchives, but I would call it "experimental/progressive post
rock/indie/punk"

Official website: www.facingnewyork.com

Discography:

Swimming Not Treading (EP) April 27 2004

"Claim/Subclaim"– 4:34
"No."– 4:14
"Tell Everyone"– 3:16
"A Tempest, A Dance"– 4:14
"This Hourglass"– 3:02
"You Might Not Feel It All" - 4:09

Split: Facing New York/Amity August 31 2004

"Paper Shepherd"– 3:56 (Facing New York)
"With a Grain of Salt"– 3:57 (Amity)
"Today (It Ends)"– 4:26 (Facing New York)
"This Song Is Low Carb"– 2:51 (Amity)
"Roman Son"– 6:47 (Facing New York)
"Mondee Le Sauve - 4:02 (Amity)

Facing New York (album) August 30 2005

"We Are" – 3:59
"Javelina" – 3:15
"Cutting My Hair" – 4:24
"Full Turn" – 5:20
"Apple Sugar Cider" – 5:57
"Flagstaff" – 4:54
"Tip Of The Iceberg" – 3:42
"Styrofoam Walls" – 4:21
"Fly On The Wall" – 6:50
"Butterfly Clock" – 6:08

North / South (Split 7" with Jade Shader, Rum) 2006

Tracklist unknown

The band is currently working on a second full-length album to be released in
spring/summer 2008

Edited by listen - November 22 2008 at 15:54

The band was once rejected for Art Rock.

Rivertree wrote: FACING NEW YORK were rejected by two teams some weeks ago ... They sound really good as for my impression but the teams are missing the significant prog character