Facing New York
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Topic: Facing New York
Posted By: listen
Subject: Facing New York
Date Posted: April 27 2008 at 14:06
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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 |
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Posted By: listen
Date Posted: April 29 2008 at 02:33
| Anyone heard (of) this band? |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: April 29 2008 at 03:32
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The band was once rejected for Art Rock.
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Posted By: Rivertree
Date Posted: November 21 2008 at 17:36
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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  ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Rivertree" rel="nofollow">  |
Posted By: listen
Date Posted: November 22 2008 at 15:59
which teams?
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Rivertree wrote:Posted By: burritounit
Date Posted: November 22 2008 at 16:14
My team was one of them and if I'm not mistaken "by the whole Art Rock team itself." ------------- "I've walked on water, run through fire, can't seem to feel it anymore. It was me, waiting for me..." |