Making April
| Making April | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Verplanck, New York, US |
| Genres |
Alternative rock Piano rock Acoustic |
| Years active | 2005-2010 |
| Labels | Unsigned (Current) Universal Republic (2008) Fabtone Records (Current (JPN)) Radtone Music (2006 (JPN)) |
| Associated acts | The Sawtooth Grin, New Crystal Dolls |
| Members | Sean Scanlon Steven McCaffrey Greg Federspiel |
| Past members | Thomas Robertine |
Making April was an American piano-based alternative rock band formed in Verplanck, New York, in 2005. The band consisted of vocalist and pianist Sean Scanlon, bassist Gregory Federspiel and guitarist and backing vocalist Steven McCaffrey.
Making April's first songs were released on a demo titled My First Demo!, in 2005. The band self-released their first EP in 2006, an eight track recording named Runaway World. The EP was released later in 2006 as a full album in Japan, through Radtone Music. In 2008, they signed to Universal Republic in the USA. The label released a re-recorded version of "These Are the Nights". Making April has previously featured as the #1 Top Unsigned Artist on Myspace. They have sold over 100,000 tracks on iTunes worldwide.
In September 2009, Scanlon, the lead vocalist, announced that the band would be going on hiatus.
In June 2010 Making April released Lost Sessions, a collection of unreleased material from their album The Egg Hunt.
The band broke up in 2010, with the band members seeking out new opportunities. They played their last show together in August 2010 in Salt Lake City.
Greg Federspiel is now A&R at Warner Bros. Records and manager of the band The Downtown Fiction.
Making April was formed in the dorm room of Sean Scanlon and Steven McCaffrey at University at Albany, State University of New York, when they began writing together in early 2005. They were joined by friend Greg Federspiel and recorded five demo songs, that would later become the basis of their eight track debut EP Runaway World. The demos were recorded at Leopard Recording Studio, and self-released under the title My First Demo! in March 2005.
Federspiel has said that the name of the band came from the members literally trying to 'make April'. "It was March 2005. After recording our first demos in the studio, we were anxious to put them on Pure Volume and MySpace, yet we didn’t have a name. So we sat there thinking that, ‘we need to have a name by April.’ And so that became the theme of things. Once April 1st came, we still didn’t have anything, and it just hit us. We were trying to ‘make April.’"
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