Sainthood Reps

Sainthood Reps
Sainthood Reps performing in 2012.
Background information
Origin	Long Island, New York, USA
Genres	Indie rock, post-hardcore, punk rock, noise rock, post-grunge
Years active	2009 (2009) – present
Labels	No Sleep, Tooth & Nail
Associated acts	Brand New
Website	sainthoodreps.com
Members	Francesco Montesanto Derrick Sherman Bradley Cordaro Jani Zubkovs

Sainthood Reps is an American indie rock band from Long Island, New York, formed in 2009. Their debut album, Monoculture, was released on Tooth & Nail Records in the summer of 2011 and was produced by Mike Sapone. The band released their second album, Headswell, in October 2013 through No Sleep Records.

The band was co-founded by lead vocalist/guitarist Francesco Montesanto and Brand New touring guitarist Derrick Sherman, who had grown up together in Long Island, developing similar musical tastes and periodically playing music together when not touring with other bands they were in. The beginnings of Sainthood Reps came when Montesanto sent Sherman a collection of demos he had written, ultimately leading to a musical collaboration. They first released music under the Sainthood Reps name via a Myspace page in August 2009. Drummer Bradley Cordaro and bassist Jani Zubkovs joined, and the band officially formed in September 2009. They first started touring in December of the same year with All the Day Holiday, followed by a January 2010 tour with Caspian. Also in January, the band released a split EP with O'Brother.

Originally intending to record a double EP in March 2010, the band was distracted from that venture by a number of offers from record labels. One of these was from Tooth & Nail Records, who had heard their split EP and ultimately signed them in February 2011. Prior to their signing, Sainthood Reps spent May 2010 touring with The Felix Culpa and played a September show with fellow Long Island bands The Sleeping and Glassjaw.Monoculture was released by Tooth & Nail on August 9, 2011, to largely positive reviews. In the latter half of 2011, the band opened for The Felix Culpa at the latter's farewell show.