Swimming Not Treading (EP)
| Facing New York | |
|---|---|
| Origin | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Genres | Progressive rock, indie rock |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Labels | Five One Inc. |
| Associated acts | Wallpaper., Taking Back Sunday, Happy Body Slow Brain, Locale A.M., Tragedy Andy |
| Website | Official homepage |
| Members | Omar Cuellar Eric Frederic Brandon Canchola |
| Past members | Rene Carranza Matthew Fazzi |
Facing New York is a three-piece progressive indie rock band from the Bay Area, California, formed in January 2004.
The band is currently on Five One Inc. Records and has released two full-length albums, one EP, two splits, and one single sampler.
The original five members formed from mutual bands from the Bay Area scene. Omar Cuellar and Matt Fazzi left their band, Tragedy Andy, to pursue a new musical direction, while Eric Frederic and Rene Carranza's band, Locale A.M., had recently disbanded. Eric continued to write music and along with Rene, the two began to jam with Matt Fazzi. Omar was then invited into the project and the four then began Facing New York.
Brandon Canchola was the first bass player auditioned and was soon added, completing the line up.
The band then immediately began to tour extensively over the next year, gaining a reputation for their inventive sound and style with intense and energetic live performances.
In early 2004, the group participated in the Vans Warped Tour 2004 on select dates. There, they went on to sell more than 5000 copies of the self-released EP, Swimming Not Treading, pushing around 500 copies a day. The band not only gained a wide new fan base from amongst concert goers, but from also the headliners that they shared the stage with.[1]
After the final tours were over, the members returned to San Francisco in late 2004, out of work. So they immediately began to write their first full-length and self-titled album, which was released on August 30, 2005.[2]
The band then set out on another tour to promote their new album. In March 2006, the band did a tour with fellow label mates, Eastern Youth, and then with Taking Back Sunday in the Western United States in April of the same year. The tour then lead them traveling as far as Japan, in early June 2006, to do a series of shows again with Eastern Youth and the Japanese indie rock group, toe. [3]
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