Oxford Collapse

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Oxford Collapse

Background information
Origin	New York City
Genre(s)	Indie rock
Years active	2002 - Present
Label(s)	Sub Pop
Website	OxfordCollapse.com
Members
Michael Pace Adam Rizer Dan Fetherston
Former members
Yong Sing da Silva Mike Henry

Oxford Collapse is an indie rock band from Brooklyn, New York with three full-length albums to their name. Their first release was a limited press self-titled EP for the HCR label in 2002 (Oxford Collapse (EP). They then signed to Kanine Records, a label based in New York City/Brooklyn, where they released their first full-length, Some Wilderness in April of 2004. This was followed by a remix of a track from the album titled "Melting The Ice Queen" (Melting The Ice Queen (Remix)) in July of that year and. Then in October, the band released a 7" vinyl EP, entitled Song for the Singer of Panthers, on Discoloration Records before releasing their final effort from Kanine Records --- A Good Ground. The band then signed to one of the premier indie labels --- Sub Pop --- where they released Remember The Night Parties in October of 2006. The album earned a respectable 7.9 from the influential indie critics at Pitchfork. They also rated "Please Visit Your National Parks" 96th in their year-end "Top 100 Tracks of 2006" feature.