| Farewell Flight | |
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Robbe, Luke, Rabbit, and Marc |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| Genres | Rock Indie Pop |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | Mono Vs Stereo |
| Associated acts | Indian Summer |
| Website | www.myspace.com/farewellflight |
| Members | |
| Luke Foley Robbe Reddinger Marc Prokopchak Brian "Rabbit" Campbell |
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| Past members | |
| Timmy Moslener | |
Farewell Flight is an American rock band formed in September 2005 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania by singer songwriter Luke Foley, drummer Marc Prokopchak, and bassist Robbe Reddinger.[1]
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After several months of writing music as a three-piece, the band brought on guitarist Timmy Moslener in May 2006.[2][3] The band went on to write and release three EPs within a year. By 2007 Farewell Flight caught the ear of Brad Moist at Mono Vs Stereo and signed on to record a full-length album.[4] The band quickly hit the studio, recording with Grammy Award winning producer Mitch Dane. The project, called Sound.Color.Motion. was then mixed and engineered by Grammy Award winner Vance Powell. Though the production of Sound.Color.Motion. was begun by Mono Vs Stereo the label was put on hiatus before its release.[5][6] On August 19, 2008,[7] Farewell Flight released Sound.Color.Motion. on their label The Easy Company, distributing it through online retailers, at their live shows, and in 2010 through Derek Webb's NoiseTrade.[8] In October 2008, after the release of Sound.Color.Motion. guitarist Timmy Moslener left the band to pursue a career outside of music. Not long after Moslener's departure the band enlisted Brian Campbell, nicknamed Rabbit, a childhood friend of bassist Robbe Reddinger, to become their new guitarist.
Farewell Flight is known for their intensive touring throughout the past six years.[9] The band has played venues across the country, touring as much as possible for as cheap possible, partially due to the fact that their tour van has been converted to run on vegetable oil. Farewell Flight has toured with Dignan, Lorien, The Young International, the Tide, Motion Commotion, Middle Distance Runner, Abandon Kansas, and Kaddisfly. The band's DIY approach to booking, marketing, merchandising, and tour-management, allowed them to continue playing intensively throughout the past six years, at minimal expenses.[10] During their extensive touring the band has amassed a significant following of passionate fans.[11]
On May 11, 2011, Mono Vs Stereo announced on their website that they had once again signed Farewell Flight. The label also announced plans to release the band's new album Out for Blood on July 12, 2011, followed by a late-summer tour.[12] With the announcement of the new album, Farewell Flight released the title track of Out for Blood as their first single on Mono Vs Stereo. In a video posted on the band's YouTube page, Matt Thiessen and Matt Hoopes of Mono Vs Stereo explained that they had briefly changed the band's name to Indian Summer, feeling that Farewell Flight sounded too much like the names of other bands. After an outcry of negative responses from fans to a post announcing the change on AbsolutePunk.net, the label decided to revert the band's name back to Farewell Flight, calling the decision to change their name a blunder and thanking the fans for their input.[13]