Fang Island

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Fang Island
Origin Providence, Rhode Island; Brooklyn, NY, U.S.
Genres Indie rock, progressive rock, math rock, post rock, instrumental rock
Years active 2005–present
Labels Sargent House
Associated acts Daughters
Website www.fangisland.com
Members Jason Bartell
Chris Georges
Marc St. Sauveur
Brock Hengin
Past members Michael Jacober
Nicholas Andrew Sadler
Philip Curcuru
Pete Watts

Fang Island is an American indie rock band formed in Providence, Rhode Island, and based in Brooklyn, New York. The group consists of guitarists Jason Bartell, Chris Georges, bruiser Brock Hengin and drummer Marc St. Sauveur.

Biography

Fang Island began in 2005 as an art project with original members, Philip Curcuru, Chris Georges, and Pete Watts, while attending Rhode Island School of Design.[1][2] They were later joined by Bartell, St. Sauveur, Jacober, and guitarist Nick Sadler, former member of the band Daughters.[3] Fang Island got their name from an article in The Onion.[3] Guitarist Jason Bartell recalled, "I think it was just a funny blip about Donald Rumsfeld having a secret hideaway, and it was on Fang Island".[3] The band describes their sound as "everyone high-fiving everyone"[4] and their goal, according to Bartell, is to "make music for people who like music".[5]

The band independently released Day of the Great Leap in 2007, followed by an EP, Sky Gardens, in November 2008. Their song "The Absolute Place" was remixed by Chris Keating of Yeasayer in 2009.[6] Fang Island was named one of the year's top 10 albums by Brian Cook of The Stranger.[7] The album's lead single "Daisy", which features an electro-organ intro and chanted vocals,[8] played during a series of commercials promoting the MTV reality show The Buried Life.[9] Adam Pfleider of AbsolutePunk described it as a "wild party" that "listeners will want to relive ... over and over again".[10] Dan Goldin of Decoy Music praised the album for "successfully combining the luster of indie pop music with the technical eccentricities of progressive rock".[11] Pitchfork Media's Ian Cohen called the music on Fang Island "honest and life-affirming and infectious".[9] In 2010, Fang Island performed at the SXSW music festival in Austin, Texas,[3] and were named by social networking analytics site Next Big Sound as the artists who experienced the fastest growth in online fandom during the festival.[12] While in Austin, the band also recorded three songs for a Daytrotter session.[13] Fang Island entered the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart in April 2010.[14]

In a 2012 interview with New York Music News, Jason Bartell admitted the happy undertones of the band's music, stating: "I am pretty ding-dong-doodily-delighted, all the time."[15]

Band members

Discography

Albums

Year Album details Peak chart position
U.S. Heat[14]
2010 Fang Island

27
2012 Major

EPs

Year Album details
2007 Day of the Great Leap

  • Release date: June 2007
  • Label: Self-released
2008 Sky Gardens

  • Release date: March 1, 2008
  • Label: Corleone Records

Music videos

Year Title Director
2009 "Daisy" Carlos Charlie Perez[16]
2010 "Life Coach"
"Careful Crossers" ZFCL[17]

References

  1. ↑ Gillespie, Blake (2009-12-09). "Fang Island - Debut". Impose Magazine. Retrieved 2010-03-15. 
  2. ↑ Monger, James Christopher. "Fang Island - Biography". Allmusic (Rovi Corporation). Retrieved 2010-03-15. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Raftery, Liz (2010-03-15). "Fang Island Interview: SXSW 2010". Spinner (AOL). Retrieved 2010-03-15. 
  4. ↑ "Approved: Fang Island". College Music Update. 2010-03-25. Retrieved 2010-03-25. 
  5. ↑ Young, Susannah (2009-12-03). "Fang Island - Biography". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2010-03-15. 
  6. ↑ "Yeasayer’s Chris Keating Remixes Fang Island". Stereogum. 2009-04-29. Retrieved 2010-03-15. 
  7. ↑ Cook, Brian (2009-12-30). "My Top Ten Albums of 2009". The Stranger. Retrieved 2010-03-15. 
  8. ↑ "MP3 At 3PM: Fang Island". Magnet. 2010-02-20. Retrieved 2010-03-15. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Cohen, Ian (2010-03-15). "Album Reviews - Fang Island - Fang Island". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2010-03-15. 
  10. ↑ Pfleider, Adam (2010-02-26). "Fang Island - Fang Island - Album Review". AbsolutePunk. Retrieved 2010-03-15. 
  11. ↑ Goldin, Dan (2010-02-18). "Fang Island - Fang Island Review". Decoy Music. Retrieved 2010-03-15. 
  12. ↑ Winistorfer, Andrew (2010-03-24). "Fang Island (And Some Emo Band) The Most-Buzzed Bands From SXSW". Prefix Mag. Retrieved 2010-03-25. 
  13. ↑ Zimmerman, Angela (2010-03-23). "SXSW From the Frontlines of Daytrotter: Fang Island". Crawdaddy!. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Fang Island Music News & Info". Billboard (Nielsen Company). Retrieved 2010-03-25. 
  15. ↑ "NYMN Interview – Jason Bartell of Fang Island". nymn.com. August 27, 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2012. 
  16. ↑ "Fang Island Announces U.S. Tour Dates, Van is Stolen". MVRemix Rock. 2010-03-02. Retrieved 2010-03-15. 
  17. ↑ Fitzmaurice, Larry (2010-07-01). "Video: Fang Island: "Careful Crossers"". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2010-08-14. 

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