Fictionist

Fictionist is an alternative rock band from Provo, Utah, with origins in Salt Lake City, Utah and Sacramento, California. The band consists of Stuart Maxfield (lead vocals, bass guitar), Robbie Connolly (lead vocals, guitar), Brandon Kitterman (guitar, bass guitar), Aaron Anderson (drums), and recently departed Jacob Jones on (keys). They have toured nationally and have opened for acts including Imagine Dragons, Vampire Weekend, Neon Trees, Young the Giant, and Shiny Toy Guns.

History

Background and overview

The band began in its earliest formation as Good Morning Maxfield in 2007. Fictionist formed in their current configuration to release their first album Invisible Hand in 2009.

Invisible Hand (2009)

Fictionist won an Independent Music Award for Best Pop/Rock Song for their single "Invisible Hand" off their first album of the same name.^[1] The Fictionist song "Noisy Birds" was featured in Seasons 6 and 7 of PBS's program Roadtrip Nation.^[2]

Lasting Echo (2010)

Lasting Echo unveiled the band's first official music video which was directed and animated by artist Eric Power.^[3] The music video for the single "Blue-eyed Universe" was featured at the 2010 Tucson Film & Music Festival.

Lasting Echo was selected by Paste magazine to be the April 2010 VIP bonus album.^[4] In 2011, they received another Independent Music Award for Best Pop/Rock Song for "Blue-Eyed Universe" from their second album, Lasting Echo.^[5] The album cover to Lasting Echo was also nominated for Pop/Rock Album and Best Album Art.^[6]

On February 15, 2011 it was announced on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon^[7] that Fictionist would be one of 16 bands to participate in the Rolling Stone Magazine "Do You Wanna Be A Rock 'n Roll Star?"^[8] Contest. During Round 2 they recorded two new tracks with producer David Bendeth (Paramore, Bring Me The Horizon, Kaiser Chiefs).^[9] They were eliminated in Round 4 of the competition as semifinalists.

Fictionist EP & FICTIONIST (2011-Present)

Fictionist signed with Atlantic Records and released a 6-track EP titled Fictionist - EP in the fall of 2011.^[10]

In 2012 the band announced that it had recorded an album produced by Grammy nominated producer Ron Aniello (Bruce Springsteen, Lifehouse) and engineered by Nick DiDia (Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen, Stone Temple Pilots) for Atlantic Records. The new album was recorded at the historic Hollywood Sunset Sound Recorders. The band also announced that they used a guitar which Elvis Presley played on one of his albums during the album recording sessions. The band ultimately chose not to release the recordings and instead to record a new album independent of Atlantic Records, produced by Nate Pyfer (KASKADE, The Moth & the Flame, Mideau).^[11] The album was released in Provo, UT, on October 3rd, 2014, and nationally on October 7th. ^[12]

Fictionist supported Imagine Dragons on two occasions in 2013 and 2014. Robbie Connolly also appears in the Imagine Dragons music video for "On Top of the World".^[13] In 2015, they will tour with Mates of State.

Media

• Fictionist was the subject of a The Song That Changed My Life episode on BYUtv.^[14]

Discography

Studio albums

• Invisible Hand (2009)
• Lasting Echo (2010)
• FICTIONIST (October 7, 2014)

Extended plays

• Fictionist - EP (Atlantic, 2011)^[15]

Awards

• 2015 Salt Lake City Weekly Best Band Winner^[17]

References

External links

• Official website
• Fictionist on Facebook