And So I Watch You from Afar
| And So I Watch You from Afar | |
|---|---|
 ASIWYFA | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK |
| Genres | Post-rock, math rock |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels |
Smalltown America (2007-2010) Richter Collective (2011-2012) Sargent House |
| Associated acts |
Axis Of VerseChorusVerse 7.5 Tonnes Of Beard Thrash Hat |
| Website | Official site |
| Members |
Rory Friers Niall Kennedy Johnny Adger Chris Wee |
| Past members | Tony Wright |
And So I Watch You from Afar are a Northern Irish instrumental rock band from Belfast, composed of guitarists Rory Friers and Niall Kennedy on guitar, bassist Johnny Adger and drummer Chris Wee. They wrote and released two albums and three EPs with former member Tony Wright who now performs under the pseudonym VerseChorusVerse. They write largely instrumental music with group vocals in parts; Friers now writes a lot of the music, but they arrange and contribute to these songs in the rehearsal room as a three-piece to make them into finished songs. They are signed to Richter Collective, and in October 2011 the band announced a deal in North America with management and record label Sargent House, who released Gangs on November 8, 2011.
History
Their self-titled debut album was named the 6th best album of 2009 by Rock Sound.[1]
At the end of August 2011 one of the four founding members, Tony Wright, left ASIWYFA.
In August 2012, the band embarked on a 5 city China tour organised by Beijing and Shanghai based company Split Works.[2]
Fourth studio album
On July 7, 2014, ASIWYFA began recording their fourth studio album.[3][4] The album, called “Heirs” was released on May 5, 2015.[5] It is one of the 19 records nominated for the IMPALA Album of the Year Award.[6]
Discography
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| IRL [7] |
UK | ||
| 2009 | And So I Watch You From Afar
|
— | — |
| 2011 | Gangs | 28 | — |
| 2013 | All Hail Bright Futures
|
81 | — |
| 2015 | Heirs
|
— | — |
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart. | |||
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart position | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| IRL | |||
| 2009 | "Set Guitars To Kill" | — | And So I Watch You From Afar |
| "S Is For Salamander" | — | The Letters EP | |
| 2010 | "Straight Through The Sun Without A Scratch" | — | |
| 2011 | "Search:Party:Animal" | — | Gangs |
| "BeautifulUniverseMasterChampion" | — | ||
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart. | |||
Extended plays
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRL | ||||||
| 2007 | This Is Our Machine And Nothing Can Stop It
|
— | ||||
Tonight The City Burns
|
— | |||||
| 2010 | The Letters
|
— | ||||
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart. | ||||||
Band members
- Current Members
- Jonathan Adger – bass
- Rory Friers – guitar
- Niall Kennedy – guitar
- Chris Wee – drums, percussion
- Former Members
Timeline
References
- ↑ "Top 75 Albums". Rock Sound (130). Christmas 2009. p. 27.
[6] And So I Watch You From Afar - 'And So I Watch You From Afar'
- ↑ "August Rush: And So I Watch You From Afar Are Coming To China_Split Works". Spli-t.com. Archived from the original on 2012-08-24. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
- ↑ "07/07/2014 Day 1 ASIWYFA Album 4 Tracking begins". @jonathandavidadger. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
- ↑ "And So I Watch You From Afar have just started recording for the new album". sargenthouseeu.tumblr.com. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
- ↑ Perry, Holley (2015-04-06). "And So I Watch You From Afar". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
- ↑ "Young labels featured in shortlist for IMPALA Album of the Year Award". sur impalamusic.org.
- ↑ "Irish Charts > And So I Watch You From Afar". irish-charts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 2013-04-08.