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Fang Island is laughing. Fang Island is constantly laughing. Jason Bartell and Chris Georges, the two primary songwriters for the Brooklyn-by-way-of-Rhode Island outfit, are sitting in the Greenpoint bar where they played their first show in New York. They sip Brooklyn Lagers on a muggy evening while wearing nearly identical jean jackets. The duo is discussing whether drummer Marc St. Sauveur would don the “Denim Daddy” attire on stage, ultimately deciding that he would refuse. Bartell and Georges giggle at the thought.
The infectious enthusiasm is not an act. Fang Island described its self-titled debut as “the sound of everyone high-fiving everyone” — a statement that is simultaneously accurate and destined to lead profiles for the duration on the band’s existence. The band’s sophomore effort, Major, builds on the theme. It features more singing than the first album, which was chock full of melodies, riffs, and melodic riffs. But the DNA here is similar: free and fun, with enough hooks to hang the audience’s denim jackets. Everyone is still high-fiving everyone; now there are just more people watching.
Even so, sometimes nice, positive young men can encounter cruel people. - Chris Georges
Stereo Subversion get’s the lowdown from Fang Island you can read it all here
Back in 2005, Chris Georges and Jason Bartell were stamping and etching and engraving their way through printmaking majors at the Rhode Island School of Design. Like many a college chap, they decided to start a band and, inspired by an article in The Onion, christened it Fang Island.
While such ensembles often fade, evaporating into the oblivion of the real world post-graduation, Fang Island is still going strong. These days, drummer Marc St. Sauveur keeps beat while Georges and Bartell carry a melody that’s euphoric, exciting, and oh so upbeat. Simply put, Fang Island exudes happiness. (They even describe their sound as “everyone high-fiving everyone.”) We trapped Georges and Bartell in our Closet to hear their musings on the future, favorite places to rock out, and how they keep it fresh. High-five, guys.
Happy Birthday today to the one and only Vin of Adebisi Shank.. You have earned and will keep forever my supreme love. Damn, we love you and we hope you are enjoying your Birthday and your USA tour with Fang Island. XO / CP / SH
Folks, make sure to bring him some Cake!!!!!!!!!
FANG ISLAND & ADEBISI SHANK //MAJOR TOUR 2012
08/20 New Orleans, LA @ Parish at House of Blues
08/21 Birmingham, AL @ Bottle Tree
08/22 Gainesville, FL @ Double Down Live
08/23 St. Petersburg, FL @ The Local 662
08/24 Jacksonville, FL @ Jack Rabbits
08/25 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
08/26 Asheville, NC @ Asheville Music Hall
08/28 Raleigh, NC @ Kings
08/29 Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter
08/30 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
SEE ALL ADEBISI SHANK SHOW DETAILS & UPDATES
Those wacky rockers Fang Island will get to open up for wacky rock godfathers the Flaming Lips this July. Fang Island’s recent debut LP was named Best New Music; the Flaming Lips are one of the greatest psychedelic pop bands in the history of the world. All upcoming Fang Island and Lips dates are below:
Fang Island Shows
05-15 Phoenix, AZ - Trunk Space %
05-17 Oklahoma City, OK - Conservatory %
05-18 Austin, TX - Emo’s %
05-19 Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves %
05-20 San Antonio, TX - Ten Eleven %
05-21 Houston, TX - House of Blues %
05-24 Atlanta, GA - The Drunken Unicorn %
05-25 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 %
05-26 Baltimore, MD - The Golden West Cafe %
05-27 Philadelphia, PA - Barbary Coast %
05-29 New York, NY - Cake Shop
06-26 Chicago, IL - Subterranean **
06-27 Chicago, IL - Green Music Festival **
07-04 Atlantic City, NJ - Showboat Casino $
07-07 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis $
07-08 Toronto, Ontario - Molson Amphitheater $+
07-20 Pittsburgh, PA - Amphitheater at Station Square $
07-22 Lewiston, NY - Artpark $
07-23 Canadaigua, NY - Constellation Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center $~
07-24 Holyoke, MA - Mountain Park $
% with Hollerado
**with Maps & Atlases
$ with The Flaming Lips
+ with Spoon and Tokyo Police Club
~ with The Black Keys
What happens when the guys from Fang Island answer questions? Good answers happen that’s what!
Like this classic:
Q: I think you should send Donald Rumsfeld a copy of Fang Island. How about it?
A: Actually, he already has it! Apparently he was up late one night googling his name and came across the Fang Island reference and decided to take a listen. He is now a huge fan. He likes the go get ‘em attitude of our music and listens to “Daisy” while he does his morning Kegel exercises.
Want to read the Full Interview? Come on You know you do. It’s funny.
After seeing Fang Island and Red Sparowes play San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall, it was made painfully clear how divergent the indie rock spectrum has become. Brooklyn-based, prog-inspired outfit Fang Island and Los Angeles instrumental post-rock group Red Sparowes come from completely different sectors of the music community, but by being slapped on the same bill, both groups managed to complement each other. The two bands sound nothing alike, but the slightly strange musical paring managed to bring to light each group’s strengths.
Fang Island’s impressive eponymous full-length debut was recently released after two attention grabbing EPs, and it has crated a certain amount of buzz for the group. It’s rare to see a band with eclectic styles receive notoriety, but it’s also satisfying on some levels to see obscure sounding bands, like Fang Island, receive attention. The group’s recent album is fairly noisy and the band’s live sound is a welcome departure from how the group comes off in the studio. Live, Fang Island’s three guitars are crisper, the vocals more apparent, and the drumming more aggressive. The group’s rather lo-fi sounding recorded material pales in comparison to the band onstage, and seeing each musician shred on his respective instrument makes it easy to see what a talented bunch of instrumentalists they are.
