Adam Joseph Bains, Ryan David Stimpson, Morgan Hotdog Loy, Zac R. Meyer
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greg dulli, my bloody valentine, neil young, david bowie, smashing pumpkins, talk talk, miles davis, brian wilson, brian eno, the funk brothers, the band, can...
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It's obvious from the outset that the Fear and Trembling are something spectacular, a band smitten with pyrotechnic swagger and orchestrated opulence. This Nashville outfit demonstrates oversized ambitions and creative designs which ... propel them into celestial realms entirely their own.
-- Performing Songwriter
TFAT pack their 60 minute debut full of elaborately arranged orchestral rock tunes. The band makes good use of the piano and strings like cello, violin and lap steel to add some extra dimensions to each song and the band's musical chops are obvious as every note and chord seems to have been chosen with care.
-- Brooklyn Rocks
The Fear and Trembling was formed in early 2005 by four friends in Nashville, TN brought together by diverse yet similar tastes in both popular and experimental music as well as a shared penchant for brewed barley and hops. Multi-instrumentalists/vocalists Ryan Stimpson and Adam Bains had begun writing songs together around a year earlier and, after joining forces with bassist Matt Strickland and drummer/collaborator in mischief Morgan Loy, the band began performing in Nashville. Later that year they recorded the Lock and Roar e.p. at Haptown Studios in Nashville with Jason Blackburn, who would be the “magic man” behind the boards for future sessions as well.
In early 2006 Strickland announced that he would be leaving to pursue his education, and the remaining members were left at a crossroads. Instead of attempting to immediately replace Strickland, Bains and Stimpson began work on the songs that would become the first full-length album by The Fear and Trembling. The rest of 2006 was spent honing this set of tunes as well as producing demo versions of every song at TFAT World Headquarters. Armed with these demos and a year of writing, recording, and rehearsal under their belts, Stimpson, Bains, and Loy went back into the studio with Blackburn in early 2007 and spent a two-week blur of 12-15 hour days recording “The Fear and Trembling’s Octopus” (with help from several extremely talented Nashville musicians). In the following months Loy mixed the album at TFAT World Headquarters and the band continued to fine-tune its live show. After several more months and several more shows, the band decided that their future lay elsewhere and decided to relocate to Brooklyn, NY where they are currently writing and recording demos for a new album which should be released sometime in 2009.
i got up early today to put up a smoke alarm i should've done yesterday,...
then i got sidetracked and've been glueing subbuteo football players !!!
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i'm off to buenos aires for the semester. i'm going to miss you, and i hope you won't forget me. in the meanwhile, check out my productions and perhaps we'll work together on my return. cheers.
