Spitalfield
This Chicago group may be able to tell you that this is “The Only Thing That Matters” (Better Than Knowing Where You Are . For my part, this was good, solid rock-and-roll, unpretentious and energetic. This listener particularly liked “Texas With A Dollar” ( Stop Doing Bad Things , 2005, Victory). Nice drumming for sure.
But all that doesn’t seem to matter, after all, since the words “farewell” and “missed” are showing up on the band blogs. Some fans were, in their words, “heartbroken.” This listener, for one, will miss a band that can name one of its songs “Stolen From Some Great Writer” (Remember Right Now, 2003 Victory). Fine song, in addition to the great name.
What’s going on with this quality band that would cause them to close the guitar cases and put the drums in the corner? Web surfers won’t find out much from the band’s Web site, as this seems to be the place to get Farewell merchandise (when it’s gone, it’s gone). Members Mark Rose, Jose Romero and TJ Milici are still listed on the group’s MySpace site. Band members have included, variously, T.J. Minich and Dan Lowder.
Hopefully, fans will get to a point where they will understand that a run of nearly 10 years is not all bad in the rock world.
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Truly a great unique, inspirational band.
They ended too soon. I will never forget.
Interesting sound, too bad that they aren’t a band anymore. They had some great album and song names.
I liked “The Only Thing That Matters”. It doesn’t sound very unique in terms of style and sound, but I love the lyrics. Great sound in general.
“In The Same Lifetime” is another good song, but it’s a bit slow for my taste.
Well you know many bands have started this way. The longevity in the music industry does not always come with immediate success and often bands are floating around for a few years. These guys have an advantage in my book because they show that they are sticking around which is great for a band.
They are wanting to make thier dreams come true and this might be the break they were looking for. I enjoyed the song “In the Same Lifetime” and although it has a less active style it is still great.
Having another band from the east coast they are more likely to stay around even if they never are huge.
I don’t know that they are likely to stay around, considering that the band is pretty much broken up, according to this article. I think they are already over, so unfortunately you’re not going to get anything else out of them.
These guys are broken up Attagirl, so no, they aren’t likely to stay around. However, I love their style, and maybe since the fact that they aren’t being to open about why they breaking up may mean that somewhere in the future they may end up back together, but once these things happen, it’s not likely.