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Act As If

see how they fly, like lucy in the sky.

About Me

"This seven-song EP debut from Southern California artist Peter Verdell is a slick, catchy package that is sure to turn heads in the music industry. With a vaguely emo/hard-rock alternative style and a truckload of biting hooks, this is music that haunts and inspires. Though up until recently Verdell was doing solo acoustic sets live, he's finally settled on a permanent quartet to bring a harder edge to his live shows. While many young musicians make obvious blunders on debut albums, it's tough to find any fault with this disc. Perhaps the only thing wrong with it is that it isn't a full-length album."
-SKRATCH MAGAZINE

"Musically, it's kinda like The Get Up Kids. Midpaced-to-slow rock jams with a lot of pop elements; acoustic guitars and a motherf*cking xylophone. It's a well played and produced pop record."
-STEREOKILLER.COM

clip from 6/8/08 acoustic set. (a new song...sweeet)

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Member Since: 2/25/2005
Band Website: actasifmusic.com
Band Members: Peter Verdell
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My Blog

I’m playing drums in Chicago all summer with my friend Andrew Ripp!! (6/16/08)

Sooo, I'm leaving in 1 week to move to Chicago, IL for the next couple months, to play drums for my friend Andrew Ripp (also in the Act As If top friends...check out the music and add him!).It's a big...
Posted by Act As If on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:38:00 PST

New Song "Please Be Worth This" (3/4/08)

Sweeet.This little number should help pass the time for now at least. There will be more to come sooon. (I feel like I always say that...oh well...it's true anywayz)I guess, this is like the sorbet.....
Posted by Act As If on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:07:00 PST

New CHRISTMAS Song!! Better late than never, eh? (12/23/07)

I wrote a song about Winter/Christmas a couple months ago...and kind of waited 'til the last minute to start recording it (ummm, that's why it JUST went up...like 3 hours before Christmas Eve...sweeet...
Posted by Act As If on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 07:38:00 PST

New Demo "Breathe Out Slowly!" And recording pt. 1: pics and stufff! (11/04/07)

We just put a new demo up, called "Breathe Out Slowly." Well, it's sort of new...mostly "new to you" I suppose :) Anyway I love it, and reaaally hope you can enjoy it as well!In related news; yester...
Posted by Act As If on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 10:24:00 PST

New Demo, "It's True"!! (7/04/07)

Kind of a spontaneous thing, but I thought putting a new song upwould be kind of a fun 4th of July thing to do :) Sooo the song is called "It's True" and I reaaally hope you enjoy it! It's a little ...
Posted by Act As If on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 12:01:00 PST

Photo Featured on MYROCKSTARGALLERY.COM (5/1/07)

Woooo! myrockstargallery.com has picked an Act As If photo to be their featured pic of the week! We're pumped. If you haven't been to their website, you NEED to check it out...they've taken pics fo...
Posted by Act As If on Tue, 01 May 2007 02:17:00 PST

tiny update: Recording New Stuff Soon (4/25/07)

Well, looks like it's going to be time to record the next set of songs soon. I think that's what bands are supposed to do when most of their live set is made up of songs that aren't recorded, and hav...
Posted by Act As If on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 03:37:00 PST

'New' Song Up! (2/14/07)

Sooo I just put "No Matter What You Say" up today...hope you like it! Another song, "Murder With A Capital M" used to be up, but I figured it was a good time for a little change...being Valentine's D...
Posted by Act As If on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:50:00 PST

"Please Catch Up" licensed for ABC show!

Not sure exactly when it's going to air, but "Please Catch Up" was recently licensed for an episode of a new primetime reality show, "Greg Behrendt's Wake Up Call." It's a mid-season replacement show...
Posted by Act As If on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 10:12:00 PST

Review In Skratch Magazine!

Sooo I was sitting by the pool yesterday, flipping through some various music-related magazines, when I came across a review for a self-released album from an band called Act As If. Kind of shocked a...
Posted by Act As If on Mon, 26 Jun 2006 02:23:00 PST