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SETTINGS
Buffalo New York, home of the Country’s largest waterfall and enough
Molson overflow to cause a few underage drinking problems. A
questionable football team and near competitor for Cleveland’s title
“mistake on the lake.†We could say it’s not quite “anywhere
USA†but not exactly what Sinatra was writing about. Start spreading
the news—about, young Donny Evans, Alex Niceforo, Chris Flury, Sean
Kalaras, and Nick Drew—better known as the band Settings. They formed
in 2006 with just Chris and Nick, Sean and Alex would later join and
Donny a recent addition, originally from Atlanta, rounded off the
quintet. Their sound, well let’s just say a delicate balance between
Hoobastank and the Transiberian orchestra with a guest appearance from
the Gibb brothers—or maybe Daft Punk. More New York style than Donna
Karen and enough looks to put hometown’s Johnny Reznik to shame. You
could legitimately call them your sisters new crush and your parent’s
worst nightmare.
Pay attention to this—let’s talk about a band that
understands perseverance, in late 2006 the band lost their front-man and
went almost 10 months searching for the next in line, Donny Evans
formerly of Atlanta buzz band Esme stepped up to the plate just in time.
“It was a difficult task finding Donny, we looked for months and tried
out person after person, everybody was so sketchy, some days we thought
we weren’t going to find anybody and would end up writing
instrumentals, but it was never a question of whether we were going to
stay together or not,†comments Niceforo. Following in the footsteps
of bands like Circa Survive and Thrice—the
band didn’t want to stay “too†close to their influences and knew
that they needed to do it their own way in the otherwise monotonous
scene.
In fall of 2007 after an excess of writing and a month long tour
the band entered the studio in Chicago with producer Marc McClusky.
(June, Hit the Lights, Powerspace) The objective was to create the best
three songs possible, only three of them—and that they did, what came
of it was the creation of forthcoming digital EP entitled “Elusionâ€
which is slated for release on Itunes in late 2007 just in time for the
holidays. The release is four tracks, the 3 from the studio as well as a
bonus remix exclusively available with the Itunes download. Following an
EP that the band originally released and toured on, this was a step up
to the major leagues. Manager Lucas Keller commented from his Chicago
office, “This band is the definition of “young and cool†they’re
definitely masters of mixing guitars and electronics. REAL trendsetters,
they don’t run with all the rip off bands in their respective scene,
they’re on a level with bands like the Transiberian Orchestra and
Dream Theater.†With a loyal internet following nationally their
hometown of Buffalo is just starting to catch on. Only months away from
a long awaited release, which is exclusively for digital release, the
guys have no doubt that the reaction will be positive. “We’re a very
2007 band, we run a lot of electronics in our set and spend a lot of
time on the internet, we try to be ahead of the curve, why not embrace
the fact that it’s a digital world and release our music
accordingly?†comments Flury, the band’s guitarist and forerunner.
Rarely does a band mix so many electronic influences with rock and sound
this good, it’s safe to say that Settings are the first of their kind.
2008 looks to be an exciting year for the boys and with a full calendar
of touring alongside a mass of people talking, it’s only a matter of
time before you head over to Itunes to see what it’s all about. Seeing
that the average age in the band is around New York’s drinking law
it’s apparent that they have a long way to run. But ask them,
they’re not phased by the competition, it’s only work and they’ve
already been through some difficult times. Although their friends are
off mid-way through college, the guys are more excited by a life of
interstates and Super 8s—what would you rather be doing at 20 years
old? That’s what I thought.
Thanks for checking out our band.
For any questions please contact:
e-mail: [email protected]
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