Member Since: 7/31/2007
Band Website: myspace.com/ogarfo
Band Members: Felipe Gurgel (baixo) / Vitor Colares (guitarra) / João Victor (bateria)
Sounds Like: Brazilian, until the contrary is proved. Transgenic music. Stoner-pop, Post-electro, Pre-future?! Anyway, any of these genres are suitable for anyone who is concerned about labeling sound and takes the risk of defining O Garfo. Since March 2007, the threesome from Fortaleza (CE)/Brazil has been hatching what will become A Cria de Frank Einstein, the group’s first EP, tentatively scheduled for a September 2008 release.
A little more than a year was enough for the instrumental trio to be become one of the 5 finalists, among 100 other bands from the Brazilian Northern, is the selective process for the 2008 edition of the Abril Pro Rock festival. The band was a highlight of the Natal (RN) and João Pessoa (PB) editions of the Nordeste Independente festival. Also, they also participated in the Grito Rock Fortaleza and BNB Rock-Cordel festivals.
With photos from Natalia Kataoka, O Garfo’s visual identify presents a sober tone, devoid of certainties. Something typical of a band with different musical backgrounds: Vitor Colares is the guitar player of Fossil and 2fuzz; João victor is the singer/guitar player in 2fuzz; and Felipe Gurgel is the former bass player of Café Colômbia. Do you understand? You don’t really have to. Listen to the music, it will be much more simple.
“It’s fantastic how an instrumental pop scene which has spawned is in such a superior level of quality when compared to other independent bands. On this list you can include, besides the two mentioned, Macaco Bong and O Garfo (CE), and you will understand the equation†(Bruno Nogueira, Pop Up, in May/2008)
“O Garfo strolls through an almost unexplored terrain in the scene from the state of Ceará, with an instrumental sound, mezzo-electronic/mezzo-organic, which tends to the industrial rock performed by Nine Inch Nails, although that is not quite the intention. The group has made available a few demos on TramaVirtual.com.br and should release an EP this year.â€
(Dellano Rios, Diário do Nordeste, in Jan/2008)
Contact:
[email protected] – (85) 8690.2466 (Felipe)
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None