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THE COMFIES

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About Me

"Honed pop rock recalling the best of 70s and 80s power pop invasion with the warmth and sincerity of modern indie rock" -NashvilleZine.com
"Something like the Posies with a dash of Superdrag's saccharine harmonies, Britpop sensibility and firm grasp of the hook"- The Nashville Scene Demand us in your city!

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Member Since: 8/3/2004
Band Website: WWW.THECOMFIES.COM
Band Members: Ben , Raf , Sam (now with Ben Folds), Nathan

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Influences: The Beatles, Ben Folds (5), Beach Boys, Queen, Spoon, Superdrag, The Zombies, David Bowie, Elton John, Billy Joel, Motown, Beck, Brendan Benson, Doves, Jason Falkner, The Posies, The New Pornographers, Ben Kweller, Travis, Ivy, The Cars, The Strokes, The Stills, Elvis Costello, Guided By Voices, The Turtles, Supergrass, Joe Marc's Brother, Nada Surf, Rilo Kiley, Rooney, the best of the 60s & 70s
Sounds Like: You should buy our new EP
Record Label: LiveWire Recordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

THE COMFIES- Next Big Nashville- Sat night @ The End

hello all. THE COMFIES are playing at 11:45 this Saturday night as part of Next Big Nashville! this is our first show in awhile and we would love it if you guys all came out to support our triumphant ...
Posted by THE COMFIES on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:47:00 PST

ATTN: ASPIRING BOOKING AGENTS/PROMOTERS

The Comfies are looking to build their team in 2007!!! If you are dabbling in promotion and booking shows we could help each other out. Booking and promoting shows is a daunting task requiring a lot...
Posted by THE COMFIES on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 02:07:00 PST

Photos from Good Karma Cafe (12/9/06)

thanks to jeff and everyone else from good karma cafe. what a splendid night. check them out at http://www.myspace.com/goodkarmacafe and give them all your money. they deserve it. more blog up...
Posted by THE COMFIES on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 11:24:00 PST

The Comfies on "Good Day Atlanta"

We woke up at 6AM!!!! the other morning to rock "Good Day Atlanta" on live TV. Watch the video at the link below.. and someone who's smart put it on YouTube or something.http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/my...
Posted by THE COMFIES on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 07:41:00 PST

ATLANTA SHOWS and MORE NEWS!!!

Hey friends! We hope you had a great Thanksgiving holiday. We're back on the scene this week with tracks on the current CD samplers in CMJ NEW MUSIC MONTHLY magazine, PASTE, and MAGNET too. Check them...
Posted by THE COMFIES on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:48:00 PST

Nashville Scene Music Festial + More News!!!!!

Friends -- You won't want to miss the NASHVILLE SCENE MUSIC FESTIVAL 2 this Friday November 3rd at the Belcourt Theater in Nashville. 2 stages, indoors and outdoors, with tons of the area's best bands...
Posted by THE COMFIES on Sun, 29 Oct 2006 08:06:00 PST

Climbing the CMJ chart!!!

Friends -- In its second week, the CLOSE TO ME EP has climbed to #88 on the CMJ chart after debuting in the Top 200! To put things into perspective, Weird Al came in at #86. We're two spots aw...
Posted by THE COMFIES on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 01:48:00 PST

YouTube videos

these are from that Under The Covers show we did on 9/13. for a recap see older blog. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z3V3YV9bochttp://www.youtube .com/watch?v=aqBIsefLu-w">http://www.youtube.com/...
Posted by THE COMFIES on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 02:52:00 PST

A note about our messages and comments...

Friends,There's been a problem with our Myspace account and for the past couple of weeks we've been unable to reply to messages and to give you guys comments. We're working on fixing the problem and w...
Posted by THE COMFIES on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 10:32:00 PST

Good News!

Friends!Thank you for making the release of the CLOSE TO ME EP such a huge success.We made the CMJ Top 200 chart! And we were the 11th most added artist last week. So keep calling your local college r...
Posted by THE COMFIES on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 09:49:00 PST