About Me

When Distance Fails is Hermes, Sean, Joe and Robbie. When Distance Fails is about perseverance and proving the impossible possible. There were so many times that this band could have folded and dropped from the face of the damaged local scene but they continue to evolve setting the standard. They stray from what's trendy or what SHOULD be popular. Instead they put heart first before anything. The music isn't about making money, although it would be nice to have some change in their pockets they would rather have you understand what they do, where they come from and what their songs are all about. Life, love, work, loathing, death and heartache. If you get them, thank you. If you love them, even better! If you want to hear the next screamo/dance/beatdown/fashionXcore band then look somewhere else. They're When Distance Fails and they're here to stay and they'll continue to grow. They don't expect anything big, they just want your respect and a little bit of adoration. and maybe a few tours and cd's sold.

don't say we were never meant to be something.

Click to buy our EP, Someday...Japan

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Mail below:
When Distance Fails
c/o Alain Mendez
1627 east 32 street
Brooklyn, NY 11234
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Member Since: 11/9/2003
Band Website: whendistancefails.com
Band Members:
Hermes - Vocals, Guitar
Sean - Guitar, Silence
Joe - Bass, Vocals
Rob - Drums
Influences: Appleseed Cast, Moneen, The Movielife, Lifetime, The Get Up Kids, Cap'n Jazz, Hot Water Music, Saves The Day

Friends:
Racing Exit 13
Midway
Five Minutes Five Seconds
Brian McLendon
Up For Nothing
556
Last Day Shining
None the Wiser
Less Than Normal
Dragon Slayer
Exit To Eternity
Sounds Like: Rock n' Roll
Record Label: D.I.Y. or Die
Type of Label: None

My Blog

writing and demo-ing that’s what we’re do-ing

we're trying to get as much work as we can. we kind of dug ourselves a hole though, we used to not have enough material to work with and all of a sudden we have a crap ton of songs we need to work/rew...
Posted by When Distance Fails (Hiro Nakamura Up) on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:45:00 PST

it’s all about starting over

we’ve been recording some demo’s to prep for a proper recording with mr. "the jerry farley" for spring or summer and then hopefully get to touring and have it really happen. sorry for all ...
Posted by When Distance Fails (Hiro Nakamura Up) on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 02:35:00 PST

Someday...Japan.

So the album release is cancelled. Not the album release but the show we were releasing it at is cancelled. So the album is officially out, I have no desire to put maximum effort into booking a minimu...
Posted by When Distance Fails (Hiro Nakamura Up) on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 09:13:00 PST

oh jersey we love thee

i wrote a blog a long time ago about how the kids in jersey are the nicest people in the world and how they actually care about music there. even bands! bands dig other bands! new york bands only care...
Posted by When Distance Fails (Hiro Nakamura Up) on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 06:52:00 PST

2/18/07 - News.

Hey there,Just wanted to let you all know what was going on with all of us. We finished recording, producing and mastering our debut EP which is titled "Someday...Japan." We recorded it with Vin Cin a...
Posted by When Distance Fails (Hiro Nakamura Up) on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 12:24:00 PST

Recording. Really this time.

We're stepping into Electric Plant Studios on December 9th for day 1 of recording our ep.
Posted by When Distance Fails (Hiro Nakamura Up) on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 04:52:00 PST

New Recordings Coming in the near future!

Hey guys, Sean here. Just letting everyone know that we are sorry that we have not been able to put out new music for a long time now...and you're all probably sick of listening to the same damn...
Posted by When Distance Fails (Hiro Nakamura Up) on Sat, 22 Jul 2006 03:16:00 PST

taking some time off from shows

why? cuz lots of venues and promoters suck at their jobs. plus it's giving us time to revamp certain things and collect ourselves and write or finally work on new songs that we've had catalogued thru ...
Posted by When Distance Fails (Hiro Nakamura Up) on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 06:33:00 PST

Fan of the MONTH!!! and Past Fans!

NOW YOU can be fan of the month! just do something whacky and take a picture of it before the month ends and we'll take a pick on who's the wackiest chooch out there and we'll dub thee fan o' the mont...
Posted by When Distance Fails (Hiro Nakamura Up) on Sat, 24 Sep 2005 09:04:00 PST

race the sun show... was awesome!

our first real show with a kick ass band that's not local! and mannn those guys were soo nice and sexy and they sang to me! which made me feel like a little girl. i almost peed my pants. i love them.....
Posted by When Distance Fails (Hiro Nakamura Up) on Wed, 25 Jan 2006 09:06:00 PST