About Me
The Unfinished Sympathy is a modern rock band rooted on early emotional hardcore-punk, twisted into '80s pop and travelling to classic rock .
They started in 2000 with a demo that came to the hands of BCore, which quickly signed them up. First album "The unfinished sympathy" in 2001 had such a good response that led them to their first spanish and european tours, including the recording of a John Peel Session at London's BBC, being the first spanish band ever to be invited to the show.
An extensive european tour with american band Joshua, a german tour with labelmates Maple and support for Jimmy Eat World and Bad Religion led them to their second album, "An investment in logistics" in 2003. It reached Top 1 at main spanish indie newspaper Mondo Sonoro, and number 3 for Rock Sound in their annual polls, and started to appear on the covers of specialised magazines.
Another exhaustive german tour and a second visit to the BBC studios to record another Peel Session were quickly followed by their third album, "Rock for food" (2004) which also reached Top 1, this time for Rock Sound, and number 2 for Mondo Sonoro. Before that, the advance single "This living kills" had such a big acclaim thanks to the awarded 35mm video and the cover of Undertones' classic "Teenage kicks". A second single was released some months later including some tracks in acoustic format, recorded live at the auditorium of "La Pedrera" building by Antoni GaudÃ.
In 2006 they signed for Subterfuge Records and recorded their fourth album "We push you pull". Extensive touring plus the release of a digital-only EP with remixes of their single "Spin in the rye" led them to these days having turned into one of the most popular indie rock bands from Spain. 2007's edition of Festival Internacional de Benicassim (FiB) showed them at their best with both critical and audience acclaim.
In summer 2007 they recorded in one day an 8-song acoustic session at Ultramarinos Costa Brava Studio, produced by Victor Garcia (myspace.com/envics) which will be released as "Love athletic" on may 26 (digital download) and one week later as an extra CD for the deluxe "We push you pull" re-edition. Some acoustic shows before summer will bring absolutely new versions of highlights like "Spin in the rye", "This living kills", "Gratitude" or "Rock for food" and a cover of Beatles' "Run for your life".
Discography:
"S/T" CD/LP (BCore, 01)
"Split/Half foot outside" 7" (Hang the Dj!, 01)
"An investment in logistics" CD/LP (BCore, 03)
"Split/Blumen" CD (Maldoror, 04)
"This living kills" MCD (BCore, 04)
"Rock for food" CD/LP (BCore, 04)
"The loveless curse" MCD (BCore, 05)
"We push you pull" CD (Subterfuge, 06)
"Spin in the rye" (Remixes EP)-Digital only (Subterfuge, 07)
"Love Athletic" (Acoustic EP)-Digital (Subterfuge, 08)
"We push you pull+Love Athletic" 2CD (Subterfuge, 08)
