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Expansive. Uplifting. Woven. Cacophonous. Soaring.
Dear Future's second EP, Can't Wait Any Longer, is all of the above, and more. It's six songs, interconnected, sequential, all lined up to follow one another perfectly.
Dear Future is four lads from Pickneyville, a small town in Southern Illinois: Brandon Ross, lead vocals, guitar, keys; Wes Chandler, lead guitar; Ethan Place, drums; and Paul Genzink, bass, guitar, keys. "We are pretty much living in a black hole of the music industry," says Brandon, "which means we have to work harder and travel further to stay connected. On the flip side, it works to our advantage because we are not influenced by short-lived trends."
More than a sum of its parts, Dear Future is a band united. "The majority of our music is written collectively," explains Brandon. "Because of this, we are able to explore everyone's ideas within each song."
Thematically, the songs express dissatisfaction with the state of our society and the way we react to its problems, both as a society and as individuals. "Lyrically, it's a challenge to make sure each song is relevant and says something real, instead of having stereotypical lines for the sake of lyrics."
Together since 2006, Dear Future has already garnered fans nationwide, thanks to an aggressive touring schedule and festival appearances: ten tours in two-and-a-half years, each of them averaging two weeks at a time. The band has shared the stage with such acts as Dear and the Headlights, Motion City Soundtrack, House of Heroes and Relient K.
Yet despite the barrage of bad news from television and newspapers, Dear Future's music offers a message of hope. "We are all believers," says Brandon. "We believe in the power of grace, forgiveness and love.".
-Laura Hamlett
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Member Since: 3/8/2006
Band Members:

MANAGEMENT & SHOW INQUIRIES:
Mark Mattingly
[email protected]

COLLEGE BOOKING:
Jonathan Schaade
IC Artists Agency
205-533-9410
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TOUR MANAGER:
Matthew Koons
616-796-5591
[email protected]

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Brandon Ross - Vocals, Guitar, Keys
Wes Chandler - Lead Guitar
Paul Genzink - Guitar, Keys, BGV
Cory Nelson - Bass, BGV, Programming
Ethan Place - Drums, BGV

Record Label:

Type of Label: Major

My Blog

The Beard Bet

Our manager Mark has made a high wager for Wes. For the next 3 months, Wes is not allowed to shave his beard and in return, Mark with hand over a $50 bill. To some these stakes aren't too high, to o...
Posted by on Wed, 06 May 2009 12:09:00 GMT

Pix 'n' Twitter

Hello Friends!Just had a great time on the road with our new friends The Winter Sounds. If you haven't heard them yet, check them out here: www.myspace.com/thewintersounds and go see them next time th...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:24:00 GMT

Can’t Wait Any Longer Reviews

Here's some reviews we've been getting on our new EP:Let us know what you think.AbsolutePunk.netReviewed by: Klatzke (2/9/09)Throughout the past few years, I've witnessed quite a few of these types of...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:29:00 GMT

Dear Future on ConcertAttack.com

Go check this out:http://www.concertattack.com/tibbs-pick-dear-future/musi c-news/article/28566/
Posted by on Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:03:00 GMT

Recording Videos

Recording Day 2 & 3 Recording Day 1
Posted by on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:53:00 GMT

We have an AIM account now

Go add us on AIM..dearfuturemusic
Posted by on Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:07:00 GMT

Our first review!

Our first Review by High Beam Reviewshttp://highbeamreview.com/review.php?id=201The term "indie" doesn't really mean much anymore. So many bands claim to be "indie" but most people have completely dif...
Posted by on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:09:00 GMT

New Layout! What do you think?

So for the past month and a half I've been working on making a new layout for our MySpace page. It's been grueling at times since I'm basically teaching myself as we go along. I reached a spot where...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:24:00 GMT

Thanks, Guitars, and Reverend

We'd like to take a minute again to thank everyone for the encouragement you've shown us, so far. The kind words have not gone unnoticed. The gifts and donations, when we haven't had to ask for a penn...
Posted by on Tue, 20 May 2008 15:40:00 GMT

Dear Future Robbed

Dear Friends,Yesterday we had discovered that all of our guitars had been stolen from our church along with 2 speakers that belonged to the church. The way we can best put the story together is that ...
Posted by on Sun, 11 May 2008 10:58:00 GMT