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TEMPORARY BASEMENT

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Q: Another FAQ? Whyyyyyy?
DAVID: I know, I know. But people seem to love these things.

Q: Where are you from? What's the story?
MIKE: Me and Emil grew up in Woodbridge, although I spent my childhood in the Philippines, where I was born. David came from Richmond, or more accurately, Chesterfield.

Q: No, I mean, why are you guys all Asian? Are you all related?
EMIL: Trust me, we didn't plan this at all. For one thing, Emil's my brother, so he's going to be Filipino. I mean, mostly I point to my parents. They're Filipino, so uh, ain't nothin' I can do about that. David's Cambodian.
DAVID: But I'm also born in NY! Quiz me sometime.
MIKE: He loves it.

Q: What can we do to help?
EMIL: You know how it is. It's one thing for a band to say it's worth your time, it's another for your best friend to tell you it's awesome, while passing you awesome Cheetos. You know what I'm sayin. To help rep us, you can: Make us a Top Friend [email: [email protected]] Add !tempbase! to the end of your display name. I've heard this is the new hotness. Post a bulletin about us to your crew. We make the best cookies, you saw Emil punch a bear, whatever. Add our banner to your page. Or, even make us a new one, and we'll post it! Make one of our songs your profile song. Any will do. Send your friends our link or mp3s. Make TB flyers/cds with our name and myspace and hand them out at shows in your town! Put our stickers everywhere! (Except where you and me can go to cruel unrelenting prison.)
Either way, we want to be those Cheetos. Keep passing the bag!!!!

Q: Can you add (TB song here) to your profile?
DAVID: If we get enough requests for a song, of course we'll put it up. You guys and girls run this place, not us.

Q: How can I be one of your top friends?
EMIL: We see you enough at the shows, or you help us get the word out, then you'll see your face up.

Q: Where can I get the lyrics?
MIKE: Most of them should be on www.lyricwiki.org. Except for the maybe some of the older ones that I'm too embarrassed to let out of the bottle.

Q: Where can we buy cds and merch anyway?
MIKE: Go to www.cdbaby.com/tempbase or Itunes to find our jams.

Anybody have other questions? Just drop us a line!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 06/12/2004
Band Website: www.temporarybasement.com
Band Members:
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Influences: power pop: weezer, beatles, beach boys,

oldish emo: sunny day real estate, jimmy eat world

mid 90s alterna-stuff: pixies, radiohead, pumpkins, nirvana, oasis
new wave: police, cars, depeche mode, cure

other funk: daft punk, dismemberment plan, jodeci
Sounds Like:

Nothing remains static. Interim, Temporary Basement's third CD, is a perfect example. From songs that jump from left to right like a hyper FM radio, down to the cover art with frantic circles, Interim is about change.

Recording for Interim furiously began at the end of 2006 in Mike's home studio. There were a number of challenges to recording, including the departure of founding bassist Erik Ulsaker, who contributed songwriting and playing. The lineup was completed with the addition of David Thong, an old friend from Richmond. Final tracking and mixing took place with JP Maheu, who helmed Subscribing To My Youth.

Interim's subjects range from lyrics belying the uncertainty of growing up and not feeling absorbed, to the fight to keep in touch of your friends and yourself (Badfriend), of failed connections and longing (If You Ask), and of promises finally kept (Rescind). The sound of the record varies as well. Hallways is a balance between the tense and angular guitars of Fugazi and the sweetness of Oasis. Fluster fuses Emil's skittery raggae beat with a flamenco style outro. David's baritone singing and fluid bass playing adds a fresh outlook to familiar live staples such as Yearbook and Laguna Beach. Mike's high and instantly recognizable voice remains on display on songs like Holdover.

As the trio blur the line between power pop, emo, ska and other points in between, they continue to challenge themselves and their audience while remaining anchored in the classic pop of the Beach Boys and Beatles they grew up with. After many years in the Washington DC scene, Temporary Basement still love playing out and being part of the visceral feeling that comes from making and listening to music.


Record Label: clickclick
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

we're on twitter. and david is obsessed with it

we update all the time. mostly david, but we'll chime in as well. add us:www.twitter.com/tempbasemike
Posted by on Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:09:00 GMT

new Interim review!

check out our new review!TwoGroove (Tyler Groover) Around the same time we did a Past, Present, Future interview with Temporary Basement, lead singer Mike Favila passed along their third release...
Posted by on Thu, 21 May 2009 05:56:00 GMT

shows galore! and other stuff

have you been out recently? we've been rocking nonstop every weekend trying to get at ya. today we're playing in ashburn with our boys in soulcraft, and tomorrow we'll be in dc playing by the beautifu...
Posted by on Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:09:00 GMT

happy new year!

hey! the world didn't blow up again, so that's pretty awesome. 2009 should be a good year, but I guess it's January. I'll try to tuck in all those optimistic predictions.we did a few shows over the ...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:57:00 GMT

Interview with District of Sound

what up! we just did an interview with this new site, districtofsound.com. They are awesome. Check it out...so what else is up? We've done a string of shows recently, and have been loving meeting ever...
Posted by on Sun, 23 Nov 2008 07:26:00 GMT

Interim is finally out!

I know I should probably be passed out and sleeping now, but I'm so excited after this great show on Friday that I'm still buzzing about it. Thanks to everybody that came out and made it rock so hard ...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:41:00 GMT

new cd! tons of shows! dang. we’re crazy busy!

ok, somehow or another, we somehow managed to get our act together, so this should be a good summer for us. if you didn't catch us last week or so at fiesta asia, we're playing all over virginia all s...
Posted by on Thu, 29 May 2008 22:24:00 GMT

cd finally coming close to done!

we finished mixing the cd last week with jp, and it should be coming out relatively soon. this week we’re sending it off to alan douches, who coincidentally did the new dillinger escape plan. af...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:47:00 GMT

No show March 25th...sigh

Hey guys if you havent seen the post already.  Our show for March 25th is not going down because we are so busy finishing the cd.  We’ve tried to take the show down off our calendar bu...
Posted by on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:17:00 GMT

new video!

if you missed us at patrick henry library, here's a clip:TB @ Patrick Henrymike
Posted by on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:54:00 GMT