The New York Fund

The New York Fund

The New York Fund are a four piece Country Rock band originating from London, England. They cite their major influences as including Ryan Adams, Neil Young, The Band, Bob Dylan and Teenage Fanclub.

History

Cherryfalls

The New York Fund started out life as an Indie outfit named Cherryfalls, forming in the early 'Noughties'. Lead singer, Joseph McAdam, originally from Glasgow, Scotland met guitarist Adrian Woodward at an acoustic gig in London and the two hit it off with their joint love of Teenage Fanclub proving to be a creative link between the two. Shortly after this initial meeting the two hooked up for a rehearsal, found drummer, Reuben, and finally bassist, James Anthony Austen Lewis and Cherryfalls was born. The band toured round small venues throughout London, noticeably ULU and attracted the attention of the major label Island Records at the Cross Keys in Chiswick where the managing director of Island Records spotted them, which led to them being signed.

Whilst signed with Island Records they released their debut single 'All My Sins' in May 2004 and wrote and recorded their debut album 'Winter/Winter', which, unfortunately never made it to the shops. However, although 'All My Shins' never made it on to the album, two further singles off of that album; 'Standing Watching' and 'In Your Arms Again' were released in 2004. In 2005 a support slot alongside Feeder (poor) helped them to raise people's awareness of them and coincided with the release of their fourth single My Drug. However, despite their obviously increasing popularity, Island decided to only put out 500 copies of their LP for the whole of London. Sadly, after breaking in to the charts, Cherryfalls were dropped by Island. Drummer, Reuben left the band and Leo Sutherland was drafted in as the drummer in the newly named The New York Fund.

The New York Fund

The new band led to a new sound, with the band taking advantage of the creative freedom that being unsigned had given them, Joe stating that

'It’s also really exciting to see yourself and your band and your music growing and changing. I guess that’s one of the big positives that came out of losing our ‘Big Major Deal’. It really gave us a lot of freedom to experiment, which I’m sure that we wouldn’t have had if we’d stayed with Island.'

Following a summer of heavy drinking and soul searching the band discovered the sound that they would stick with and hone over the next year. This sound was heavily influenced by country artists such as Ryan Adams and yet maintained the rockier edge that they had developed as Cherryfalls. Following another run of shows around the London venues, The New York Fund finally released their first, six track EP entitled 'The Guns EP' in February 2007. This EP was well received and led to them being championed by several radio DJs, most notably Dermot O'Leary on his show on BBC Radio 2, which has led to their track 'Nobody Home' being included on his 'Saturday Sessions' compilation.

The EP also caught the attention of other, well established bands, which led to a supporting slot with The Hold Steady and one date supporting Ash on their 2007 UK tour. They have recently finished a long string of festival appearances over the 2007 summer, with shows including the Glastonbury Festival, T in the Park, Loch Lomond and two appearances at V Festival (Chelmsford and Stafford). Now the band are taking a slight break from touring and are working on new material for their follow up EP, which they hope to release either at the end of 2007 or early 2008.

Discography

Singles

Cherryfalls

• 2004 - All My Sins - 17th May
• 2004 - Standing Watching - 2nd August
• 2004 - In Your Arms Again - 1st November
• 2005 - My Drug - 28th March

The New York Fund

• 2007 - The Guns EP - February

Albums

Cherryfalls

• 2004 - Winter/Winter

External links

• Official Website
• Myspace