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Farewell is an American pop punk Band formed in 2004 in Greensboro, North Carolina. They are currently signed to Epitaph Records.
History
The band released its debut EP in 2005, entitled Poisoning the Lark, on Forsaken Records.[2]
After posting new tracks on the their MySpace page, Farewell was scouted by the owner of Epitaph Records, Brett Gurewitz who offered them a deal in March 2007.[3] The band's first full-length appeared on the label in September 2007.[4][5][6][7] The album was released in The UK on February 4, 2008.[8][9][10] Farewell was slated to tour the UK with Cartel in 2008, but the tour was cancelled.[11] They then proceeded to tour the UK with You Me at Six and Houston Calls in October 2008.
Farewell cites punk rock bands such as Green Day[12], Jawbreaker and Alkaline Trio as influences.[13]
On July 25, 2008, Chris Lee left the band. [14]
Their Sophomore album entitled "Run It Up the Flagpole" will be in store September 1, 2009. [15]
Discography
Albums and EPs
| Date of Release | Title | US Billboard 200 Peak |
| March 24, 2005 | Poisoning the Lark EP | - |
| September 25, 2007 | Isn't This Supposed To Be Fun!? | - |
| September 1, 2009 | Run It Up the Flagpole | - |
Singles
| Date of Release | Song | US Billboard 200 Peak | Album |
| March 24, 2005 | Kelley Green | - | Poisoning the Lark EP |
| September 25, 2007 | First One On The Blog | - | Isn't This Supposed To Be Fun?! |
References
- ^ allmusic ((( Farewell > Biography )))
- ^ Farewell at Allmusic
- ^ Scaccia, Annamarya. "Epitaph's newest signing to release debut album", Alternative Press, 7 August 2007.
- ^ Review of Isn't This Supposed to Be Fun?. Aversion.com.
- ^ Farewell at MusicRemedy.com
- ^ Review of Isnt This Supposed to Be Fun?. The Album Project.
- ^ Review of Isn't This Supposed to Be Fun?. Absolutepunk.net.
- ^ Farewell Album to Get UK Release. Rocklouder.
- ^ Reviews. The Irish Independent.
- ^ Album Reviews. The Irish Times.
- ^ Farewell Cancel UK Tour. Rocklouder.
- ^ Pomarico, Nicole. "Up and coming artist: Farewell", Teen, 2007.
- ^ Bayer, J: pg 64, Alternative Press #233 December 2007
- ^ Chris Leaves Farewell. AbsolutePunk.
- ^ [ http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1143221]. Absolute Punk.