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Article about a band, not properly referenced as having a strong claim to passing WP:NMUSIC. The attempted notability claims here are (a) being booked to play a major festival tour but then not doing it because their stage was cancelled, which is not a free pass over the touring criterion as they obviously can't have gotten coverage for a tour that didn't happen; (b) releasing one album on a major label, where NMUSIC requires two albums before the mere existence of albums becomes a notability clinch in and of itself; and (c) placing songs in video games and compilation albums, which is the one criterion in NMUSIC that explicitly undermines itself with a "not enough if it's the only criterion they pass" stopper clause.
But this is referenced solely to an AllMusic profile, which is a valid starter source but not enough all by itself, and since all of this happened 15-20 years ago a Google search is only landing me directory entries and primary sources rather than WP:GNG-worthy reliable source coverage.
So I'm willing to withdraw this if somebody with much better access than I've got to archived US music media coverage from the naughts can find enough proper sourcing to salvage it, but nothing here is "inherently" notable enough to exempt them from having to have a lot more than just one GNG-worthy footnote. Bearcat (talk) 15:49, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Bands and musicians and United States of America. Bearcat (talk) 15:49, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Florida-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 15:58, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Fin Leavell#With The Summer Obsession. Fails both WP:NMUSIC and WP:GNG. HorrorLover555 (talk) 19:38, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Desertarun (talk) 16:20, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. This is a tough one on account of the difficult-to-Google name and the age, but the Allmusic entry accurately reflects that this band did tour nationally in the late 2000s and have a reasonable level of visibility in the scene at the time. Redirecting to Leavell's discography doesn't seem to be very helpful to users. Unfortunately, a lot of the independent press of that time is no longer online (I'm fairly certain they got written up in Alternative Press, but their online archive doesn't go back that far, and I definitely recall that they were reviewed at Absolute Punk, which is no longer operating), but there is still a little out there - besides AMG, there's [1], [2], and [3] (note that Exclaim! is international coverage). That's enough to squeak by for me, especially on the reasonable presumption that there are offline sources to supplement. Chubbles (talk) 00:06, 27 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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 * '''Redirect''' to [[Fin Leavell#With The Summer Obsession]]. Fails both [[WP:NMUSIC]] and [[WP:GNG]]. [[User:HorrorLover555|HorrorLover555]] ([[User talk:HorrorLover555|talk]]) 19:38, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
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+*'''Keep'''. This is a tough one on account of the difficult-to-Google name and the age, but the Allmusic entry accurately reflects that this band did tour nationally in the late 2000s and have a reasonable level of visibility in the scene at the time. Redirecting to Leavell's discography doesn't seem to be very helpful to users. Unfortunately, a lot of the independent press of that time is no longer online (I'm fairly certain they got written up in ''[[Alternative Press]]'', but their online archive doesn't go back that far, and I definitely recall that they were reviewed at [[Absolute Punk]], which is no longer operating), but there is still a little out there - besides AMG, there's [https://www.drivenfaroff.com/2006/10/03/the-summer-obsession-this-is-where-you-belong/], [https://ink19.com/2007/04/magazine/music-reviews/zgwopc-the-summer-obsession], and [https://exclaim.ca/music/article/summer_obsession-this_is_where_you] (note that ''[[Exclaim!]]'' is international coverage). That's enough to squeak by for me, especially on the reasonable presumption that there are offline sources to supplement. [[User:Chubbles|Chubbles]] ([[User talk:Chubbles|talk]]) 00:06, 27 April 2024 (UTC)