New Fear Called Living Ep coming soon!
An Ep of our new material is on its way and the recording is currently in progress. It will feature 4 songs to be included on the new album. You may remember one track (“Throw the Clocks Away”) from our last live show. The rest are new! We began laying down the vocals yesterday with our producer, Joel Stearns. Stay tuned for the release date!
Last night’s show
last night’s show with charetta and the scene was great. thanks to everyone who came out last night.
right now we have no other shows lined up. we are going to focus on recording our 2nd album. we’ll keep everyone posted
Thank you to all who came out last night…
we had a great time last night despite the technical dificulties. thanks to charetta for the show. all the bands were awesome.
OUR NEXT SHOW WILL BE ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 22ND @ DON HILLS IN NYC WITH CHARETTA AND THE SCENE
JULY 10TH SHOW
our next show will be on july 10th with our good friends charetta. see flyer for info:
THANK YOU
thanks to all who came out last night to don hills in the rain. it was a great show and we had a lot of fun. we will be playing there again real soon.
our next show is on friday, july 10th at ace of clubs with our good friends charetta. we’ll have a flyer and more info soon.
joey
OUR NEXT SHOW!
so it’s been a while since we’ve updated this site. we have been working really hard re creating the old songs and making them fit the new structure (back to being a 3 piece). we are finaly done and we are going to be playing some of those songs and a few new ones at our next show at don hills. tickets will be $10. email plaepenproductions@yahoo.com for more info.
Cranking Out The Jams
we have been working hard re-creating all of the live songs and making them “digimafied” or whatever the hell you want to call it. here are the songs we have so far:
Stupid
I Hate You
You Were In Love
He Leaves Me
we need to work on a few more and then we’ll start writing some all new material and soon after that we’ll record the new full length album.
joey
“The Remix EP” Free Download
here are three tracks that menyu and i remixed. enjoy!
Track List:
1-The Cells (Menyu’s Electron Remix)
2-Inky (Menyu’s House Warming Mix)
3-Other Days (J. Kingz Broken Remix)
Joey Does Coke
so this has nothing to do with the band but i run the site so fuck it!
i just finished collaborating with award winning composer Robert Miller (Teeth, The Caller) on this Coke commercial. he did the front half and i did the hip-hop track.
peace,
joey
Stuck On “Stupid”
just a quick little update about our progress. yesterday we got together for the first time in about 2 months and reworked “stupid”. added some nice old school hip hop breakbeats to replace the live drums. we really love the way it came out. really laid back and will definately make your head nod.
peace,
joey
IT’S 2009 AND A LOT HAS CHANGED
so first off, sorry the site’s been out of commission for a while. we had our old site hosted on uber.com and, well with the bad economy, they lost their funding. too bad. it was a great tool.
2008:
anyway, it was an interesting year for us. we tried to alter the band’s sound by becoming a full live act. this required the addition of a drummer and bass player and me switching to guitar. well, although we had a lot of fun experimenting and playing shows, things didn’t quite turn out the way we planned. alex and robert both decided that being in a band was a little too much for them to handle right now so they have decided to step down from their respective roles as bass player and drummer. we respect their decision and wish them well.
2009:
not wanting to waste any more time, des, menyu, and i have decided to forge ahead as a 3 piece once again. this time we will be doing things differently. the plan is to re-work the songs we wrote last year using the lovely machines we relied on before. we will also be incorporating the guitar elements as well. the new sound will be a hybrid of our old sound and what we did with the full band. then our goal is to record and put out another album before the year is over.
as for shows, once we figure out how the songs will work, then we will start testing them out live. i’ll keep you posted.
peace,
joey
JULY 3RD SHOW
this thursday we will be playing at the ace of clubs (formerly acme underground) in nyc. we will be playing with our good friends charetta. this should be a fun night. hope you all can make it out.
-joey
THANK YOU ALL!!
thanks to all who came out this past saturday to see us at don hill’s. we had a lot of fun and the promoter want’s us back. could not have done it without all of your support!
- joey
A Review
so we found this great little blurb about us on this blog. thanks for the kind words daniel!:
“Living in New York City, you are almost constantly bombarded by independent musicians just trying to get a break. You see them everywhere. On the street, in the subway, in the parks. Most of the bands are good. Many are very good, yet their sound really is not that much different than what is out there now. It’s those rare artists who break away from the mainstream who are able to break out of obscurity. “Fear Called Living” just may be one of those bands.
Fear Called Living (formerly called Arcadia) is a trip hop group formed in the Bronx. (Who ever said nothing good comes out of the Bronx?) Their music is a mix of electronica and hip-hop with a cool, melodic vocal track. The sound is quite indescribable. You must hear it to believe it. The best way to imagine the sound of this band is to imagine Evanescence with a much more cool and hip background.As of now, the band is currently unsigned. The website Unsigned.com has a place for them there.
Unsigned.com bills itself as, “the new voice for independent Artists looking for the chance to be discovered”. They boast that over 2000 independent Artists have already signed on. The website is unique in that it allows listeners to interact directly with the artists, thereby building a “grass roots” listenership.
Anyone who knows me knows that I am not a hip-hop fan. Do not let the use of that term to describe this music steer you away. This entire genre of music is out there, and is not being played outside of big cities. All you have to do is ask. If you like a band that is getting no radio play, call the station and ask for it. Keep calling. Get everyone you know to call. That’s what happened to John Mayer.
In the meantime, check out Fear Called Living and the entire trip hop genre at unsigned.com. While you are there, you can look around at some of their other genres…but trip hop is definitely something you may have never heard before. And I guarantee you will like it.”
joey
OUR NEXT SHOW
we are happy to announce that our 1st official show (the last one was just a warm up) will be on saturday june 28th at don hill’s in nyc. the cover is $10 and we take the stage at 8:30pm.
LAST MINUTE SHOW!!!
we have our first show coming up this saturday at Uncle Mike’s in tribeca. we go on around 8:30pm.
the address is:
57 Murray St (between church and west broadway)
we know this is super last minute but we hope you can make it out.
peace,
joey
MAY 3RD SHOW CANCELED!
we regret to inform everyone that our much anticipated return is going to have to wait a little while longer. due to some “issues” with the show’s promoter, we will not be playing don hill’s on may 3rd, which sux big hairy monkey balls because are really looking forward to playing again. our music keeps getting better and we keep getting tighter as a band. anyway, keep checking back here for updates.
peace,
joey
MAY 3RD: 1ST SHOW WITH NEW LINE UP
i know it’s like 2 months away but we are pre-cumming with excitement. our first show as the newly revamped fear called living will be saturday, may 3rd at don hill’s in nyc. we will be debuting some new songs and we are re-working some of the old material to be played as a live band. keep checking for more info.
email us for tickets at: fearcalledliving@gmail.com
peace,
joey
WE HAVE A BASS PLAYER
Fear Called Living would like to welcome Alex Figueroa to the band. Some of you may remember Alex from his bass playing duties in Nitch where he and I rocked out for many years. He joined us for just two rehearsals and we knew he was the one. So now that we are complete, we are going to keep writing and rehearsing and should start playing shows by late April / early May.
peace,
Joey
Band update!
sorry for the lack of updates but i’m really fucking lazy. anyway, we’d like to welcome our new drummer robert spencer to the band. we’ve known him for many years and we are really happy he decided to join us. that just leaves us one one more hole to fill before the band is complete. so in other words WE NEED A BASS PLAYER! if you or anyone you know is interested please email us at fearcalledliving@yahoo.com… the new songs are coming along nicely. we’ve only come together about 5 times now and already have 3 songs in the can. the music is much different from our old stuff. more of a rock edge to them. no more electronic drums and turntables. but we may look to implement them in the future. right now we’re just focusing on being a live band and writing as such and not just twisting knobs pressing buttons… well that’s it or now. i’ll try and update more often in the future.
peace,
joey
ZOOMOOZIK
We just signed with up with Zoomoozik.com. It’s an online record label / distributor. It’s pretty cool. They have A&R support, advertising/promotion, licensing deals and a lot of other great services that we hope to benefit from.
You can check out our page here: Zoomoozik
joey
