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Emanuel & The Fear: official website; myspace; With a sound that derives itself from composers and songwriters across the board, Emanuel & the Fear is an extraordinary 11-piece orchestra-rock band that focuses on intertwining the modern day pop song with extravagant and complex composition.

Drawing from romantic and modern composers like Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, and Glass; and then fusing in a modern rock sound like Arcade Fire, Bright Eyes, Daft Punk and Sufjan Stevens; Emanuel & the Fear displays a true understanding of sound all-the-while capturing audiences with their climactic electro/orchestral arrangements and quivering, poetic lyrics.

Emanuel & the Fear are currently recording their full-length album at Ishlab Music Studios (Jet, Kudu, and Dead Prez) and are comprised of members who have played/toured with Sufjan Stevens, The National, Akron/Family, and Bryan Scary & the Shredding Tears.

Brooklyn's EMANUEL AND THE FEAR is an extraordinary 11-piece orchestra-rock band that focuses on
intertwining the modern day pop song with extravagant and complex composition. "… a massively ambitious
rock and roll orchestra…" –The L Magazine

Darla Farmer: official website; myspace; Playfully drawing their name from that of a simple Nashville bank teller, Darla Farmer is an eccentric 7-piece carnival-rock band that manages to gracefully shatter genre borders in ways that even the most critical of hipsters can’t pigeonhole.

Drawing from influences as diverse as Cursive, Blood Brothers, Tom Waits, and the greatest of high school marching bands and small town orchestras, Darla Farmer creates an entirely distinctive, yet universally appealing sound.

Darla Farmer recorded their new album “Rewiring the Electric Forest” in Omaha, NE at Mike Mogis’ studio and quickly gained positive traction with the city’s own Saddle Creek bands, including Bright Eyes, Maria Taylor, and Cursive.

The career of Darla Farmer has blossomed in the past year, having shared the stage with acts including Cloud Cult, LoveLikeFire, Eagle Seagull and more.

Look for their full-length debut album available on Paper Garden Records!
Drawing from influences as diverse as Cursive, Blood Brothers, Tom Waits, and the greatest of high school marching bands and small town orchestras, Darla Farmer creates an entirely distinctive, yet universally appealing sound.

Darla Farmer recorded their new album “Rewiring the Electric Forest” in Omaha at Mike Mogis’ studio and quickly gained positive traction with the city’s own Saddle Creek bands, including Bright Eyes, Maria Taylor, and Cursive.

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