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WE ARE NOT FROM CONCENTRATE
NfC FORMED AT THE COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND BY A RACUS GROUP OF MUSIC MAJORS DETERMINED TO CREATE A SKA BAND. WHILE TURNING THE CAMPUS UPSIDEDOWN WITH IMPROMPTU SHOWS, MEMBERS HAVE COME AND GONE...AND NOW THERE ARE TWO: JAIME RAILS AND ALAN-ARTHUR AURELIA.
OUR FIRST PEAK WITH SKA
HAPPENED IN TIME FOR OUR FIRST RELEASE CALLED "THIS ONE'S ON US!". THE 5-TRACK E.P. DOES INCLUDE THE ENDEARING SKA SONG "IF WE TRY", BUT THE REST OF THE RECORD IS VERY MUCH OUR EXPLORATIONS OF MUSIC TO FING OUR SOUND.
THE CORE 4
JAIME (BOTTOM - GUITAR), MARGARET HAMPTON (LEFT- VOCALS), A-AA (TOP - BASS), JOSEPH GIUNTO (RIGHT - DRUMS). UNFORTUNATELY THE RELEASE OF THE E.P. ULTIMATELY LED TO THE DEMISE OF THIS INCARNATION OF THE BAND.
YES, IT'S TOTALLY FINE TO LAUGH.
NEW BANDMATES; NEW SOUNDS
WITH A VAN, AND SOME CREAZY NEW FRIENDS, NfC BEGAN TO GO FOR A MORE ALTERNATIVE SOUND:
WITH HANNAH COSGRIFF (VOCALS - FRONT) CHARLIE CONNELLEY (GUITAR - BACK) AND ALEX RODIER (DRUMS - RIGHT).
PLAYING ORIGINAL SHOWS WEEKLEY AND GAINING STEAM LED US TO TOUR DOWN TO AUSTIN, TX & RECORD OUR SECOND E.P. "TRAPPED UNDER GLASS".
WHILE RECORDING AT WESTFALL STUDIOS, TENSIONS BEGAN TO SHOW. WE TRACKED ALL OF OUR PARTS, AND UPON RETURING TO NYC, THAT INCARNATION WAS OFFICIALLY DECEASED.
JAIME TRACKED THEIR VOCALS AT COBRA SUN STUDIOS IN STATEN ISLAND AND THE TRACKS "SCIENTIFIC POET" & "ANGEL" WERE ADDED TO THE E.P.
IN 2021, NfC DECIDED TO RELEASE THE TRACK "HATE DESTROYS US" WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY INTEDED FOR THIS E.P.
NfC KEPT PLAYING AS MANY SHOWS AS POSSIBLE WITH MANY FRIENDS PLAYING DRUMS FOR US. ALAN-ARTHUR GOT NfC A GRANT FROM STATEN ISAND ARTS TO GREATE OUR NEXT E.P.! WE GOT BACK INTO THE STUDIO WITH NEW SOUNDS AND A POWERFUL IDEA: TO CREATE A CONCEPT RECORD ABOUT A SCHOOL SHOOTING.
THE CONCEPT CAME FROM THE UNBELIEVEABLE INCREASE IN SCHOOL SHOOTINGS DURING THE 2010's NfC DECIDED THIS WOULD BE A CONCEPT TO PURSUE. AND JAIME'S EMPLOYMENT AS A NYC PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER, WE KNEW THE LYRICS WOULD BE AUTHENTIC.
THIS IS THE ONLY NfC E.P. THAT DOESN'T FEATURE THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF GLEN DICROCCO. THIS SHOT WAS SNAGGED BY JAIME, ON THEIR PHONE, DURING A LOCKDOWN DRILL.
Rest assured, Jaime and Alan-Arthur are hard at work with two new songs that will be released in 2022! Stay tuned to us on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and Facebook for the latest!
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