ON FIRE Bio:

  • Nate Shumaker (vox/guitar), Tom Korkidis (bass/vox/keys/samples), Clara Kebabian (violin/vox), Nick Knouf (viola/other), Sean Will (trumpet/keys/samples), Alex Mihm (drums/cymbalsnare/thundertube wizardry)

  • THE GENERATOR STILL DRONES AT THE BASEMENT OF THE DESTROYED NATIONAL LIBRARY. FROM THE RUINS OF THE
    COURTYARD TO THE SHATTERED STAINED GLASS OF THE CEILING, EMERGES AN ALLURING SOUND THAT IS LUSHLY TARNISHED,
    ROMANTIC, DRONING, HUMBLE, DELIBERATE AND CATASTROPHIC. ON FIRE IS THE MODERN POST ROCK EQUIVALENT OF AN
    IMPRESSIONIST CHAMBER GROUP PLAYING FOR THE SAKE OF IMMEDIACY IN A TIME OF ULTIMATE CRISIS. EXPECT SOME OF THE
    BEAUTIFUL FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENTS OF THE BURNING PARIS IMMERSED IN A MORE BROODING, DYNAMIC, PULVERIZING, AND
    SYMPHONIC FRAME. THE BOSTON QUINTET FEATURES; WHISPERED VOCAL MELODIES, SWEEPING CELLO LINES, ARPEGGIATED
    AND SWIRLING DUEL GUITARS, HUMMING SYNTHS, STAGGERED BY A RHYTHM SECTION THAT FLOATS BETWEEN SEDATE DUB
    AND BASS TO AGGRESSIVE AND UNFORGIVING ROCK. THIS IS ON FIRE.
    OONN FFIIRREEIS THE DIRECT RESULT OF THE DEMISE OF INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS OF TWO STRONG BOSTON BANDS. IN THE
    SPRING/SUMMER OF 2003 TTHHEE BBUURRNNIINNGG PPAARRIISSHIT A CREATIVE LULL WHILE BEGINNING TO WRITE FOR THEIR NEW RECORD. THE
    TYPICAL DISPUTES BETWEEN BAND MEMBERS LEAD TO AN AMICABLE SPLIT BETWEEN ESSENTIALLY THE COLOR OF THE BAND
    AND THE RHYTHM OF THE BAND. NNAATTEE SSHHUUMMAAKKEERR(VOX/GUITAR), JJOOSSHH MMEEGGYYEESSYY(GUITAR), AND JJEENN TTOOWWNNSSEENNDD(CELLO)
    DECIDED TO FORGE AHEAD UNDER A DIFFERENT MONIKER WITH A NEW RHYTHM SECTION. ENTER TTOOMM KKOORRKKIIDDIISS(BASS/KEYS)
    AND MMIIKKEE UUSSHHIINNSSKKII (DRUMS), WHO AT THE SAME TIME WERE FINDING THEMSELVES IN A BIND AS THEIR BAND PPLLAACCEERRMOVED
    FROM BOSTON TO NEW YORK. OVER THE SUMMER MONTHS THE FIVE MUSICIANS BEGAN COLLECTIVELY COMPOSING SONGS,
    ALL OF WHICH MAKE UP THE NEW LP ""TTHHIISS TTIIMMEE IITT IISS FFOORREEVVEERR"" (MAGIC BULLET RECORDS). AS THE RECORDING PROCESS
    BEGAN AT BOSTON'S QQ DDIIVVIISSIIOONN SSTTUUDDIIOOSSWITH PRODUCER/ENGINEER MMAATTTT SSQQUUIIRREEAT THE HELM, TOWNSEND DECIDED TO
    LEAVE THE BAND TO PURSUE HER CAREER IN TEACHING. WITHIN A MONTH A STRONG REPLACEMENT WAS FOUND IN CELLIST
    DDAANNAA FFEEDDEERR, WHO'S CLASSICAL BACKGROUND HAS ADDED ANOTHER CREATIVE LAYER TO THE DIVERSE DYNAMIC OF THE BAND.
    WHAT WAS INITIALLY THOUGHT TO BE AN EXTENSION OF THE BURNING PARIS HAS BECOME MUCH MORE THAN THAT. ON FIRE
    HAS FORGED AHEAD AS ITS OWN SEPARATE ENTITY DELIVERING HIGHLY ORIGINAL MUSIC TO THE MASSES.



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  • CD INFORMATION:


    THIS TIME IS FOREVER


    1. New Jersey Is For Lovers
    2. Please Remember
    3. Night Skies
    4. Bovina (It Is Forever)

    5. (Hidden track)

    BUY CD