This is an old demo of "Distance" that features some screaming at the end from our old bassist, Carl Smith!
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@acommonyear
This is an old demo of "Distance" that features some screaming at the end from our old bassist, Carl Smith!
Our weapons of sound: #PRScustom22 #FenderTelecasterJA90 #VoxAC30
jammin on a new song in the studio.
Preview one of our new songs! Coming soon.
Do you guys happen to have any unreleased songs laying around that you'd be up for releasing? Or could you maybe put Ocean up on Bandcamp? I've been on a pretty big ACY kick lately.
We do have some songs that we hope to release as soon as we can. We want to make sure they sound right before we give them to you all, and we haven't had time to finish them yet. To hold you over until then, here is a free download of "Ocean." Thanks for listening!
https://acommonyear.bandcamp.com/track/ocean
Check out our new song!
Jake trackin some drums for the new record!
Epic jam sesh. (Taken with Instagram)
POZ Showcase: A Common Year
A Common Year plays a highly catchy, melodic, and raw style of rock that has yet to be achieved by most bands. Though in the same vein as alternative rock heavyweights The Dangerous Summer and Jimmy Eat World, the band has created two starkly distinct records showcasing their musical ingenuity as well as their unwavering passion for their craft. Since forming in 2009, the band has grown from humble beginnings in DIY recording studios in their bedroom to performing at legendary venues like Irving Plaza in their hometown. Check out what the band had to say about their debut on “The Real World,” why they would love to resurrect and perform with the Beatles, and more by reading on.
For Fans Of: Jimmy Eat World, The Dangerous Summer, Acceptance Social Sites: Facebook, Bandcamp, Twitter
<a href=”http://acommonyear.bandcamp.com/album/where-the-light-still-shines” data-mce-href=”http://acommonyear.bandcamp.com/album/where-the-light-still-shines”>Where The Light Still Shines by A Common Year</a>
Where is the band from? Indianapolis, Indiana
How did the band come together? The four of us were friends first, and things kind of came together at the right time. We’ve been playing together as A Common Year since 2009.
Why should people listen to your band? I like to think we write songs that are honest and relatable. I think the average person has been through a lot of the same experiences that fuel our songwriting, and that matters. If you like honest, big sounding rock, you’ll probably enjoy our band.
How have you grown since you started? We’ve grown in pretty much every way conceivable. When Coleman and I first started playing, we each owned an acoustic guitar and recorded everything through a $10 microphone that we’d taped to a drum mic stand and set on Coleman’s desk. We had to sing really quietly, too, because we’d record at night and didn’t want to wake up his parents in the room across the hall.
Now, I think we’ve started to define our sound, gotten a lot more comfortable and skilled as musicians and songwriters, and we’re a bit more mature (just a bit, though). We’ve gotten comfortable just writing songs we want to write, without worrying if we sound exactly like our favorite band or whether the songs are destined to be radio pop hits.
What sets you apart from other bands in the scene? We’re certainly not the only band who operates this way, but I think the fact that we do everything ourselves sets us apart from a lot of bands. We do everything from recording and engineering our own records to creating our own album art. It can bog you down sometimes, but it’s also really rewarding and a great feeling to sort of control your own fate.
If your band could open for any band past or present, who would it be and why? Since I don’t think the four of us could ever completely agree on an answer to that question, I’m gonna say the Beatles. Their music is just immortal, and I couldn’t think of a more humbling/terrifying/amazing experience than opening for them. Although, I’m not sure Beatles groupies in the ‘60s would’ve loved our music. But hey, who knows?
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Jamming on some new ideas for the new record. Will post more soon!
Band practice. Writing for the new full-length record.
Nostalgia.
Available on bandcamp for only $2.99!
Got a new tambourine. Coulda used this on the EP.... -Coleman
"I'm starting a new year..."
We recently released an EP called Where The Light Still Shines. I admit it was a bit of a disjointed project as all of the songs were written in different places, by different people, and re-recorded multiple times as the members of our band moved around a lot in these first few years of our young adult lives. After living in different cities the last few years, we all call Indianapolis home right now and we're excited to get together and write music as a collective unit for the first time in our band's existence. Casey and I wrote the songs for the last EP by sending files back and forth over the Internet, and it was only out of necessity. We look forward to making music together with Matt and Jake in a much more natural and organic way over the next several months. All of our music to date has been self-recorded and I take the blame for any bad mixing and mastering jobs on our releases. It's been a challenging experience, but we've learned a lot about songwriting and about life. Here's to 2012. New memories to be made, new places to discover, new musical discussions (often arguments) to be had, new life to be lived, and a new album from A Common Year. We don't know how we're going to record this one, or if it'll sound anything like our old records, but we always find a way to make our ideas come to life. We're just four guys who love music, and we're going to make a new record. Thanks to anyone who's listened to our music in the past couple of years. We hope to share our lives with you more through music this year. -Coleman