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Album Cover: EndAnd - "Adventures of Hi-Fi in Space" (2012)
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Album Cover: EndAnd - "Adventures of Hi-Fi in Space" (2012)
Album Review: EndAnd - "Adventures of Fi in Space"
EndAnd is an alternative rock/punk band out of Brooklyn, New York.
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POZ Showcase: EndAnd
The guys in EndAnd cover a vast array of sounds in powerfully compact tunes. Their ability to bring together a multitude of influences (hardcore, punk, indie rock…just to name a few) is what sets the Brooklyn trio apart from the clutter of indie rock outfits currently mucking up the landscape. One listen to the spastic, emotion-driven songs will have you considering the vitality of your previous listening escapades. Yeah. That’s what EndAnd will do.
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Please list all of your band members and their roles in the band. D.F: Daniel Fern- Guitars/Vocals Michael Morales- Drummer Bill Fitzgerald- Bass/Vocals I usually book the shows, and handle social media and promoting. Bill handles a lot of the social media and sending out band stuff. Michael does some of the same. We all try to pitch in. Song writing or otherwise.
What's your hometown (or what are your hometowns)? B.F: Northport on Long Island, New York personally, but the band was born of Brooklyn, NY. D.F: I spent most of my youth in Israel and Southern Connecticut. All my ties and relatives however are in Brooklyn (and Israel). M.M: NYC Born and Raised How did the band come together? How long has it been? B.F: It’s been almost 2 years with the current line-up. We were steadily playing shows with new material by early November 11. D.F: Michael and I started EndAnd in late 2011. We started out as the same band as Generator Ohm in our rehearsal space in King Killer Studios. We soon split into two bands. Michael and I were a duo until Bill was asked to join. Why should people listen to your band? B.F: It’s less predictable and more substantive than most other options. Our material covers a lot of ground while being quite succinct, so it offers a good range of sound in small packages for listeners. It’s instrumentally intricate but fast-paced and powerful, so it has nuance but doesn’t try to over-accentuate it and show-off. It’s energetic yet thoroughly pensive. It can be lyrically playful or brooding & thought-provoking. It goes from upbeat happy harmonies to guttural vocal cord ripping screams. If you generally don’t like rock music, maybe we’re not for you, but if you have any pull towards that side of music, chances are there’s something audibly positive to take away from it. It’s worth listening to, whatever the reason you find. D.F: Because the music is short and sweet. Because it drives, and is as humbly honest as can be without neutering emotions by adorning drama on a pedestal. It's melodic and has not forgotten that music is melody and rhythm. M.M: Because if you had a band, I'd listen to your album. And if you like thought provoking lyrics and melodies that cause you to feel emotions, but also like to head bang for 45 seconds to 4 minutes and be obliterated by guitar taps, spine bending bass riffs and insane Tribal Drums. While simultaneously and without knowing it dancing and singing in Odd Time and just straight up weird Rhythmic Changes. Then ENDAND is for you. How have you grown since you started? B.F: There has been a marked shift in the mood and dynamic of the newer material, so through personal set-backs and their inevitable growth opportunities, we’ve expanded our range of expression towards a more aggressive means of musical outpouring. The noise has grown inside and out, so we abandoned some pretty parts of life and music until we’re ready use them, or adapt them as needed. There’s still plenty of room for growth in every direction as we do so. D.F: I've learned how to write songs on a more professional manner, I suppose. My playing certainly improved, and it's always challenging to see how many rhythms I can pull off on the guitar while singing. M.M: My life has completely changed the last two years. From joining two full time projects and playing drums 3-4 nights a week (not including shows), while also getting my personal life in check, and for lack of a better phrase "growing up". I have also begun to take drum lessons for the first time in over a decade and trying to continue to expand my repertoire. The band has truly blossomed once Bill joined. While most of the songs coming from Fern have changed in two years for many reasons. Me and Bill’s approach to the music has also brought this revived sound. Where our first album was on the "lighter side," our latest release can be called anything but "light.” What sets you apart from other bands? B.F: I think what separates us is the way all of our experiences translate together, and the way our influences at any given day or week can intermingle and coalesce into songs of a completely different nature than the mood or melody that inspired them. We have an inventive flare of creativity and passion to play that comes out in what we do. It should be a basic qualifier for anyone that creates and performs. D.F: It seems to me that basic melody has been forgotten during the journey of self-expression. Attitudes and posturing defines a style. I think we still stick pretty hard to basic melodic concepts while retaining hardcore elements and fresh time signatures. M.M: I think our sheer variety. What's the best part about being in your band? B.F: My love of it largely comes from the challenge it presents, and the listenable end result of each new challenge. It’s encountering a place to exercise the ability to utilize your musical faculties to the fullest that really satisfies. It’s the privilege of maximum expression, which is a requirement to execute what we do properly. D.F: We are all relatively seasoned and had "serious" professional bands beforehand. We are accustomed to playing with other people and are not at the least obsessive or aggressive in our song writing and dealings with each other. All of us are relatively mature as to understand everyone's time is important, and that if we're to retain a serious band, we should all wholly invest in making a difference in and with our sound. Furthermore, none of us have "rock star" aspirations and neither is fixed with fashion or style, which is super fantastic! M.M: For a drummer who loves to sweat and be more present than not, ENDAND is a great fit. The odd changes and the wall rhythms keep things interesting. While the heavy songs allow no need for a gym membership. More times than not, influences tend to bleed through. What bands are currently inspiring the music that you’re making? B.F: I think those around us have inspired us recently; I know they have for me. We’re fortunate to have friends in great bands with like-minded missions. I’ve recently gathered our studio’s sounds as extra-curricular inspiration. The same friends introduce us to new music, no matter how temporally old. For me it’s a bit backwards, knowing more of the sounds we make them, then learning more on the roots that held them in place before us. There’s also no denying we’re children of much of the 90s though. Many alternative flavors from that time are ingredients we cook with now. Oddly enough, as of now I feel like my actual emotional state affects what I play in this particular project more than anything external. D.F: At the moment I'm listening to a lot of Circle Jerks/Germs/Black Flag/Jay Reatard/ Tera Melos/ Ice Age/ and a shit load of Pissed Jeans. M.M: I know for myself oddly enough I use a lot of Zach Hill style, hella weirdness. A little bit of Stewart Copeland's finesse from The Police. Some Led Zeppelin John Bonham tom and bass drums feels. And a dash of Neil Peart a la Rush's power and creativity. What would you say the band has already accomplished and what do you have your eyes set on next? B.F: I think we’ve accomplished much of what’s expected from bands getting off the ground. We released two albums that we love to listen to, performed solid sets at sick spots, did our first music video, promoted and pushed. As anyone with creative output would, we want self-sufficiency and the time, resources, and freedom to create to our hearts’ content with consistent quantity and quality. We want to cross cities and states off our lists instead of local venues. So far I feel like we’ve made some decent noise, but we want to make a lot more. D.F: We have our sound down, our chemistry and live performances are super great! We got a couple LP's. Give us a stage! Give us your van! Thus far, what’s a favorite memory or something quirky that’s taken place with the band (in-studio, onstage, or elsewhere)? B.F: Favorite memories always seem to take place with our allies. Shows with killer bands, especially comrades in Capita Clip, have resulted in impromptu set additions during string breaks and some memorable mistakes while we shared the stage. We’ve had some awesome collaborative covers come about, like Deerhoof, High on Fire, & Jay Reatard, many with members of Mike’s other band, Gen-Ohm, who were featured on “Adventures,” and Thomas from Switchblade who held us down amazingly time and time again. A side-project with Clip and Ohm covering early Cobain Fecal Matter demos was another great time in the band. We were furiously creating new material at the same time, and as stated, influences bled through. I feel like we walked away with songs like “Vessel” as a result. I don’t know if that bass part would’ve appeared in mind without the rugged fuel that project provided. Is there anything in particular that you’d like people to take away from listening to your music? B.F: Authenticity and emotion. A song stuck inside that changes the way they walk in accordance. A true expression that reverberates on some level with the listener and shapes the way they experience things for however short a period. It’s things like that which endear me to what I listen to; their immediate or lasting effects on my mood, in whatever good or bad capacity it may have, helps make me myself. D.F: I'd like people to get inspired and motivated and to move around a lot more and care a lot less about a lyrical focal point to a profound story or message. More abandon? If you could change something about the music industry, what would it be? B.F: There are far too many talented people struggling that deserve credit and compensation for what they do. There are far too untalented people enjoying a free ride and good life off a shitty single. I wish there was a way to tip scales to favor those who should be rewarded for their creative gifts or unique perspective. I would have more faith in the industry as a whole, but who knows how that would be accomplished. D.F: Let music really be DIY. Let it not be defined by cool "independent" publications and let it be less run by agents and festival promoters. Let the niche of real working musicians be compensated more. Have promoters actually promote (booking agents and clubs...we do have a good publicist, however). Let musicians focus more on music and touring and less on music politics. How did your band’s name come about? B.F: It was there before I was there. I just liked it. D.F: It was the best thing I could come up with in 2005 when I recorded a demo by myself. What's the biggest mistake someone's made while playing? B.F: I played one of our songs a half-step lower on the neck than it actually is for about 6 shows before I realized it. With 45-second punk songs you can get away with it, but damn sure it must’ve sounded off. One show Dan broke a string and had to restring it twice mid-set because he threaded the string wrong, lost some time but still one of our best sets I remember playing. D.F: Oh boy. Mike forgot how to start one of our songs that was in our set for a gig. Sorry Mike. I had to change a string twice mid set! M.M: At an impromptu show we tried out some brand new songs. But seeing as we only barely solidified them a week before and had no practice prior to show, plus I was playing in another band the same night and had to memorize a song by "The Band" I froze. 3 false starts for one song and two another, I was completely clueless as to the songs we were trying to do and how they even went. Luckily a week later we played another show and I nailed those songs. Any pre-performance rituals? B.F: My pre-show rituals are all about changing my post show rituals. When I first started playing I’d throw up after every set, half from anxiety, half from exhaustion, so I need a clear mind, a stretch or two, and my apple & water on stage. Then I’m pretty cool. D.F: Not really. Some of us eat a little something. Most of us stopped drinking and smoking. I still partake in half a cigarette, some weed and a beer. Is there anything else you would like to add? B.F: Sure there is more but hopefully we’ll let you know in a song. D.F: Thanks for spreading our name out! We will be in SoneLab this September 14th with TinVulva for a live show recording and performance. If you're near that area...come down! M.M: Thank you.
*This Showcase was compiled, written, and edited by Michael Meeze
EndAnd have released their debut album Mechanics and Energetics of Stilt-Running, and you can download it on BandCamp now for free! The album explores a variety of themes, from immigration, to feeling trapped, to diseases, to loss; Daniel Fern (vocals/guitar) says the album is "immensely personal and angry. Maybe even schizophrenic" and that he'd "rather not put one [of these themes] under a microscope."
