Faunts

""Bubbly guitars feel weightless" - New York Times"

Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Bio: Formed in Edmonton, Alberta in the fall of 2000, Faunts original lineup consisted of brothers Tim and Steven Batke and Paul Arnusch. After turning an ... (more) old office space into a studio, the three spent a full year creating “High Expectations/Low Results”, which would later be re-released on New York’s rising label Friendly Fire Recordings.

Faunts’ second release was born out of an innovative performance organized by the Film And Video Arts Society of Alberta (FAVA). Faunts were requested to write and perform live music to short films made by members of the society. The results of this effort led to the compositions titled “M4”, which was released by Friendly Fire on December 11, 2007. The title track is also featured in Bioware’s Xbox 360 video game, “Mass Effect”.

Since their inception, Faunts have shared the stage with prominent Canadian bands such as Broken Social Scene, Do Make Say Think, Caribou, Stars, and most recently, Sweden’s Peter Bjorn & John. They have toured Canada twice, USA once and enjoyed playing New York’s CMJ music festival and Popmontreal.

Plans are currently in the works for a remix album featuring contributions by Cadence Weapon, Shout Out Out, The Paronomasiac, and Mark Templeton. A new full length release with label Friendly Fire Recordings is scheduled for early January 2009
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