October 24, 2020
Devastatingly beautiful album right here. Written and Recorded by Jonathan Fraser himself, except for the Bass which I played and recorded. This album expands on the sounds Jonathan explored in Stendhal and takes it to new places. More blastbeats, more acoustic guitars, more atmosphere, and more textures.
FFO: Deafheaven, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, anything crusty and blackened.
March 9, 2018
Written and Recorded by Jonathan Fraser himself, except for the Bass which I played and recorded. Jonathan is uber talented and creative, and this album is a testament to that. Simply magnificent songwriting and composition, amazing sense of melody, and somehow he keeps it cohesive when bouncing around between genres mid-song. This album has a little bit of everything, from post-rock to blackened gazeyness to blues shuffles. Overall I find it highly cinematic and atmospheric. It was a ton of fun to work on and I hope I did the music justice. Highly recommend checking this album out.
FFO: Deafheaven, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, emotions, the Blues
January 1, 2014
After our second guitarist and vocalist moved back to Brazil, Ren Tyler and I decided to keep the band going. The result was this album, tracked by us in a Garage. Little did we know how fitting the title would become.
FFO: All Eyes West, Foo Fighters, Brazilians.
Personnel:
Ren Volpi – Guitar, Vocals
Bryan Kingsley – Bass
Tyler Eckhart – Drums
Pick and I went to High School together in New York. Shortly after I released Standing, Still he reached out to me and asked if I’d be interested in recording some stuff he had scored for a movie. I said hell yes! Here is the finished product. I’d love to do something like this again.
January 1, 2012
I got hooked up with They Face Reaction through mutual friends and was asked to play bass, which I happily obliged. This band got to do a lot of cool stuff including opening for the Smoking Popes at a Riot Fest Secret Show, and recording this album. This album was recorded by Stephen Egerton of the Descendents at his studio in Tulsa, Oklahoma. That was probably one of the best weeks of my life.
FFO: Millencolin, All Eyes West, Foo Fighters, Brazilians.
Personnel:
Ren Volpi – Guitar, Vocals
Pedro Prosdocimo – Guitar, Vocals
Bryan Kingsley – Bass
Tyler Eckhart – Drums
January 1, 2007
A short-lived project out of Albany that never played a single show or had a proper release but got to record with Will Killingsworth. This record was tracked live.
FFO: Ampere, Skramz
Personnel:
Brett Spinelli – Guitar, Vocals
Bryan Kingsley – Bass, Vocals
Pete Jennings – Drums, Vocals
Tag: bass