The Dear Hunter
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| The Dear Hunter | |
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| Origin | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Genre(s) | Indie, Post-Hardcore, Progressive Rock |
| Years active | 2005 - Present |
| Label(s) | Triple Crown |
| Associated acts | The Receiving End of Sirens |
| Website | Official Site |
| Members | |
| Casey Crescenzo Erick Serna Sagan Jacobson Andy Wildrick Nick Crescenzo |
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| Former members | |
| Luke Dent Sam Dent Josh Rheault |
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The Dear Hunter is a self-dubbed indie, now full-time project of Casey Crescenzo, formerly of post-hardcore band The Receiving End of Sirens. The band's sound is not unlike that of Casey's former band, but with more alternative and progressive rock tendencies and a wider variety of instrumentation.
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[edit] History
The band began as a side project of Casey Crescenzo when he was full time member of Boston band The Receiving End of Sirens. It was originally intended as a vehicle for music Casey had written that didn't fit with the heavier sound of The Receiving End of Sirens. In the winter of 2005 Casey recorded the Dear Ms. Leading demos. He created 10 copies of the demos on burned CDs intended for the ears of friends, and they began circulation. At the time he did not plan to pursue The Dear Hunter full time and allowed the demos to be placed online for download. On February 2, 2006, The Dear Hunter played its first show with The Receiving End of Sirens as the backing band.
In May of 2006, Casey left The Receiving End of Sirens[1] and began work on The Dear Hunter's first studio album. He expanded the scope of the project to a six-album[1] story set at the dawn of the 20th century about the birth, life, and abrupt death of a boy, known only in the story as "The Dear Hunter."[2] In a 2007 interview with music website Absolutepunk.net,[1] Casey stated that he already has the overall story of The Dear Hunter mapped out, with each act in 1-3 page treatments. Casey produced and recorded the EP by himself with only of the help of his brother on drums and mother on backing vocals. Act I: The Lake South, The River North was released in September 2006 on Triple Crown Records.
Shortly after the EP's release, Casey recruited Luke Dent of the recently split band Faraway for vocals and keyboards and Erick Serna as a second guitarist. Luke brought in his brother Sam on drums and Erick brought long-time friend Josh Rheault in to play bass. The complete band entered the studio in late 2006 to record the follow-up to Act I. Recording finished in early 2007, during which time, the band was featured in Alternative Press' "100 Bands You Need to Know in 2007."[3]
Act II: The Meaning of, and All Things Regarding Ms. Leading was released May 22, 2007, only eight months after the band's previous release. Originally, the band had written almost 2 hours of music for the album,[1] but managed to trim the run time down to 80 minutes, the maximum allowed on a compact disc. Since the album's release, the band has toured with As Tall As Lions, Saves the Day, Say Anything, Chris Conley, The Format, Scary Kids Scaring Kids and Boys Night Out along with some headlining dates. In November of 2007, the band embarked on a tour with Circa Survive, Ours, and Fear Before the March of Flames.
The band recently finished filming a music video for the song "The Church and the Dime". They have also announced that they are currently working on nine albums, each of which is inspired by a different color of the visible spectrum (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet), with black and white added as bookends.[4] They will include many guest appearances, and will span many different genres of music. Casey has said that the band's main focus will still be the Act albums and music, but that each of the color albums will be from 30 to 60 minutes in length.
A book based on the story of Act II is currently in the works. Artist Kent St. John was selected to do the illustrations, the progress of which can be seen on his blog.[5]
Prior to a string of dates with Circa Survive, Josh Rheault and brothers Sam and Luke Dent all left the band.[6] Temporary replacements for the November tour dates include Cliff Sarcona and Julio Tavarez of As Tall As Lions and Andy Wildrick of The Junior Varsity.
On February 14th, guitarist Erick Serna, posted a bulletin on myspace saying that The Dear Hunter would be going on tour in the spring of 2008 with The Fall of Troy, Foxy Shazam and Tera Melos.
[edit] Members
- Casey Crescenzo - Vocals, Rhodes Piano, Guitar
- Erick Serna - Guitar, Vocals
- Sagan Jacobson - Bass, Vocals
- Andy Wildrick - Guitar, Keyboard, Vocals
- Nick Crescenzo - Drums
[edit] Former Members
- Josh Rheault - Bass, Vocals
- Sam Dent - Drums
- Luke Dent - Keyboard, Vocals, Guitar, Auxiliary Percussion
[edit] Discography
- Dear Ms. Leading (2005, misc. demos)
- Act I: The Lake South, The River North (2006)
- Act II: The Meaning of, and All Things Regarding Ms. Leading (2007)
- Random EP #01 (2007)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Interview with Absolutepunk.net. April 28, 2007.
- ^ Band Bio, Triple Crown Records website. Retrieved June 18, 2007.
- ^ "100 Bands You Need to Know in 2007," Alternative Press, Issue #225, April 2007.
- ^ "The Dear Hunter to Release Nine Color-Based Albums". Absolutepunk.net. September 20, 2007.
- ^ The Dear Hunter Art Blog. Kentstjohn.com. Retrieved October 1, 2007.
- ^ "The Dear Hunter lose 60 percent of their members." Punknews.org. October 19, 2007.
