The Fold
Chicago, Illinois, United States | SELF
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This is a great cd from a great band that is going places! I love their sound from the mellow, "Dear Future" and "These are my Dreams", to the fast-paced and rocky songs, "File Under: Ground" and "Neverender" This nis a great musical cd with great variety. This is the first cd I have ever bought of them and I highly recommend it, it's awesome! (Their cover of a Miley Cyrus song is also great and hilarious!) - New Release Tuesday
While the band may love the urgent pace of rock, Castady and his capable bandmates truly shine on ballads. The album's best example of that is the stunning "Sink or Swim," which build slowly and hints at a crescendo from the very first seconds. - Absolutepunk.net
As the Music Industry struggles to exist, many bands have been forced to call it quits. The Fold, who just as easily could have called it quits, is doing the exact opposite. The band took a sink or swim approach when they parted ways with their label, Tooth & Nail Records. With the release of their strongest effort to date, Dear Future, Come Get Me, The Fold is taking matters into their own hands. - Examiner
Dear Future, Come Get Me kicks off with an undeniable urgency in the soaring and cinematic “File Under: Ground (Take Me In),” which, for my money, is the best Chicago track of 2009. “Seventy Five Outgoing Calls” continues the band’s use of atmospheric-tinged foundations to memorable effect, and the crystalline dream-pop of ”Dear Future” is an open letter to whatever comes next. - Chicago Verse United
Mention Chicago group The Fold in certain circles, and the band might be known for its ties to hometown ’90s punk group Showoff (Fold frontman Dan Castady was the drummer), or recognized for its underground efforts on indie label Tooth And Nail from earlier this decade. Yet it’s The Fold’s latest move no one could have seen coming, and stands to gain the outfit the most recognition in circles both underground and mainstream. - Illinois Entertainer
Discography
Studio Albums
* This Too Shall Pass - Tooth & Nail Records (2006)
* Secrets Keep You Sick - Tooth & Nail Records (2007)
* Stargazer EP - Tooth & Nail Records (2008)
* Dear Future, Come Get Me - independent (2009)
Compilations / Miscellaneous
* Happy Christmas - Tooth & Nail Records (2006)
* Tony Hawk: Ride - Soundtrack (2009)
* Go Fast - independent release (2010)
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Bio
The Fold is taking the future into their own hands with their latest independent release "Dear Future, Come Get Me."
It all began with a magnet on a friend’s refrigerator in Atlanta, GA. The magnet read, “What would you do if you could not fail?” Suddenly, the concept for the band’s first independent album was born.
The album’s title track, “Dear Future,” is the cornerstone on which the album is built, according to Castady. “This album is about reconnecting with our dreams again. It’s saying, ‘Bring on the future. I’m done with the past.’”
After releasing two well-received albums on indie power label Tooth & Nail, The Fold decided it was time to go their own way. “Leaving our label could have felt like a big failure for The Fold, but it provided us the opportunity to tap into our unrealized potential,” says Castady.
The guys in The Fold are carving out a path for themselves in the competitive world of independent music. “We know our sound and we know what we can do well,” says Castady. “This doesn’t ever have to end as long as we have the passion to keep doing it.”
“Neverender” isn’t just the final track on Dear Future, Come Get Me. It describes the band’s whole outlook on their future. With their new creative independence, the Fold’s story is far from ending. In fact, it’s just beginning.
Visit www.thefoldrock.com and get to know The Fold!
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