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Cities Biography
JEREMY PASCHALL (plays bass)
JOSH NOWLAN (sings and plays guitar)
ROBBIE MACKEY (plays guitar)
JOEY INGRAM (plays drums)
Frigid and icy, the winter of 2004 gave birth to a band by the name of CITIES. Conceived in a marvelously heated practice room in Chapel Hill, NC’s GO! Studios - brought up in grimy NC rock clubs like the Cat’s Cradle, Local 506 and Kings Barcade - the group formed after UNC student, and classically trained musician, Josh Nowlan met a few like-minded music fans named Robbie Mackey and Jeremy Pashcall. After arguing over their favorite bands and discussing their appreciation for musical-restraint and macabre indie rock, a just-forfun project had begun. Drummer Joey Ingram, whom Josh had known since high school, was stationed in nearby Greensboro, NC, and after his percussion services were enlisted a mere month later, the band’s official lineup was set. As they began writing, the confluence of Nowlan’s classical training, Mackey’s originality, and Paschall and Ingram’s punk and hardcore pedigree produced a crisp, bombastic form of indie rock. A steadfast appreciation for the music of their youth found itself coupled with a conscious decision to turn their sound away from the feverish and aggressive aesthetic they’d grown up on.
Deeply impassioned, without coming off as ham fisted and oafish, the music was epic, yet controlled, insistent, yet decidedly serene. Sharing the stage with such acts as Engine Down, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness, Thunderbirds are Now!, We are Scientists and Unwed Sailor, Cities quickly fine-tuned their brilliant live show and - on the strength of a meager demo, recorded in two days with the consummate Nick Petersen (Dillinger Escape Plan, Bellafea) - garnered the attention of powerhouse indie label, Yep Roc Records. After debuting their somber rock to wider audiences at the CMJ music festival in NYC, Cities entered the swank home-studio of Brian Paulson (Beck, Slint, Superchunk) to record their selftitled debut Yep Roc full-length in the fall 2005.
The self-titled debut is completed, and will street this April 18th, 2006. The release will come on the heels of the band’s ’06 SXSW appearances (Yep Roc showcase, Fader Magazine party, and the Yep Roc/HARP Magazine/KEXP day party), so be sure to catch them in Austin if you’re in town. Look for Cities in 2006, on the road in support of their debut release.
JOSH NOWLAN (sings and plays guitar)
ROBBIE MACKEY (plays guitar)
JOEY INGRAM (plays drums)
Frigid and icy, the winter of 2004 gave birth to a band by the name of CITIES. Conceived in a marvelously heated practice room in Chapel Hill, NC’s GO! Studios - brought up in grimy NC rock clubs like the Cat’s Cradle, Local 506 and Kings Barcade - the group formed after UNC student, and classically trained musician, Josh Nowlan met a few like-minded music fans named Robbie Mackey and Jeremy Pashcall. After arguing over their favorite bands and discussing their appreciation for musical-restraint and macabre indie rock, a just-forfun project had begun. Drummer Joey Ingram, whom Josh had known since high school, was stationed in nearby Greensboro, NC, and after his percussion services were enlisted a mere month later, the band’s official lineup was set. As they began writing, the confluence of Nowlan’s classical training, Mackey’s originality, and Paschall and Ingram’s punk and hardcore pedigree produced a crisp, bombastic form of indie rock. A steadfast appreciation for the music of their youth found itself coupled with a conscious decision to turn their sound away from the feverish and aggressive aesthetic they’d grown up on.
Deeply impassioned, without coming off as ham fisted and oafish, the music was epic, yet controlled, insistent, yet decidedly serene. Sharing the stage with such acts as Engine Down, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness, Thunderbirds are Now!, We are Scientists and Unwed Sailor, Cities quickly fine-tuned their brilliant live show and - on the strength of a meager demo, recorded in two days with the consummate Nick Petersen (Dillinger Escape Plan, Bellafea) - garnered the attention of powerhouse indie label, Yep Roc Records. After debuting their somber rock to wider audiences at the CMJ music festival in NYC, Cities entered the swank home-studio of Brian Paulson (Beck, Slint, Superchunk) to record their selftitled debut Yep Roc full-length in the fall 2005.
The self-titled debut is completed, and will street this April 18th, 2006. The release will come on the heels of the band’s ’06 SXSW appearances (Yep Roc showcase, Fader Magazine party, and the Yep Roc/HARP Magazine/KEXP day party), so be sure to catch them in Austin if you’re in town. Look for Cities in 2006, on the road in support of their debut release.
Cities All Music Guide Biography
The band Cities started in 2004, when University of North Carolina student and singer/guitarist Josh Nowlan met fellow music fans Jeremy Paschall and Robbie Mackey, a bassist and a guitarist, respectively. They got along so well that they decided to start a band. Soon after procuring help from Nowlan's high school friend Joey Ingram on the drums, the group began writing songs and performing at local venues. Their demo gained the attention of North Carolina label Yep Rock Records, who signed the band, and in the fall of 2005 Cities went into Brian Paulson's (of Beck and Superchunk fame) home studios to record their debut self-titled album, which was released the following spring, and was accompanied by a remixed collection, Variations, with work from Fog and Ladytron, among others, a few months later. ~ Marisa Brown, All Music Guide
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