fairmont

Neil Sabatino . guitar & vocals
John ""Hambone"" McGuire . bass guitar
Andy Applegate . drums



""Fairmont makes sincere music, they aren't cool and your friends will call you a loser if you listen to them. They don't scream or use distortion much and they have been described as awful by scenesters, emo kids, and ex-band members. Their story is long and sorted and similar to Spinal Tap and their music is influenced by The Smiths, The Pixies, The Cure, Pavement, The Replacements and 90's alternative and indie rock. They are so out of style that listening to them would be like wearing snap bracelets while putting on a pair of cavaricci's."" - Anonymous


“Our dream is to make record after record and if one kid out there can relate to our tales of bitterness then our job is done.” – Neil Sabatino

So far, things are right on schedule. Since forming in 2001, New Jersey band Fairmont (vocalist/guitarist Neil Sabatino, drummer Andy Applegate and bassist John “Hambone” Mcguire) has already recorded 3 full-length records with a fourth on the way, four EPs and toured the midwest and northeast extensively. During that time the band has won over fans across the country and shared the bill with artists including Nada Surf, Ted Leo and Val Emmich.

Fairmont evolved out of Eyeball Records band Pencey Prep, a group whose label was made famous by fellow New Jersey rockers, Thursday. As Pencey Prep, the band played shows with the Strokes, Thursday and Nada Surf as well as performed to 4,000 people at NJ’s Surf & Skate Fest. After disbanding, one of the members of Pencey Prep went on to join Reprise/Warner Bros recording artist My Chemical Romance.

Fairmont’s sound is dark pop, combining engaging melodies with biting lyrics reminiscent of groups including Pavement, the Pixies, the Shins and the Replacements.

Originally a solo acoustic project, Fairmont was signed by Reinforcement Records before a full band had even been organized. Once assembled, in 2001 the group released their first full-length CD, Pretending Greatness Is Awaiting, containing a clever combination of half acoustic and half electric tracks. Anomie, Fairmont’s second full-length in 2003, was hailed by BlowUpRadio.com as a “masterpiece.” The band’s new CD, Hell Is Other People, was released in February, 2005 as a joint effort between Reinforcement and Renfield Records. The album has been receiving raves from the media, with The Aquarian Arts Weekly calling the disc, “A strong, confident, self-assured, commercially accessible effort from an outstanding young band just beginning to hit its creative stride…”

Fairmont’s latest album is gaining attention from radio as well, with commercial stations including Q104.3 in New York City and G106.3 in New Jersey spinning the group’s music as well as an abundance of college and internet radio stations.



Hell Is Other People is Fairmont’s most bold effort to date. With more depth than a traditional pop record, Hell Is Other People is a concept album loosely based on Jean Paul Sartre’s play, No Exit. Both the record and the play deal with the cruelty of people toward one another and the inability to escape this basic human trend, even when presented with an opportunity to make things better. The album takes the listener through the narrator's battle between a person he loves (“Your Fan From Far Away”) and a person he hates (“The Monster You’ve Become”), as well as his own self-loathing and disappointment (“Don’t Give Up The Ship”). By album’s end, the narrator is still incapable of escaping his own hell, much like the characters in Sartre’s play.

At the end of 2005 and into 2006 Fairmont continues work on a 4th full length which in many ways continues with the exploration of hopelessness and deceit among friends. The album titled ""Wait and Hope"" a quote from ""The Count Of Monte Cristo"" refers to our author's quest for revenge upon those who have done him wrong, the mostly autobiographical album has no release date set or label currently but is 90% written and the first three finished tracks will appear in Winter 06 on an EP titled ""The Subtle Art of Making Enemies"". Fairmont continues in 2006 writing music and touring on their critically acclaimed 2005 album ""Hell is Other People"".




Discography
Full Lengths:

Wait & Hope: TBA 2006

Hell Is Other People
February 2005, produced by Dave Debiak
Renfield / Reinforcement Records

Anomie
December 2003, Produced by Antonio Valenti & Neil Sabatino
Reinforcement Records

Pretending Greatness is Awaiting, Vol 1&2
December 2001, Produced by Antonio Valenti & Neil Sabatino
Reinforcement Records

EP's:

The Subtle Art Of Making Enemies, 3 song EP
Feburary 2006, Produced by Neil Sabatino
Renfield Records


The Hand That Hold's The Knife Must Be Cold And Steady. 5 song EP
November 2002, Produced by Antonio Valenti & Neil Sabatino
Reinforcement Records

Fairmont/ The MPS/ American Degen. 3 Way EP
August 2001, Produced by Antonio Valenti & Neil Sabatino
Reinforcement Records

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