ALESANA : Cool Indie Emo / Screamo Band

Since appearance emo / emocore pioneered by bands like Rites of Spring, Embrace in 80's reachs development top in the early of year 90's after Jimmy Eat World, Dashboard Confessional successfully brings identical music genre with song lyric which the song placing forward emotion, growl, yells, and possible of this melancholy recognized many people. Here we will not talk about definition of emo music but if all of you inquiring can see it is here. Okay, back to the topic. Development of emo x'self increasingly increases after appearance screamo or the same music stream with emo but here it hard.And one of band carrying this music stream is Alesana. Although the band's members first began playing together in Baltimore, Maryland, the band officially formed in October 2004 in Raleigh, North Carolina by Shawn Milke, Patrick Thompson, Dennis Lee, Steven Tomany and Daniel Magnuson. The name of the band is derived from Alice-anna St., which Shawn Milke and Patrick Thompson lived on when playing in Baltimore, MD. Alice-anna St. is located in Fells Point, a neighborhood in Baltimore. Alesana was the first band to join Tragic Hero Records in 2005, and they 3 demo songs titled "Apology", "Beautiful in Blue" and "Goodbye, Goodnight for Good" which were featured on a compilation All The Tragedy Money Can't Buy. Later they released their debut EP, Try This With Your Eyes Closed, in May of that year. They toured in the United States, including an appearance at the Cornerstone Festival. In the same year Daniel Magnuson was replaced by Will Anderson. Members : * Dennis "Denny Diablo" Lee - Screaming vocals (2004-present) * Shawn Milke - Vocals, Guitar, Piano (2004-present) * Patrick "Peezee" Thompson - Lead guitar, Backing vocals during live performance (2004-present) * Jeremy "Jables" Bryan - Drums (2005-present) * Shane Crump - Bass guitar, Vocals (2007-present) * Jake Campbell - Rhythm guitar (2008-present) Discography : EPs 2005: Try This With Your Eyes Closed (Tragic Hero Records, re-issued in 2008 on Fearless Records) Albums 2006: On Frail Wings of Vanity and Wax (Tragic Hero Records, re-issued in 2007 on Fearless Records) 2008: Where Myth Fades to Legend (Fearless Records) U.S. #96[9] 2009-10: The Emptiness Compilation Appearances * All the Tragedy Money Can Buy * Punk Goes Acoustic 2 Apology (Acoustic) * Warped Tour 2008 Tour Compilation Seduction * Soundwave 2009 Album (Australia) This Is Usually the Part Where People Scream * Punk Goes Pop 2 What Goes Around... (Justin Timberlake cover) * The Fearless Records Spring/Summer Sampler 2008 This Is Usually the Part Where People Scream * The Fearless Records Spring/Summer Sampler 2008 Seduction (music video) Though something tells music alesana is hardcore band, but individuality from emocore and also stand-out screamo at lyric - song lyric they which melancholy, tells a story about broken hearted etc. At song lyric Apology (Try this with your eyes closed Album) for example. Other individuality from alesana that is scream - yells heard is each other shout by vocalist and backing vocals at some songs which they warble adds its viscid carrying out of emotion written in peeping at the song. If you are emostars or emo music fan you should listen their own albums. Sure, we love Alesana too. How about you ? :-)