Basic Information
Label: Academy Fight Song Records
Members: Bill Manley - Guitar/Vocals, Sean Paul Pillsworth - Bass/Vocals, Steven Markota - Drums
Nightmares For A Week
Kingston, NY
Alternative / Rock / Indie
Bio
It all started out with a couple cases of beer, a back porch, and a couple few old friends. In the hot, muggy summer of 2008, longtime friends and former bandmates Sean-Paul Pillsworth and Bill Manley decided it was time to pick up their dusty guitars and start writing music together again. It was not long after writing a batch of tunes when they recruited drummer Steve Markota, and the resulting chemistry was undeniable. The trio played a packed hometown show, and in months they were traveli...
Comments
Tommy Stackz:
Just stoppin by to show my support! keep up tha good work
Jan 25
Five Way Cross:
hey!fuckin' good music \m/....we put you on us artist recommendations!:)add us!!
Jun 07
The Abyss:
catchy tunes, well done.
Dec 18
Dead Unicorn:
cant wait for the new album!
Jun 07
Psionic Mind Waves:
Keep up the good work, this sounds great/clean/tight/nice mix.
Sep 19
The Ricochet:
oooo yeah!
Feb 17
Status
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You should go to this show!
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Press
“The New York trio packs its debut album with chiseled, sinewy pop-punk that’s unafraid to rip out its guts and fly them up the flagpole. Singer-guitarist Bill Manley uses maudlin-yet-anthemic songs like “Baby” and “Bear Mountain”—catchy, imagistic confessionals unabashedly in thrall to Jawbreaker’s Dear You—to anchor occasional tracks full of acoustic guitar, organ, and accordion, such as the twangy “Lightning Rod.” There are other inspirations at play—most notably Lucero’s hardscrabble roots-rock, which lately has become the default setting for post-hardcore groups trying to sound grown-up and sensitive—and Manley and crew aren’t afraid to cozy up to the blue-collar grit of The Gaslight Anthem. In spite of an overt derivativeness, though, Don’t Die’s impeccable songcraft and messy catharsis bleed through. If that kind of emotive, unguarded approach sounds quaint at this point in punk history, that’s punk’s fault, not this band’s.”