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| Origin | New Brunswick, New Jersey |
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| Years active | 2011–present |
| Labels | Pure Noise Records |
| Spinoff of | Lydia, Bears & Bright Lights |
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| Website | www |
Gates (stylized as gates) is a five-piece American post rock band from New Brunswick, New Jersey, [1] [2] which consists of Kevin Ann Dye (vocals/guitars), [3] Dan King (guitars), Mike Maroney (bass), Ethan Koozer (guitars) and Daniel Crapanzano (drums). [4] They have released two albums and three EPs. [5]
Gates formed in 2011 while the various band members had settled in New Jersey. [6] Koozer (ex Lydia), [7] moved from Arizona while King, Maroney and Crapanzano were in the band Bears & Bright Lights. Koozer joined the band and Dye replaced the original singer, prompting the name change to Gates. [6] Originally from Michigan, Dye moved to Brooklyn in 2010 after earning a degree in Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media. She [8] interned at a number of studios, including Levon Helm Studios under the tutelage of Justin Guip. [9] In 2011 they self-released debut EP titled The Sun Will Rise And Lead Me Home. [10] [11] The following year they released their second self-released EP titled You Are All You Have Left To Fear. [12] Both recordings were produced and engineered by Dye. [13]
In 2012 their six-track debut EP was re-released on vinyl by Devildance Records. [14] On April 30, 2013, Gates signed to Pure Noise Records. Their second EP was remixed by Mike Watts and re-released in the fall of 2013 via Pure Noise Records. [15] [16] In April 2014 Gates announced they were supporting Have Mercy and Pentimento on their co-headlining tour. [17] They also supported The Gaslight Anthem in the same year, [1] and embarked on their first UK tour with Fallacies. [18] [19]
In September 2014, Gates premiered a new song titled "Low" from their first full-length album. [20] In September, the band released another song from the album titled "Not My Blood" and premiered "Born Dead" via Alternative Press. [21] Bloom & Breathe was released on October 21, 2014, via Pure Noise Records. [22] It was recorded at VuDu Studios and produced by Mike Watts and Kevin Ann Dye. In February 2016 the band release a split 7-inch with Matthew Pryor that featured the song "Captive". [23]
In April 2016, the band debuted a music video for their new song, "Habit". [24] [25] The track comes from their second release, Parallel Lives on Pure Noise Records that appeared on June 3, 2016. [26] As opposed to the previous record, Dye began using a piano and a sampler to develop songs such as "Color Worn". [27] On alreadyheard.com the album was described as an "airy and ethereal listen". [28] As with the previous effort, it was co-produced by Dye and Mike Watts and recorded at VuDu studios. [29]
For the first two EPs and Bloom & Breathe the band worked on arrangements before Dye would add her [8] lyrics. She noted that she found the lyric writing process for the first album " very difficult and frustrating". [30] On the second record she largely wrote songs on an acoustic guitar where majority of the lyrics had already been written. [27]
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