Shana Falana

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Shana Falana
Origin Hudson Valley, New York
Genres Psychedelic pop - Dream pop
Years active1995 (1995)–present
Labels Team Love Records and Arrowhawk Records
Members
  • Shana Falana
  • Michael Amari
Website shanafalana.com and thegoddessparty.org/
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Shana Falana is an American psych-dream pop band currently based in the Hudson Valley, New York. They are currently signed to Team Love and Arrowhawk Records. The band consists of musicians Shana Falana and Michael Amari.

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History

Shana Falana, originally from the San Francisco 90's music scene in the Mission, moved to Brooklyn in 2003. She formed the band "Skirt" with Nicole Pinon and she is still releasing songs from that time. She began her band with Mike Amari in February 2011. She has 2 home-made self releases from her bandcamp titled Channel and Velvet Pop. [1] In January 2012, she released an EP titled In The Light. [2] [3] [4]

On April 7, 2015, Shana Falana released her debut full-length album, Set Your Lightning Fire Free, via Team Love Records followed by a 38-date United States tour Pitchfork Review Go . [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Her single "Go" was used in American Horror Story season 5 Episode 11.

Her track "There's A Way" (one of the songs from her band "Skirt") is featured on the 2016 compilation The Future's So Bright It Berns!, which was made to support the presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders. [10]

On October 21, 2016, the band released its second album, "Here Comes the Wave". [11]

On October 25, 2019 they released Darkest Light, put out by Arrowhawk Records. The song "Go Higher" was featured on the show The Summer I Turned Pretty episode 7.

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Photo credit: Donna Viering

She is recently known for her new project "The Goddess Party" which involves a 30 person choir, and a bewitching cult atmosphere. www.thegoddessparty.org/

Discography

Studio albums

EPs and collections

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