State Faults

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State Faults
Also known asBrother Bear (2010–2011)
Origin Santa Rosa, California, U.S.
Genres
Years active2010–2015, 2019–present
Labels
Members
  • Jonny Andrew
  • Jef Overn
  • Jared Wallace
  • Michael Weldon
Past members
  • Chip Kelley
  • Toby Brown
  • Jordan James
Website www.statefaults.com

State Faults (formerly known as Brother Bear) are an American post-hardcore band formed in Santa Rosa, California in 2010. [1] Noisey included their album "Resonate/Desperate" as one of the records that best captures the last decade of hardcore punk. [2] In 2019, they were listed at number 16 on Kerrang's 50 Best American Hardcore Bands Right Now list. [3]

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History

The band formed in 2010, under the name Brother Bear, releasing their debut EP, Head In the Clouds the next year. [4] However changed their name soon after due to the large number of bands who were also operating under that name. [5] On 8 May 2012, they released their debut album Desolate Peaks through Tiny Engine Records. [6] On 12 November 2013, they released their sophomore album Resonate/Desperate through No Sleep Records. [7] In 2015, Kelley departed from the band, while Chris Hansen from No Sleep Records was pushing the band to put out a new record. This led to the three remaining members deciding to officially break-up and work on a separate musical project, which would turn out to be noise rock band Slow Bloom. [8]

In 2019, Andrew, Weldon and Wallace reformed State Faults due to increased interest by fans and began recording material. [8] Their first performance after reforming was at Santa Rosa's Chop Shop on 18 February, with support from Outlier, Sloth & Turtle and Pushing It. [9] Their third album Clairvoyant was released on 21 June 2019. [10] In December 2019, Brooklyn Vegan placed Resonate/Desperate at number 95 on their top 100 punk rock and emo albums of the 2010s. [11] In addition to this, Chris Luedtke of Metal Injection included the album as an "Honourable Mention" in his list of the greatest albums of 2019. [12]

Musical style

State Faults have primarily been categorised as screamo [13] [14] and post-hardcore [13] [10] possessing elements of black metal, [15] [16] post-rock, [17] [18] shoegazing, [19] heavy metal, [20] noise rock, mathcore and heavy psych. [1] Their music often makes heavy usage of dynamics, [21] [22] by incorporating both ambient and cacophonous passages. [23] Their softer sections are often utilized through the usage of reverb effects, ambient synths and occasionally spoken word. [4] Dan Ozzi, a writer at Noisey, described their music as "what a panic attack sounds like". [24] Some tracks, such as "Wildfires", incorporate melody and hooks into unclean vocals. [25]

Lyrically, their music generally focuses on spirituality, [1] makes use of references to the occult [26] and is heavily emotional. [21] A number of the tracks on their debut album were based on anxiety and its repercussions. [27] In an article for No Echo, Adam Yoe described their lyrics as "meditation on trauma and healing". [23]

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Discography

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  4. 1 2 McGonigle, Andy (April 2015). "Album Review: State Faults – Head In the Clouds" . Retrieved 27 December 2019.
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  8. 1 2 Montoya, John (10 July 2019). "Interview: State Faults" . Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  9. ↑ Perkins, Carly. "State Faults reunite at the Chop Shop with friends" . Retrieved 27 December 2019.
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  12. ↑ Luedtke, Christoper (17 December 2019). "Chris Luedtke's Top 20 Albums of 2019" . Retrieved 27 December 2019.
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  21. 1 2 Sennett, Troy. "Review: Statue Faults – 'Resonate/Desperate'" . Retrieved 27 December 2019.
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  23. 1 2 Yoe, Adam (23 July 2019). "State Faults, "Dreamcatcher, Pt. II," from Clairvoyant (No Sleep Records, 2019)" . Retrieved 27 December 2019.
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  26. ↑ Senior, Nicholas. "Album Review: State Faults – Clairvoyant". New Noise Magazine . Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  27. ↑ Whitt, Cassie (29 August 2013). "Song Premiere: State Faults, "Meteor"". Alternative Press . Retrieved 27 December 2019.
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