Farewell is an American

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band formed in 2004 in

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. They were signed to

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releasing two CDs. After fulfilling their contractual obligations with the release of their second CD, the relationship with Epitaph ended.

History

The band released its debut EP on May 24, 2005, entitled ''Poisoning the Lark'', on Forsaken Records. After posting new tracks on their MySpace page, Farewell was scouted by the owner of

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who offered them a deal in March 2007. Preceded by the single "First One on the Blog" in August 2007, the band's first full-length album, ''Isn't This Supposed to Be Fun?'' appeared on the label on September 25, 2007. On October 10, 2007, a music video was released for "First One on the Blog". The album was released in The UK on February 4, 2008. Farewell was slated to tour the UK with

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in 2008, but the tour was cancelled. In June and July 2008, the band appeared on the

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. They then proceeded to tour the UK with

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and

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in October 2008. Farewell cites punk rock bands such as

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, Jawbreaker and

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as influences. On July 25, 2008, Chris Lee left the band. On April 22, 2009, Kevin Carter was named The Triad's Best Guitarist of 2009 in YES! Weekly's reader's choice awards. In May 2009, the band supported

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on their headlining US tour. Their second album entitled ''Run It Up the Flagpole'' was released on September 1, 2009. After a hiatus in 2010, Farewell announced on October 16, 2011 that they are working on a new album to be released in the winter of 2012. Farewell once again began writing new material in the summer of 2013, though no new release date has been confirmed from the band.
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Discography

Albums and EPs

Singles

References

External links

Farewell's page
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