The Favourite Sons is an indie rock band from Brooklyn, made up of Ken Griffin (former member of

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) and four members of

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.Raper, Dan (2006)
Favourite Sons ''Down Beside Your Beauty''
(review), ''

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'' They have released one full-length album, ''Down Beside Your Beauty'' (2006), which was mixed by

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(

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, The Fall,

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). The four other Sons (guitarist/keyboard player Justin Tripp, guitarist Carmine Degennaro, bass guitarist Matt Werth, and drummer A.J. Edmiston) were formerly part of the band Aspera before relocating to New York in 2004 after parting ways with their singer.Mason, Stewart " Favourite Sons Biography, ''

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'', Macrovision Corporation Werth and Tripp tracked down Griffin in the summer of 2004.

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offered to put out a 7" single in early 2005. Shortly thereafter, the Sons were approached by James Oldham (head of the UK independent Loog Records) to release a four-song single in Europe entitled the ''Treason EP''. With less than ten official shows under their belts, the Sons headed off to Europe to tour in support of ''Treason''. On their return to New York, Vice Recordings, who had expressed interest from the earliest demos, offered the band a long-term deal. The Sons recorded ''Down Beside Your Beauty'' in Brooklyn in January, with

coming in as mixer the following month.Wilson, Mackenziw " ''Down Beside Your beauty'' Review, ''

'', Macrovision Corporation In 2006, they toured with The Drones and Devastations, but pulled out of the tour due to illness. In 2007, they undertook a national US tour with

Au Revoir Simone Au Revoir Simone is an American indie pop band from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2003. The group is composed of Erika Forster (vocals/keyboard), Annie Hart (vocals/keyboard/bass) and Heather D'Angelo (vocals/drum machine/keyboard ...

and

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. The band have recently completed work upon a new album. entitled "The Great Deal of Love" which has been released on Low Rent Records. The whole back catalog of Kenneth Griffin's work

including the unreleased material along with Kid Silver, Favourite Sons and August Wells will be released next year on Captcha Records.

References

External links

Official website
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