Gates (stylized as gates) is a five-piece American
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band from
New Brunswick, New Jersey
New Brunswick is a city (New Jersey), city in and the county seat, seat of government of Middlesex County, New Jersey, Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. which consists of Kevin Dye (vocals/guitars), Dan King (guitars), Mike Maroney (bass), Ethan Koozer (guitars) and Daniel Crapanzano (drums). They have released two albums and three EPs.
Career
Gates formed in 2011 while the various band members had settled in New Jersey. Koozer (ex
Lydia
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), 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. Originally from Michigan, Dye moved to Brooklyn in 2010 after earning a degree in Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media. She interned at a number of studios, including Levon Helm Studios under the tutelage of Justin Guip. In 2011 they self-released debut EP titled ''The Sun Will Rise And Lead Me Home''. The following year they released their second self-released EP titled ''You Are All You Have Left To Fear''. Both recordings were produced and engineered by Dye.
In 2012 their six-track debut EP was re-released on vinyl by Devildance Records. On April 30, 2013, Gates signed to
Pure Noise Records
Pure Noise Records is an American punk rock record label based in Nashville, Tennessee. It was founded by Jake Round in 2009 while he was an editor at ''AMP''; the previous fall, friends of his in the band No Bragging Rights told him they were l ...
. Their second EP was remixed by Mike Watts and re-released in the fall of 2013 via
Pure Noise Records
Pure Noise Records is an American punk rock record label based in Nashville, Tennessee. It was founded by Jake Round in 2009 while he was an editor at ''AMP''; the previous fall, friends of his in the band No Bragging Rights told him they were l ...
. In April 2014 Gates announced they were supporting Have Mercy and
Pentimento
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on their co-headlining tour. They also supported
The Gaslight Anthem
The Gaslight Anthem is an American rock band from New Brunswick, New Jersey, formed in 2006. The band consists of Brian Fallon (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Alex Rosamilia (lead guitar, backing vocals), Alex Levine (bass guitar, backing vocals), ...
in the same year, and embarked on their first UK tour with Fallacies.
In September 2014, Gates premiered a new song titled "Low" from their first full-length album. In September, the band released another song from the album titled "Not My Blood" and premiered "Born Dead" via
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. ''Bloom & Breathe'' was released on October 21, 2014, via Pure Noise Records. It was recorded at VuDu Studios and produced by Mike Watts and Kevin Dye. In February 2016 the band release a split 7-inch with Matthew Pryor that featured the song "Captive".
In April 2016, the band debuted a music video for their new song, "Habit". The track comes from their second release, ''Parallel Lives'' on
Pure Noise Records
Pure Noise Records is an American punk rock record label based in Nashville, Tennessee. It was founded by Jake Round in 2009 while he was an editor at ''AMP''; the previous fall, friends of his in the band No Bragging Rights told him they were l ...
that appeared on June 3, 2016. As opposed to the previous record, Dye began using a piano and a sampler to develop songs such as "Color Worn". On alreadyheard.com the album was described as an "airy and ethereal listen". As with the previous effort, it was co-produced by Dye and Mike Watts and recorded at VuDu studios.
Style
For the first two EPs and ''Bloom & Breathe'' the band worked on arrangements before Dye would add her lyrics. She noted that she found the lyric writing process for the first album " very difficult and frustrating". On the second record she largely wrote songs on an acoustic guitar where majority of the lyrics had already been written.
Discography
Studio albums
*''Bloom & Breathe'' (2014)
*''Parallel Lives'' (2016)
EPs
*''The Sun Will Rise and Lead Me Home'' (2011)
*''You Are All You Have Left to Fear'' (2012)
*''Here and Now'' (2021)