SeeYouSpaceCowboy (formerly stylized as SeeYouSpaceCowboy...) is an American

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band formed in

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, in 2016. It was founded by vocalist Connie Sgarbossa, drummer Ethan Sgarbossa and guitarist Taylor Allen. Their name is taken from a phrase shown on many of the end title cards of the 1998 anime '' Cowboy Bebop''.

History

Before the formation of SeeYouSpaceCowboy, vocalist Connie Sgarbossa and her younger brother Ethan Sgarbossa both played in the bands Flowers Taped to Pens and René Descartes. Ethan originally played guitar for both groups before switching to drums for SeeYouSpaceCowboy. Taylor Allen and Jesse Price played together in a hardcore band called Recluse before the formation of their next project, Letters to Catalonia, which features Jesse on vocals and guitar, and fellow former SeeYouSpaceCowboy member, Dominic Larocca, on bass. SeeYouSpaceCowboy formed in 2016, before Connie relocated to

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. The original lineup, and that which appears on the demo, consisted of only four members; Price playing bass and Allen playing guitar. Timmy Moreno was soon added as a bassist, and Price went on to be a guitarist. In a 2018 interview with

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the band revealed that they had plans to release a debut full-length album sometime in 2019, the group were in the writing stage as of when the interview was taken place in August. Connie Sgarbossa hinted of what is to come: "There's going to be sassing, there's going to be breakdowns … there's going to be weird, screechy shit." As of January 25, 2019 it was revealed the band had signed to

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, speaking about their new partnership with Pure Noise Records, the band said: “We are beyond happy to be part of the Pure Noise family. After a summer of searching, we decided to go with Pure Noise because of the diverse and innovative roster, a showcase for some of the most exciting bands in the scene. We are very eager to show the world the next chapter of this band, with this great team behind us.“ Alongside the announcement the band digitally released the album ''Songs for the Firing Squad'', which the band describes as "a collection of the first two years as a band, along with two new tracks that foreshadow the new direction we are headed." The band also released an accompanying music video for the song “Self Help Specialist Ends Own Life” On July 30, 2019 they released a brand new track, "Armed with Their Teeth" and announced the title for their debut full length record, ''The Correlation Between Entrance and Exit Wounds''. On August 27, 2019 they released another single, "Put On A Show, Don't Let Them See You Fall". The record was released on September 27, 2019 and met with immediately favorable reviews. ''

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'' named it one of the 50 best metal albums of 2019. On November 5, 2021 the band dropped their second studio album, ''The Romance of Affliction''. It was elected by ''

'' as the 36th best rock/metal album of 2021.

Politics

SeeYouSpaceCowboy looks to create a dialogue with fans regarding

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representation, their personal politics also include

vegan Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal product—particularly in diet—and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals. An individual who follows the diet or philosophy is known as a vegan. Di ...

anti-racist Anti-racism encompasses a range of ideas and political actions which are meant to counter racial prejudice, systemic racism, and the oppression of specific racial groups. Anti-racism is usually structured around conscious efforts and deliberate ...

and

anti-capitalist Anti-capitalism is a political ideology and Political movement, movement encompassing a variety of attitudes and ideas that oppose capitalism. In this sense, anti-capitalists are those who wish to replace capitalism with another type of economi ...

messages. Sgarbossa notes that the quintet hope to bring a

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library on future tours to help spread awareness of their

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beliefs.

Musical style

SeeYouSpaceCowboy's musical style has been characterized as

sasscore Screamo (also referred to as skramz) is an aggressive subgenre of emo that emerged in the early 1990s and emphasizes "willfully experimental dissonance and dynamics".Jason Heller, "Feast of Reason". ''Denver Westword'', June 20, 2002Access date: ...

metalcore Metalcore (also known as metallic hardcore) is a fusion music genre that combines elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. As with other styles blending metal and hardcore, such as crust punk and grindcore, metalcore is noted for its use of ...

mathcore Mathcore is a subgenre of hardcore punk and metalcore influenced by post-hardcore, extreme metal and math rock that developed during the 1990s. Bands in the genre emphasize complex and fluctuant rhythms through the use of irregular time signatur ...

and

art-punk Art punk is a subgenre of punk rock in which artists go beyond the genre's rudimentary garage rock and are considered more sophisticated than their peers. These groups still generated punk's aesthetic of being simple, offensive, and free-spirit ...

. The band chooses to self-describe as sasscore and often disagrees with the label "

screamo Screamo (also referred to as skramz) is an aggressive subgenre of emo that emerged in the early 1990s and emphasizes "willfully experimental dissonance and dynamics".Jason Heller, "Feast of Reason". ''Denver Westword'', June 20, 2002Access date: ...

"; lead singer Connie Sgarbossa states, "Everybody in this band came from the screamo scene, and we'd been doing it for a minute, but with this band we really wanted to make the distinction that this isn't a screamo band." ''Songs for the Firing Squad'' features a song titled "Stop Calling Us Screamo", which Connie Sgarbossa later clarified as " our tongue-in-cheek jab at the people that want to throw us into that scene."

Band members

Current members * Connie Sgarbossa – lead vocals (2016–present) * Ethan Sgarbossa – drums (2016–2019), guitar, clean vocals (2019–present) * Taylor Allen – guitar (2016–2017), bass, clean vocals (2020–present) * Timmy Moreno – bass (2016–2018), guitar (2021–present) * AJ Tartol - drums (2021–present), backing vocals (2021–present) Past members * Jesse Price – bass (2016), guitar, backing vocals (2016–2020) * Cameron Phipps – bass (2019–2020) * Dominick Larocca – guitar (2017–2018) * Liam Coombe – guitar, bass (2018–2019) * Andrew Milam – bass (2018–2019) * Tim Austin - guitar (2020) * Bryan Prosser – drums (2019) * Sal Argento - drums (2019–2021) Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Extended plays

Singles

Music videos

References

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