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The Record
12+ albums
indie popindie rockindieshoegazeunder 2000 listeners
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The Record may refer to one of two bands: 1. Indie/rock band from Carrboro, NC whose two releases include Party Monster EP (2012) and The Things You Can't Forget (2011). www.thisistherecord.com 2. Band with releases Untitled Album and The Record. Additional information on The Record as described in (1): The Record began in 2011 as a recording project in the rented North Carolina house of long-time band mates Sean Spollen and Tyler Drake. Mostly tracked in a converted bedroom, what started as an exercise in songwriting and home studio recording has grown into a full-fledged five-piece rock band — and the release of The Record’s sophomore effort, Party Monster. “When our last band called it quits we decided to take a step back,” says Spollen, the band’s lead singer and songwriter. “We didn’t want to rush to throw together another lineup and get wrapped up in booking shows and worrying about promotion and all the other things that go along with being in a band.” “I had a catalog of demo songs from our previous projects that never really fit, so we decided to start backwards, and record an album first,” he explains. “We didn’t even want to think about a band name or searching for other musicians until that was done.” After a few months of work and a bit of a learning curve, Spollen and Drake self-recorded, mixed, mastered, and released The Things You Can’t Forget in May 2011 as The Record. They then added vocalist and keyboardist Will Hendrick, played local shows in NC,
