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Boxbomb

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Years active
  
2003-2009

Record label
  
Genre
  
Alternative/Indie

Labels
  
Future Tense Records (2006-2007)Tragic Hero Records (2007-2012)

Members
  
Ryan GustafsonRob McfarlaneJustin HolderRosean Alexander

Albums
  
My Obsession, Boxbomb Live at Cat's Cradle 01/13/2005, Run Rabbit Run

Profiles

Boxbomb was a rock band based in Central North Carolina. Its members have never changed and include Ryan Gustafson (vocals and guitar), Rob Mcfarlane (guitar), Justin Holder (drums), and Rosean Alexander (bass). The group formed in the spring of 2003 and has resided in Chapel Hill and Durham since that time. In the summer of 2005, Boxbomb self-released the Golden EP. In 2006 Boxbomb signed to Future Tense Records and began recording their first full length at Warrior Studios in Chapel Hill. After completing the album, the band had to look for a new label, as Future Tense had shut its doors before the album (then unnamed) was ever released. In the fall of 2007, Boxbomb signed to Tragic Hero / East West Records and released My Obsession on February 5, 2008.

Contents

My Obsession received moderate to good reviews, including 3.5 out of 4 stars in Alternative Press magazine. In the late summer of 2008 the band began recording a new EP with Matt Tuttle from Telescreen (Telescreen signed to Tragic Hero Records around the same time as the recording). The band plans to release the EP, titled Run Rabbit Run (Tragic Hero Records) in early 2009.

Both Ryan Gustafson and Rob McFarlane have recorded solo material, but neither has released any of it. Both of them also play in a collective known as The Sundowners, which features members of Roman Candle, Max Indian, and The Old Ceremony, as well as singer-songwriter Josh Moore. In The Sundowners, Ryan performs under the name Roscoe Sundowner, and Rob performs as Nightman.

Discography

  • Golden EP (2005)
  • My Obsession (2008, Tragic Hero / East West Records)
  • Run Rabbit Run EP (2009, Tragic Hero / East West Records)
  • Reviews

    INDY Weekly

    News & Observer

    YES! Weekly

    Songs

    My ObsessionMy Obsession · 2008
    Serotonin SeaMy Obsession · 2008
    Grey SkyMy Obsession · 2008

    References

    Boxbomb Wikipedia


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