Facts on File is a Los Angeles-based three-piece indie rock outfit. The trio crafts songs that modernize 60's garage-rock and 1970s New York punk, putting a spin on pop structure that draws comparisons to Talking Heads, Gang of Four, and The Cars, with hints of Suicide and a synth-free Devo.
In 2005 Joseph White (vocals, bass), member of synth-pop band The Somnambulants, wrote and set aside songs for an indie rock project. During his quest for collaborators, he met fellow San Franciscan Molly Durkin (drums) and the two fleshed out what became Facts on Files first tracks. In 2009, the duo moved from the Bay Area to L.A., and has since performed at numerous local venues and festivals including SXSW (Austin), Mission Creek Music Festival (San Francisco), and Neon Reverb Festival (Las Vegas). In 2010, Facts on File self-released its debut EP, Keep It Together.
White and Durkin recruited Jason Spencer (guitar), and the trio is will be releasing a self-titled debut LP, which will include the single "Keep it Together," plus ten other infectious, straightforward 60s- and 70s-influenced pop songs .
RIYL: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Generationals, The Yeah Yeah Yeah's, Foster the People
"Driven by a rolling baseball park-sounding organ and a healthy amount of post-punk angularity, "Keep it Together" sounds like a slick update of the stuff Elvis Costello and the Attractions were doing in the late Seventies." -FMLY Blog
"[Joseph White] avoids affectation and mimicry and is able to carry the record with the perfect amount of quirkiness." -Wiretap Music
"[Talking Heads and Television] were creating a brand new sound, but going about it in a roundabout way. They embraced punk to a certain extent, but what they seemed to be striving for was to bring rock 'n' roll back down to eye-level... Facts on File have keyed in on this minimalism." -Weekly Volcano