Absinthe Blind

Infobox musical artist
Name = Absinthe Blind
Background = group_or_band
Origin = Flagicon|USA Champaign, Illinois, USA
Genre = Shoegaze, Dream pop
Years_active = 1996-2003 [http://www.myspace.com/absintheblind Absinthe Blind] . Retrieved December 16th, 2007.]
Label = Hammerhead Records, Mud Records, Parasol Records
Associated_acts = Headlights, Maserati, The Beauty Shop
URL = [http://www.myspace.com/absintheblind/ Myspace page]
Past_members = Adam Fein (guitar, vocals) Seth Fein (drums) Tristan Wraight (guitar, keyboards) Mike Zolfo (bass) (1996-2002) Erin Fein (keyboards, vocals) (1999-2003) Brett Sanderson (bass, programming) (2002-2003) Lynn Canfield (vocals) (1998) Clarissa Novales (vocals) (1999) Cherie Earl (vocals) (1999) Yichel Chan (guitar) (1999-2001)

Absinthe Blind was an American Shoegaze and Dream pop group from Urbana, Illinois. The first group was formed by Seth Fein, Tristan Wraight and Adam Fein in 1996, by merging Adam Fein's group (coincidentally also called Absinthe Blind) and Tristan Wraight and Seth Fein's The Dr. Johanson Band [http://www.undertheradarmag.com/issue4/absintheblind.html Under the Radar Interview] . Retrieved December 16th, 2007.] . Dr. Johanson Band bassist Mike Zolfo was then asked to join the group [http://www.undertheradarmag.com/issue4/absintheblind.html Under the Radar Interview] . Retrieved December 16th, 2007.] . As the Champaign-Urbana music scene gained national attention, due to groups such as Hum and Poster Children, Absinthe Blind, along with three other groups, formed a collective entitled Toast Music [http://www.undertheradarmag.com/issue4/absintheblind.html Under the Radar Interview] . Retrieved December 16th, 2007.] Erin Fein, after suffering a back injury pursuing a figure skating career, joined the band during the recording of Music for Security [http://www.undertheradarmag.com/issue4/absintheblind.html Under the Radar Interview] . Retrieved December 16th, 2007.] . In support of Music For Security, the band embarked on a national tour, performing at The CMJ Music Marathon along the way [http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~hbg/absblind/timeline.html Absinthe Blind Timeline] ] . For their fourth album, The Everyday Separation, the band signed to Mud Records, distributed by Parasol. Zolfo left the group in 2002 to attend music school, and was replaced by Brett Sanderson [http://www.undertheradarmag.com/issue4/absintheblind.html Under the Radar Interview] ] . The group released one more album, Rings, in 2003, before Adam Fein announced that he was leaving the band [http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~hbg/absblind/timeline.html Absinthe Blind Timeline] ] . A farewell tour followed, culminating with a hometown show at the Canopy Club in Urbana, Illinois on September 13 2003 [http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~hbg/absblind/timeline.html Absinthe Blind Timeline] ] .

The four remaining members of the band originally planned to continue recording and touring as Absinthe Blind, but instead formed Orphans, who would later change their name to Headlights [http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~hbg/headlights/index.html Hormozd's Headlights Site] . Retrieved December 16th, 2007.] .

Discography

Albums
* When Our Flashes Sway (Hammerhead, 1997)
* Solarshift (Hammerhead, 1998)
* Music For Security (Hammerhead, 2000)
* The Everyday Separation (Mud, 2001)
* Rings (Mud, 2003)
* Winning Is Our Business and Business Is Good (rarities collection) (2004)

Singles & EPs
* Image (1999)
* Live to Forget (self-released, 2000)
* 6.28.01 live (self-released, 2001)
* The Separation B-Sides (self-released, 2002)
* 9.13.03 live (self-released, 2006)

Compilations
* Stuck in the Chimney (More Christmas Singles) (contributed "Silent Night") (Parasol, 2000)
* Parasol's Sweet Sixteen, Volume 4 (contributed "Antarctica") (Parasol, 2001)
* Small, My Table: Innocent Words (contributed "The Night You Came Home") (Innocent Words, 2002)
* Parasol's Sweet Sixteen, Volume 6 (contributed "Shields") (Parasol, 2003)
* Parasol's Sweet Sixteen, Volume 7 (contributed "The Break (It's Been There All This Time)") (Parasol, 2003)
* Soak Your Shoes In Red Wine & Strike The Angels Dumb (contributed "The Truth That Paints Your Eyes") (Grand Theft Autumn, 2003)
* openingbands.comp (A Snapshot of Champaign-Urbana: 2003) (contributed "The Break (It's Been There All This Time)") (OpeningBands, 2003)

References

External links

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* [http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~hbg/absblind/index.html Hormozd's Absinthe Blind fansite]