PIEBALD
WE ARE THE ONLY FRIENDS (YELLOW VINYL) - LP
UPC: 724399772576
Label: IODINE RECORDINGS
Format: LP
Release Date: February 21, 2025
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Iconic Emo/Indie Album on Vinyl for the First time in 23 years!
Piebald was founded in Andover, Massachusetts, in 1994 by Travis Shettel (vocals/guitar/keys) and Aaron Stuart (guitar/vocals). Through Andover High School friends and siblings, Jon Sullivan (drums) and Andrew Bonner (bass) were added to complete the original line-up. In a time before cell phones, Spotify, or even Napster, Piebald became an integral part of the same indie, post-hardcore music scene of the Merrimack Valley that birthed musical monsters Cave-In and Converge.
Piebald spent their early years playing shows throughout the northeast and releasing a number of split releases and e.p.’s. Their first album, “When Life Hands You Lemons” was released in 1997, their sophomore album, “If It Weren’t for Venetian Blinds, It Would Be Curtains for Us All,” was released in 1999, and the politically tinged, “The Rock Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” e.p. followed in 2000.
In the fall of 2001, Piebald ventured into Q Division Studios in Somerville, Massachusetts to work with esteemed producer, Paul Q. Kolderie (The Pixies, Radiohead, Dinosaur Jr.), and began work on their most ambitious album to date and their final with drummer, Jon Sullivan. On February 19th, 2002, Piebald released their critically acclaimed third album “We Are the Only Friends We Have.”
Now joined by Luke Garro on drums, the band embarked on the most thrilling stage of their career. National radio airplay of singles “American Hearts” and “Just A Simple Plan” and tours with the likes of Minus the Bear, Glassjaw, Hey Mercedes, RX Bandits, Saves the Day, and New Found Glory led to more mainstream success and helped birth a cult following.
Due to their never-ending touring schedule after the release of “Friends” (300+ shows in 2002, and 200+ in 2003), Piebald became recognized as “one of the most dependably fun bands of the late 90s/early 00’s emo touring circuit,” (Tom Breihan, Stereogum, Nov 12, 2019). They were “kings of sing-alongs” lead by Shettel who “crafted lyrics that could weave between intensely autobiographical, sociopolitical, and sarcastic,”
TRACK LIST:
- King of the Road
- Just a Simple Plan
- American Hearts
- Long Nights
- Fear and Loathing on Cape Cod
- The Monkey Versus the Robot
- Karate Chops for Everyone but Us
- Rich People Can Breed
- It's Going to Get Worse Before it Gets Better
- The Stalker
- Look, I Just Don't Like You
- Sex Sells, And (Unfortunately) I'm Buying
