Farewell (band)
American pop-punk band
Farewell is an American pop-punk band formed in 2004 in Greensboro, North Carolina. They were signed to Epitaph Records releasing two CDs. After fulfilling their contractual obligations with the release of their second CD, the relationship with Epitaph ended.
History
The band released its debut EP on May 24, 2005, entitled Poisoning the Lark, on Forsaken Records.
After posting new tracks on their MySpace page, Farewell was scouted by the owner of Epitaph Records, Brett Gurewitz who offered them a deal in March 2007. Preceded by the single "First One on the Blog" in August 2007, the band's first full-length album, Isn't This Supposed to Be Fun? appeared on the label on September 25, 2007. On October 10, 2007, a music video was released for "First One on the Blog". The album was released in The UK on February 4, 2008. Farewell was slated to tour the UK with Cartel in 2008, but the tour was cancelled.
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