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The New Frontiers

American rock band

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 13, 2025
Entity authorityQ7753605 ↗
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The New Frontiers was an American indie rock band from Dallas, Texas. Originally called Stellamaris, they released a self-titled EP in 2006, but changed their moniker after discovering that they shared a name with a long-established Israeli band. A second EP, titled Tour, followed in 2007. The band released their only studio album, titled Mending, in 2008. The New Frontiers split up in late 2008 and played their final show in January 2009. Support at this concert came from This Will Destroy You, a band who drummer Alex Bhore has since joined.

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This entry incorporates text from “The New Frontiers” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.