Fictionist

Fictionist

Fictionist performing at the Velour
Background information
Origin Provo, Utah
Genres Alternative rock, Progressive rock, New Wave
Years active 2005–present
Labels Red Owl (2005-2011)
Atlantic Records (2011-2014)
Independent (2014-present)
Associated acts Good Morning Maxfield
Robbie Connolly
Website www.fictionist.com
Members Stuart Maxfield
Robbie Connolly
Brandon Kitterman
Aaron Anderson
Past members Spencer Harrison
Jeremy Bowen (Good Morning Maxfield)
Jacob Jones

Fictionist is an alternative rock band from Provo, Utah, with origins in Salt Lake City, Utah and Sacramento, California. The band consists of Stuart Maxfield (lead vocals, bass guitar), Robbie Connolly (lead vocals, guitar), Brandon Kitterman (guitar, bass guitar), and Aaron Anderson (drums). They have toured nationally and have opened for acts including Imagine Dragons, Vampire Weekend, Neon Trees, Young the Giant, and Shiny Toy Guns.

History

Background and overview

The band began in its earliest formation as Good Morning Maxfield in 2007 and released an eponymous album under that name. Fictionist formed in their current configuration to release their first album Invisible Hand in 2009.

Invisible Hand (2009)

Fictionist won an Independent Music Award for Best Pop/Rock Song for their single "Invisible Hand" off their first album of the same name.[1] The Fictionist song "Noisy Birds" was featured in Seasons 6 and 7 of PBS's program Roadtrip Nation.[2]

Lasting Echo (2010)

Lasting Echo unveiled the band's first official music video which was directed and animated by artist Eric Power.[3] The music video for the single "Blue-eyed Universe" was featured at the 2010 Tucson Film & Music Festival.

Lasting Echo was selected by Paste magazine to be the April 2010 VIP bonus album.[4] In 2011, they received another Independent Music Award for Best Pop/Rock Song for "Blue-Eyed Universe" from their second album, Lasting Echo.[5] The album cover to Lasting Echo was also nominated for Pop/Rock Album and Best Album Art.[6]

On February 15, 2011 it was announced on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon[7] that Fictionist would be one of 16 bands to participate in the Rolling Stone Magazine "Do You Wanna Be A Rock 'n Roll Star?"[8] Contest. During Round 2 they recorded two new tracks with producer David Bendeth (Paramore, Bring Me The Horizon, Kaiser Chiefs).[9] They were eliminated in Round 4 of the competition as semifinalists.

Fictionist EP with Atlantic Records (2011-2014)

Fictionist signed with Atlantic Records and released a 6-track EP titled Fictionist - EP in the fall of 2011.[10]

In 2012 the band announced that it had recorded an album produced by Grammy nominated producer Ron Aniello (Bruce Springsteen, Lifehouse) and engineered by Nick DiDia (Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen, Stone Temple Pilots) for Atlantic Records. The new album was recorded at the historic Hollywood Sunset Sound Recorders. The band also announced that they used a guitar which Elvis Presley played on one of his albums during the album recording sessions.

Fictionist supported Imagine Dragons on two occasions in 2013 and 2014. Robbie Connolly also appears in the Imagine Dragons music video for "On Top of the World".[11]

FICTIONIST and Free Spirit EP (2014-present)

Following artistic disagreements with the label and a sense of stifled creativity, Fictionist ultimately chose not to release their final recordings with Atlantic Records. Instead they recorded a new independent self-titled album produced by Nate Pyfer (Kaskade , The Moth & the Flame, Mideau).[12] FICTIONIST was released in Provo, UT, on October 3rd, 2014, and nationally on October 7th. [13]

After parting ways with Atlantic Records, Fictionist took advantage of their new freedom to include new and unconventional sounds in their tracks. Robbie Connelly began to actively compose and sing along with Stuart Maxfield, an arrangement the band had not had previously.[12]

In 2015, they toured with Mates of State and on a summer east-coast tour with Neon Trees. They scheduled a 2015 Tour to coincide with the "An Intimate Night With Neon Trees" Tour on various dates. Concerts with the Neon Trees ran between June 13th through July 26th finishing up in Boston, MA at the Paradise Rock Club, before heading to Salt Lake City, UT for a show with the Kills & Metz for the Twilight Concert Series.[14][15][16]

On July 29, 2016 Fictionist released a four track EP titled Free Spirit.[17] Toward the end of the year they toured in central and south-western United States with Step Rockets.[18]

Media

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Awards

Year Nominated Work Organization Award Result
2010 "Invisible Hand" Independent Music Awards[21] Best Pop/Rock Song Won
2011 "Blue-eyed Universe" Won
Lasting Echo Best Pop/Rock Album Nominated
Best Album Artwork Nominated

References

  1. ↑ Independent Music Awards Fan Favorites Revealed In The 9th Independent Music Awards Vox Pop Poll
  2. ↑ Road Trip Nation Featured Music
  3. ↑ ericpowerup.com Fictionist - Blue-eyed Universe
  4. ↑ Paste Magazine April 2010 VIP Bonus Fictionist Lasting Echo
  5. ↑ Independent Music Awards 10th Annual Independent Music Awards Winners Announced!
  6. ↑ http://www.independentmusicawards.com/ima/artist/fictionist
  7. ↑ Rolling Stone Contest announced on Jimmy Fallon
  8. ↑ Rolling Stone "Do You Wanna Be a Rock 'n Roll Star" Contest
  9. ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com/choosethecover/blog/exclusive-two-new-tracks-from-our-great-eight-finalists-20110325
  10. ↑ "Fictionist Signs With Atlantic". Retrieved 4/6/2012. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  11. ↑ http://www.wsusignpost.com/2013/10/26/sold-out-imagine-dragons-concert-brings-wsu-to-its-feet-41239
  12. 1 2 http://www.heraldextra.com/entertainment/fictionist-preps-homemade-album-after-parting-with-atlantic/article_4c715ab2-b694-11e3-8356-0019bb2963f4.html
  13. ↑ http://www.fictionist.com/
  14. ↑ "tour". Retrieved May 6, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Fame Is Dead". Retrieved May 6, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Neon Trees 2015 An Intimate Night With Neon Trees Tour Schedule". May 6, 2015. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
  17. 1 2 "FICTIONIST - FREE SPIRIT EP OUT JULY 29!". Harbour Records. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  18. ↑ "Fictionist Tour Dates, Concerts, and Tickets". Songkick. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  19. ↑ http://www.byutv.org/watch/f2af098f-a0a0-4e21-87ea-41efc5401d18/the-song-that-changed-my-life-fictionist
  20. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/fictionist-ep/id477338889
  21. ↑ http://www.independentmusicawards.com/ima/artist/fictionist
  22. ↑ http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/best-of-utah-music-2015-winners/Content?oid=2733748

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