Festizio

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With our upcoming album properly mixed and mastered, all we need is to design the album for production. The album, entitled “Hot City,” mirrors in vibe the course of a night spent out, from an evening’s energetic highs to the poignancy of the inevitable sunrise. Keeping in line with the former and the album’s title, we’re throwing a photo shoot happy hour to capture the energy of a night out with friends!

Come join us at Hemlock Tavern this Thursday (7/29/10) at 9 pm for drinks and socializing as our friend and photographer Ryan Gillespie snaps photos for inclusion in our upcoming album.

CLICK HERE FOR THE FACEBOOK EVENT!

More details about the event and what you might want to wear are included in the Facebook Event link above. To sign up to receive our album for free, subscribe to our Mailing List at the Festizio ReverbNation page.

Thanks again for your support. This is our shout-out to you, and we hope to include all your pretty faces in our release.

That last sentence sounded dirty.

An open letter from Gerald Pan, bassist:

“It is with a heavy heart that I announce that I will be leaving Festizio. I joined the band just about four years ago, and to be honest, it still feels like yesterday. I can still clearly remember walking into Hitwall the first time; the first song we played (an early incarnation of “Hot Blooded Bitch,” then called “City of Lights”); receiving the studio keys; sharing our first band beer; and the first show at Ireland’s 32, just a few months after the first rehearsal. Lest I become too sentimental, I’m just going to say that the memories have been spectacular. I never really imagined I would get to be in a rock band, much less record two albums. Nor did I ever expect I would have the honor of playing alongside, and learning from, the three most capable musicians I know.

In a month, I will be heading eastward to attend graduate school at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. I’ve heard it is slightly more mature than college. If you know of any good taquerias in that area, please let me know.”

I expect the guys to go on to achieve even greater things, and it is kind of up to the fans to get them there. Ladies, please continue to shower Keane with your hotel room keys. You can’t do that to Ryan or Nick – they’re taken.”

Good luck, Gerald! We’ll miss you, dude…

Okay, so this isn’t the cover of our new album, Hot City. It’s one of Smosh.com’s 22 Most Uncomfortable Album Covers Ever. But you can be sure our songs, now past the mastering stage with engineer Justin Weis of Trakworx, will be as sexy and suave as the two displayed above… minus the mustache.

Sign up for our Mailing List at ReverbNation and get a free copy of our album before it’s released to the public! We send emails out very infrequently, and it will be the primary source for events info.

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Here are some photos from our recent sessions at Tiny Telephone, one of the best studios on the West Coast. We completed the mixing of our album with engineer Scott McDowell yesterday and really look forward to sharing it with everyone!

For a complete collection of photos, click here! And be sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter to stay updated on the pending album release date!

An amazing review for our first studio album in Geek Girl on the Street!

By Kate Kotler

Mix together Radiohead and Muse, add a dash of the SF music scene, and ice it with the smooth vocals of Keane Li, and what do you get?

Festizio.

This San Francisco band has been around and kicking for quite a while. Those in the know have been enjoying songs such as the slow, soulfully driven “Beautiful” and peppier live favorite “Get Up” at venues such as Slim’s and Grant and Green in SF. Fans get into the groove while watching four accomplished young musicians come together to create a new type of “San Francisco sound.”

In short: Festizio has been a well-kept musical secret for those in the Bay Area for several years.

Now, with the 2009 release of the band’s first studio album (self-titled), Festizio positioned themselves firmly to launch beyond the Bay and onto the national scene.

For a first album, the self-funded, self-produced Festizio (by Festizio) has super-impressive production qualities. It sounds as if the band had been sojourning in Paris with Nigel Godrich or on the road with Rich Costey… It is that professionally and expertly produced.

(I love alliteration.)

To be honest, I haven’t liked a local band this much since the year 2000 when I spent many a night down in LaLa watching Common Rotation (who were at that time known as 28 Orange Street) perform for packed bar crowds…

Listening to Festizio — live or on CD — takes me back to some sort of youthful musical bliss place that inspires me to write poetry or learn how to play the piano. (Or, maybe ukulele… you know, because I’m quirky.)

All in all it’s good stuff. And for $5.99 on CD Baby, it’s a great buy and great way to support indie artists in their quest for musical loveliness.

Seriously: Check out Festizio if you haven’t already — you will be glad you did.

Thanks to everyone that came out to Red Devil Lounge last night! Big thanks to Deborah Crooks and Grace Woods for sharing the stage with us. Here are some amazing photos courtesy of Ryan Gillespie.

Thanks to everyone who listened on Wednesday (and those that called in with questions – yes, ESPECIALLY the shower question guy) to the Cheap Hooch Show on Pirate Cat Radio. If you missed it, you can stream the entire episode on their podcast site here.

And thanks to Holly GoEasy for the awesome Bacon Maple Latte!

Festizio at the Red Devil Lounge!

Sunday, April 11
Doors: 8pm
Price: $7 online, $10 door / 21+
Ticketing Info

It’s our last scheduled show before we dive into the hole of recording a new EP. If you wanted to catch us live, this is your chance. We’re looking to fill the place so the venue invites us back for our EP release. Help us out by joining us and being as rowdy as you can!

Performing with established local musicians, Deborah Crooks (CD release) and Grace Woods. We’ll be closing the night.

Red Devil Lounge: RSVP ON FACEBOOK EVENTS

Also: This Wednesday (Mar 24) at 10pm, we’ll be appearing on the Cheap Hooch Radio show with hosts Holly GoEasy and D Money! You can listen live at 89.7 FM or at the Pirate Cat Radio site.

Pirate Cat Radio: RSVP ON FACEBOOK EVENTS

Finally, be sure to friend us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and sign up for our Mailing List to be included on all future updates And, of course, thanks always for your continued support.

Thanks to everyone who came to see us perform at The Red Victorian last Friday. Your support really does mean a lot. If you weren’t able to make it out, we played a short set of some mellowed-out versions of our songs. On “Beautiful,” for example, we played a rendition that was just vocals, guitar and a hint of synth. Nick brought half his drum kit, Ryan brought a synth, I played a Tele through a small combo and Gerald, well, just had to turn his volume down.

Here was our set list:

1.) Turn Out the Lights
2.) Hard to Leave
3.) Beautiful
4.) Keep
5.) Moving On

Thanks again for coming out and for all the positive feedback! Thanks to Claudia for the band pics.