User:Theappalachiansband/The Appalachians (Band)

The Appalachians are an indie rock/experimental band from Milwaukee, WI.

Formation

In 2009 two small-town boys from the outskirts of Milwaukee, WI, Jake Moore and Adam Sutkiewicz, began working on a project that consisted of a dynamic two-man garage rock sound. Within the hours of relentless work in Adam’s basement, the two started to drift away from their own musical perceptions, and began to idolize unique sounds and focused highly on levels of creativity. “The music that we listen to, and the music that we write, are two entirely different things. We love all forms of Indie-Rock, but we have a hard time pegging our sound. That’s why we’re making an album,” says the band. After completing 10 songs, the two began to demo their work all around Milwaukee and Madison. Receiving positive feedback on their live material, Adam and Jake decided to pursue their project with full effort. Although they were back and forth on a band name, they decided on The Appalachians. Both members say in no way do they associate them with Appalachian music, but more so in a philosophical way. “We think of the music we create as vivid, miles of never-ending ideas, and it’s own lifestyle. Beautiful surroundings really help inspire what you write. We both grew up in the outdoors, that’s where real beauty lies, in the unexplainable. So we went for something along those lines,” Sutkiewicz says. They took their material into Reinvention Media Studios where engineer and producer Aaron Fountaine took immediate interest to pursue the project. “Adam and Jake came in with their demo and ideas and I knew they were really onto something. Things fell into place at the exact right time, and from early on I could tell that I was working with people who were motivated and artistic as well as musically inclined. The way everything has worked out thus far, it seems like it happened for a reason,” Fountaine says. The band is currently promoting and finishing up their debut album “Meet to Please You” expected to drop 10.10.10 Their first single entitled “Notice” is available for free download.