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The Republic Of Wolves is an indie rock band from Long Island, New York consisting of Mason Maggio and Christian Van Deurs of the indie folk band Tigers On Trains as well as Billy Duprey, Gregg Andrew, Chris Wall (who toured with Lights Resolve), and David Kaplan (of The Twees). AbsolutePunk named their debut extended play His Old Branches "the best EP to be released in 2009". Punknews.org has noted that there are "some moments of brilliant restraint in their songs". The Republic Of Wolves were placed on a list of the "Top 10 Indie Bands" in Substream Music Press magazine, where they are described as having "dark sounds, slowly but forcefully delivered vocals, and aggressively smart lyrics." The band has been booked to perform with acts such as The Felix Culpa, Harvard, Sainthood Reps, Gabriel the Marine, Tiger Riot, and others.

History
During the summer of 2009, Mason Maggio and Christian Van Deurs were recording the Tigers On Trains album "Grandfather" at Gregg Andrew's home studio. They soon began experimenting with a different, heavier, and more dynamic style of music with friends Billy Duprey and Chris Wall and The Republic Of Wolves was formed. The Republic Of Wolves has notable influences from other Long Island bands such as Brand New, Taking Back Sunday, Straylight Run, Glassjaw, and As Tall As Lions. Although this influence was not more significant than when three The Republic Of Wolves 58 second clips of demos were posted onto Youtube as demos of Brand New songs from their, at the time, upcoming album Daisy. Initially, Brand New fans couldn't tell whether these demos were legitimate or not. The band has officially stated that they had no part in this incident, and when they found out about the faux demos they contacted the CEO of AbsolutePunk Jason Tate and the truth was revealed. The full story can found in various interviews and websites (including AbsolutePunk). On March 15, 2010 The Republic Of Wolves, with the help of 410BC, Vintage Hustle Records, and Simple Stereo, held a contest where anyone could cover one of their songs from the EP His Old Branches.

Studio albums

 * Upcoming Full Length (2010)

EPs

 * His Old Branches (Vintage Hustle Records, 2009)

Singles

 * "Cardinals 7" Vinyl" (Simple Stereo, 2010)