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Our debut album "Balance" is available for sale at our live shows, and through plenty of online retailers. Please see below.

MUSIC & MERCH

Our debut studio album was released this past May.
To hear some tracks, check out the player on the right. You can also go to our MySpace and Purevolume pages.

You can order the album (and other merch) directly from us by clicking here.

It's also available for sale at these places:
CDBaby
Amazon - physical or digital
iTunes (must have iTunes installed to open link)
GreatIndieTunes
GroupieTunes
Rhapsody
TradeBit
Payplay.fm
(and of course at shows)

Click here to read some reviews of the album (more coming soon).


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SHOWS

Fri 8/22/08 Valentine's, Albany, NY, 17 New Scotland Ave. - price, time, age TBA

Fri 8/29/08 The Hudson House, Nyack, NY, 314 Main St. - 10 pm, price TBA, 18+
-with Ebu Gogo

Fri 9/19/08 Utica Music Fest, Utica, NY
Forman is performing at The Electric Company (700 Varick St.) at 10:30 pm. Passes are $22.50 and can be purchased from the Utica Music Fest website.

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BIO


Billy Schmidt, Mike Kemmlein, Rich Bozek, Dan Noonan (clockwise from left)

"Forman’s preternatural weaving style can only stem from one of two things: the sheer enjoyment of sharing a common muse or a superhuman telepathic link amongst the band."
-The Prescription

Forget genres, forget boundaries, and forget your expectations of what a band should play: Upstate New York's up-and-coming progressive-funk-rock act thrives off variety and challenge, making each live set different and unpredictable. Drawing on a myriad of musical styles combined with unplanned improvisational jamming, "Forman is a fresh new band with an upbeat, original sound, perfect for listening or dancing" (Jeremy Wall, Grammy-nominated composer and keyboardist of Spyro Gyra).

Oneonta, NY, was the perfect home base for Forman to flourish in: their traversing a wild variety of musical terrain and intense onstage improvisational daring caught on quickly in the local music scene, garnering a strong following in the area. "Forman has consistently brought ever-growing crowds to [Oneonta venue] General Clinton Pub due to their strong original compositions and dynamic live performance" (Rob Franchini, club talent buyer/promoter). Using the small upstate town as a building block, the band has since expanded their music to surrounding areas and beyond, headlining such reputable music venues as Nectar's (Burlington, VT), Northern Lights (Clifton Park, NY), and Sullivan Hall (formerly the Lion's Den, New York City). Forman was the featured band in the premier issue of music fanzine The Prescription and was a crowd favorite at the 2007 Catskill Mountain Music Festival. In the spring of 2008, the band released "Balance": their first full-length studio album. It’s all original music that combines top-notch musicianship with catchy vocal hooks, and bends genres and rules like only Forman can. The album will be sold at live shows and online at the band's website www.FormanBand.com. The band plans to tour extensively in support of the recent release.

Since first coming together in the fall of 2004, the uncanny chemistry between the band members has only grown exponentially: new songs are always exciting and different, and each live show is twice as energetic and diverse as the last. "Every time I see Forman, they seem to leave me questioning why I ever missed one of their shows before" (Adam Rossi, The Prescription). This band has only increasingly exciting times ahead of them. Don't miss out on the Forman revolution.



to download the full Electronic Press Kit, click below:
EPK

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CONTACT

e-mail: formanband@yahoo.com
To join our mailing list and receive up-to-date news directly to your e-mail inbox, send us an e-mail with "JOIN MAILING LIST" in the subject.

snail mail:
Forman c/o Mike Kemmlein
54 Whitman St.
Congers, NY 10920

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