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<\/h2>\n<\/h2>\nHOMETOWN:<\/strong> Whittier, Calif. California rock band Funeral Party was born from its members\u2019 boredom and disillusionment with their hometown of Whittier, Calif., a sleepy suburb of Los Angeles. \u201cIt was the perfect name for a band like ours, because we come from this jail town: No one gets out until they\u2019re dead,\u201d says singer Chad Elliott. \u201cWe also liked the name because it sounded like a hardcore band, but it had the word \u2018party\u2019 in it, so it fit in on the East L.A. dance party fliers. Initially, that name tricked people into seeing us.\u201d<\/p>\n Soon enough, trickery was no longer necessary to draw crowds to Funeral Party\u2019s high-energy shows. The group caught a break when it was invited to record at the Mars Volta\u2019s East L.A. studio. \u201cIt was an adventure recording those demos, because we didn\u2019t have our own equipment,\u201d recalls guitarist James Torres. \u201cWe had to sneak in during off-hours.\u201d<\/p>\n Funeral Party earned high-profile gigs opening for acts\u00a0like And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead and Julian Casablancas, eventually earning the attention of RCA Records. The group recorded its major-label debut, The Golden Age of Knowhere<\/em>, with producer Lars Stalfors (Matt & Kim, the Mars Volta). The album\u2019s themes were influenced by William Golding\u2019s novel Lord <\/em>of the Flies<\/em>, which Elliott was reading when the group was writing songs. \u201cI started thinking about the idea of a DIY civilization,\u201d<\/p>\n he says, \u201clike the world ends and the young people build everything back up from scratch.\u201d And of course the album explores the\u00a0balance between the relatively dull atmosphere of Whittier and the\u00a0lively but morally questionable L.A., only 12 miles away. Says bass player Kimo Kauhola, \u201cWe definitely want the music to\u00a0sound like an escape.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" FUNERAL PARTY HOMETOWN: Whittier, Calif. MEMBERS: Chad Elliott (vocals, keyboards), James Torres (guitar), Kimo Kauhola (bass, vocals) ALBUM: The Golden Age of Knowhere, out now WEBSITE: funeralpartymusic.com California rock band Funeral Party was born from its members\u2019 boredom and disillusionment with their hometown of Whittier, Calif., a sleepy suburb of Los Angeles. \u201cIt was the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[83],"tags":[2228,2229,1059,10160],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2893"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2893"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2906,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2893\/revisions\/2906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nMEMBERS:<\/strong> Chad Elliott (vocals, keyboards), James Torres (guitar), Kimo Kauhola (bass, vocals)
\nALBUM:<\/strong> The Golden Age of Knowhere, <\/em>out now
\nWEBSITE:<\/strong> funeralpartymusic.com<\/p>\n