Artist description This Long Beach based quintet is quickly and quietly making a lasting impression on the first time listener. By walking the thin line between complexity and simplicity, their grass-roots mentality orchestrated with an American made folk-meets-pop has caught the ear and eye of those around them. The description of their sound, however, remains secondary to the fact that Fielding is a genuine alternative to many of the rather unfortunate sounds confronting us these days. In about a year, the boys (and the lovely wee girl from Belfast) have created an undeniably engaging live show, have been featured on MTV's "the Virgin Chronicles," released a 4-song demonstration e.p., and have gathered a strong following of concert-goers within Long Beach, Los Angeles, and Orange County. Fortunately, May (2003) will see the release of their much anticipated 12 song self-titled cd. Then all will be able to agree with the hold-no-punches OC Weekly critic Rich Kane when he says, "Fielding are the true American heroes."

Music Style well you'll just have to listen, now won't you?

Musical Influences the Beatles, U2, Bob Dylan, Radiohead

Similar Artists Coldplay, Wilco, Pete Yorn

Group Members Eric Balmer - Vocals, Guitar Beth Balmer - Keys, Piano, Accordion, Violin/Viola, Vocals, foxy wee girl from Belfast Aaron Bradford - Bass, Keys Kevin Poush - Guitar, Vocals Adam Ferry - Drums, Percussion

Albums 4 - Song Demo e.p., 12 song self-titled cd (May 2003)

Press Reviews OC WEEKLY Hello, Cleveland VOL 8 No. 23 February 7-13, 2003 FIELDING ALEX’S BAR, LONG BEACH MONDAY, FEB. 3 To Alex’s Bar, new locale for Steve Zepeda’s New Music Mondays, and the room’s luxurious, ruby-red walls, the juxtapositioning Jesus/Satan portraiture behind the bar, the bizarre nekkid-lady paintings and plush, sparkly upholstery—sorta like the banana seat of our old ’70s Schwinn. After the final strains of "I’m So Bored With the USA" echoed out of the juke (but before we made small talk with the John Wilkes Kissing Booth’s Derrick Brown, who’s about to leave for a three-month cross-country poetry tour, doing it up punk rock-style in a freakin’ van), we sat behind the pool table and waited for Fielding, a band we happened upon a couple of months previous at a Bong Leach party. All we remembered was that we liked them; we were there that night as invited scenesters, not critics, so we had no notes to fall back on. But was this, indeed, the same band? Had we been too shnockered back then to remember what they were like? We weren’t so sure during their first song, which was rather wimpy and unimpressive. Was this an entirely different Fielding? Ah, but their second tune was a winner, a bit thicker and ornery (a neat trick, since it was, at heart, a waltz), and once the piano chimed in, we knew this was indeed the same band. They gallivanted onward, popping off excellent guitar riffs, sad-then-happy-then-sad little hooks, the occasional epic sweep of a piano (loud enough to muffle the rambunctious ogres bellowing "heavy metal!" at the bar—yo, dude, we remember our first beer, too!), sweet violin strains which weren’t nearly as long as we would’ve liked, and a grandiose number about Catalina sinking into the sea. And through it all, the five Fieldings managed to conquer the mortal enemy of weeknight bar bands the globe over: the Microphone That Smells of Poo. Columbia? Bah! Fielding are the true American heroes. (Rich Kane)

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Location Long Beach, California - USA

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