The Brooklyn-based indie rock outfit
Fang Island craft impossibly heavy, hymn-like anthems that blend the uplifting and accessible hard rock melodiousness of
Andrew W.K. and the D.I.Y. recording style of
Surfer Blood with the offbeat tech-heavy progressive metal of bands like
Protest the Hero and
Sparta. Formed in Providence as an art project while the members were all attending the Rhode Island School of Design, the band (comprised of guitarist Jason Bartell, bassist Michael Jacober, guitarist Chris Georges, guitarist Nicholas Andrew Sadler, and drummer Marc St. Sauveur) released its eponymous debut album through the Sargent House label in early 2010.
Fang Island's second studio outing,
Major, arrived in 2012. ~ James Christopher Monger