Denton Texas four-piece Fishboy are a band that like a story. If you’ve followed their career its been littered with story based albums, ep’s and 7inches, often accompanied by comic books that delve into the theme a little deeper. The album that started to get them noticed in the outside world was Albatross: How We… Continue reading Fishboy at Backseat Mafia
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Fishboy at Dallas Observer
How’s this for an album release party? A band records a concept album about an elephant that was killed by Thomas Edison, and releases an accompanying “wordless graphic novel” that helps fill out the poor creature’s story. The band then decides to celebrate the release not at, you know, a concert venue, but inside of… Continue reading Fishboy at Dallas Observer
Fishboy at D Magazine
Although it had to be pushed back, Denton act Fishboy’s new album will see release on Sunday, December 14. Don’t these bands know that new records only come out on Tuesdays? The record is called An Elephant and it will be accompanied by a graphic novel. The story revolves around the horrific story of a… Continue reading Fishboy at D Magazine
Fishboy at douilles des rockeur
Encore un très joli album concept pour le texan qui donne cette fois-ci dans le pachyderme maltraité et la vengeance d’outre-tombe. Si le résultat est un peu moins impressionnant que le chef d’œuvre Albatross (…) (2007), on a droit à notre bonne rasade de ce folk-punk-pop si authentique et attachant. [Link]
Fishboy at We Heart Music
Denton, TX’s Fishboy is releasing An Elephant on January 20th, 2015. Originally set at an earlier release date, but a series of delays from faulty test pressings, bad color vinyl issues, and two broken stampers, moved the date to 2015. Fishboy is the nickname earned by Eric Michener, who apparently swallowed a fish at the… Continue reading Fishboy at We Heart Music
Fishboy at Magnet
Denton, Texas group Fishboy, which has been described as “twee-core-punk-pop-spazzo-nerd-rock,” offers a free download of “Thomas Alva Waiting,” off new concept album An Elephant. The track is indie-rock bliss with pop/punk vocals centered around strong narratives and a touch of power pop. “Thomas Alva Waiting” explodes with tasty riffs while still keeping the same mood… Continue reading Fishboy at Magnet
Fishboy at Coalition
This is the quirky video for Texas rock band Fishboy. Fishboy are named after frontman Eric Michener who once ate a live fish in middle school as a dare. The track is a poppy, crunch-driven ode to mortality and plays out extremely well. The album, An Elephant, as a whole is concept-based centered around an… Continue reading Fishboy at Coalition
Fishboy at Glasswerk
What would it sound like if Why?’s Jonathan “Yoni” Wolf fronted a lo-fi punk band infused with organs and garbled, stretched cassette tape sounds? It would sound like Fishboy, and it would be completely mind blowingly great. Hailing from Denton, Texas, Fishboy’s new album An Elephant is released on January 20th, 2015 and you can… Continue reading Fishboy at Glasswerk
Fishboy at God is in the TV
The year twenty fourteen may well be drawing to a close but the productivity of Fishboy shows absolutely no sign of abating. Hot on the heels of the band’s seventh album An Elephant, and its comic book accompaniment, comes the second video to debut off this record. Where its predecessor ‘Bury My Body’ ventured deep… Continue reading Fishboy at God is in the TV
Fishboy at Comic Book Resources
Musician Eric Michener of the band Fishboy discusses his latest project,An Elephant, an album and graphic novel about a ghost elephant seeking to avenge its death; both are based on the true story of Topsy, an elephant who was executed in public in 1903 to demonstrate the efficacy of electrocution as a method of execution. [Link]