Faber Drive
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | MAJOR
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Discography
Seven Second Surgery - Released: 2007
- Singles: When I'm With You
- Tongue Tied
- Second Chance
- Sleepless Nights
can'T kEep A SecrEt - Released: 2009
Singles:
-G-g-get Up and Dance
-Give Him Up
-You and I Tonight
-The Payoff
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Bio
At age fourteen, Fabers dad bought him a drum kit which Faber promised to practice on every day. Coming from a family of seven kids, this was a huge deal, he remembers, seeing as how my dad could barely even afford to feed us. Faber may not have kept his promise, but thats because he put down the drum sticks to become frontman and founding member of Faber Drive, one of Canadas hottest young bands. After beating out more than 500 other artists from across Canada to take first place in a radio competition, Faber Drive started opening for notable acts such as Nickelback, Simple Plan and Hedley. With the release of their pop-punk infused debut album Seven Second Surgery, Faber Drive hit #1 on Much Music, saw 3 top 10 radio singles and was nominated for the Juno award for Best New Artist in 2008.
However, the Faber Drive that appears on its sophomore album can'T keEp A SecrEt is a band that has progressed beyond the Juno nominees of 2008. Where Seven Second Surgery laid the ground work for the Vancouver-based bands career, can'T keEp A SecrEt now builds and evolves, deftly bringing bright colors, edgy tones, and more emotion into the fold and crossing the borders between Faber Drives punk rock roots into electro-pop mixed with epic balladry.
We wanted to take a risk with canT keEp A SecrEt and move forward without forgetting our original sound or our dedicated fans, explains bassist Krikit. We wanted to write songs that would stand the test of time, and we wanted to have more control and coproduce with several different producers. To that end, can'T keEp A SecrEt is a whos who of the Vancouver music biz A-game, including Dave Genn (Matthew Good/Hedley/Marianas Trench), Dave Rave Ogilvie (Marilyn Manson/Nine Inch Nails), Brian Howes (Daughtry/Hinder/Hedley) and the insurgent likes of Josh Ramsay (Marianas Trench), Colin Crocker Friesen, and Jeff Johnson.
Faber comments, We dont have a lot of ego. Theres a lot more that you and I can accomplish together than I can do alone. If you look at all the greats, its all about working together; Lennon and McCartney, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, Bono and the Edge.
Still Faber Drive is guilty of undue modesty. can'T keEp A SecrEt is bonded by the coherent force of a band ambitious enough to challenge itself and possessing the confidence and poise to actually pull it off. The first single G-Get Up and Dance was written and produced by the band in Fabers barn, with Rave brought in as a coproducer and mixer in the final stages, helping launch the song to a platinum-selling iTunes grand slam in only 2 months.
On the opposite pole, album closer By Your Side is both beautiful and melancholy, beneath a vocal performance from Faber that hits you like a punch in the gut. Its a little hard for me to listen to sometimes, reveals the singer, who penned the song late one night while thinking about his father, who passed in 1995 of stomach and lung cancer. Its basically about how someone important in your life will always be a part of you, even once theyve left this world. Producer Dave Genn heard the demo and immediately fell in love, while also manning the boards for two somewhat more rambunctious numbers:
Never Coming Down, barreling into view on a thumping backbeat and keening U2 guitars, with a chorus of amped-up whoa-ohs. When youre young, you dont really have a place to go, Krikit comments on the lyrical content, You get your license and you end up driving around all the time. Thats your freedom and thats your place to go.
And Our Last Goodbye, the perfect pop punk throwdown, which cites the influence of old favorites like touring partners MxPx, and Green Day -- who also happen to turn up in album opener The Payoff, referenced alongside Oprah, Queen, and Rick James. Faber is quick to admit that FD gets a little goofy behind closed doors, and The Payoff somehow walks the line between tongue-in-cheek and triumph, celebrating the bands success with an irresistible sing along pop-rock anthem.
Faber was also in a nostalgic mood when he hacked out the song Forever, composing the number as he pulled the graveyard shift on a cross Canada tour with Simple Plan. When band decided to record two songs with Josh Ramsay, the resident Marianas Trench songwriter they chose Forever, and the second single from canT keEp A SecrEt, Give Him Up. Give Him Up is doused in super-fat bass synths and galloping percussion and takes some lyrical direction from American Hi-Fis Flavor of the Week.
Usually what happens is youre writing a song and it reminds you of another song, so you draw on that for inspiration, Faber admits. Likewise, the Jeff Johnson-helmed Ill Be There derives its message from Bill Withers classic Lean On Me. We wanted to write something that was both hopeful and powerful, states Faber, whose facility for emotional vocal performance also carries
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