Far-Less: Biography

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Formed:

Jan 1, 2001 in Blacksburg, VA

Genres:

Rock Music, Punk and Hardcore Rock Music

Decades Active:

2000's

A band that prides itself on being difficult to classify, Virginia’s FarLess creates their individual sound by merging elements of rock, metal, and pop together with a positive edge. Its five members – Brandon Welch (vocals), Ray Felts (drums), Joseph Powers (bass), Jordan Powers (guitar/vocals), and Mark Karsten (guitar) – claim influences across the board from Shadows Fall to, strangely enough, Huey Lewis. They first formed in 2001 as a trio with Felts and the brothers Powers coming together following the demise of other area bands. They independently released the Emerge EP that same year; soon after fanturnedvocalist Brandon Welch entered the lineup. 2002 saw the release of a more sonically focused EP, Apossibility, and FarLess continued to build a solid fan base across Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee. About a year after Welch’s arrival, the group yielded its first fulllength, Broken Hearts Unite, issued on Silent Uproar Records and produced by Jamie King. Label heads started to turn upon the album’s release, and the guys wound up signing with Tooth and Nail in the fall of 2004. Not to waste any time, they quickly released the Turn to the Bright EP that November, a more mature songwriting endeavor that, consequently, brought raised expectations for February 2006’s Everyone Is Out To Get Us.

- Corey Apar, All Music Guide