Duo features vocals of Jon Foreman, Switchfoot frontman and bluegrass stylings of Sean Watkins, Nickel Creek guitarist
SAN DIEGO, CALIF., Dec. 12 – Fiction Family, a collaboration between Switchfoot frontman Jon Foreman and Nickel Creek guitarist Sean Watkins, will share their indie rock and acoustic sound with listeners during an intimate, one-of-a-kind live music experience at Anthology on Fri., Feb. 6.
Technically, Foreman and Watkins met 12 years ago, in the parking lot of the Off Shore Surf Shop in Carlsbad—both had emerged from the water, and a mutual friend introduced the two. But it wasn’t until much later, backstage at San Diego’s Street Scene music festival, where Switchfoot and Nickel Creek were performing one after the other, that the two hit it off and decided to record a song together.
What began as a pet project turned into something more once the two began playing together: an album whose organic, spontaneous genesis can be felt in its authentic, free-form songs. The resulting self-titled album will be released this month.
Fiction Family released their first single “When She’s Near” for free download on their website.
Website: www.fictionfamily.com.
Show details:
Fiction Family will perform on Feb. 6 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 and are available at the Anthology Box Office, by calling 619.595.0300 and at www.AnthologySD.com.
Anthology is located at 1337 India Street (between A and Ash Streets).
Recent note since release:
“The album has been well-received amongst many review publications Relevant Magazine calls the project “wildly inventive and spontaneous… the work stands in victorious defiance against a crumbling conventional music industry.” JFH praises the diversity of the record, saying “each song is meticulously crafted, and strikingly different from the eleven other songs on the record.”Stereo Soundwaves likened Foreman’s and Watkins’ efforts to what “put The Beatles and The Eagles on the map.” The album reached as high as No. 5 on iTunes’ top overall albums on its first day of release.” – Wikipedia –
Fiction Family, the project from Jon Foreman of Switchfoot and Sean Watkins of Nickel Creek, are giving away a pair of tickets for their San Diego performance at Anthology on February 6. Click the widget to register for going.com and to enter the contest.