Today, Long Beach, NY based band Family Dinner have released their debut album, God Looks Out For Fools, on Other People Records. The twelve tracks on the record cover a range of emotions – channeling sounds from punchy to somber, lyrics on love, loss, death, empowerment, and mischief. The album was recorded over a year at Barbershop Studios in NJ with Brett Romnes and Vinnie Caruana (I Am The Avalanche) at the producer helm.
On the writing and recording process with the band, Caruana shares:
“Working with Family Dinner over the course of a year made me feel like I was in the band, and that was fantastic feeling. This is a band of best friends who push each other creatively, as hard as they make each other laugh.
The trust they put in Brett and myself was extremely liberating. Every morning, we’d wake up with a new lease on life and a challenge to make this song better than the last.”
As the band combine their alternative, indie and punk rock roots, there is a distinct beach party vibe to many of the tracks. There’s lyrical call backs to the ocean, wanting to wake up high, and an overall balance of having fun while reflecting on life.
The band share:
“We definitely draw lyrical inspiration from growing up on the beach, although I try not to let it completely dominate all our songs. But you can definitely tell I love referencing the ocean beginning with our earliest songs. We all live within 2 miles of each other, so being physically close to each other and being able to write whenever we get an idea is extremely beneficial, bouncing ideas off each other constantly during the writing process. We also live in a party beach town that tends to also have a dark side to it. I think listeners will hear exactly that.”
You can listen to God Looks Out For Fools HERE and purchase it HERE.
As Family Dinner continues to grow, having fun remains of key importance in the way the band creates and performs. Over the past few years the band has been able to share the stage with acts including The Lemonheads, Grouplove, Bloc Party, Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes, Fiddlehead, Oso Oso, Head Automatica, Drug Church and more. They will head out on tour this October supporting Friday Pilots Club and Capital Soirée, full dates below.
With the release of God Looks Out For Fools, Family Dinner is celebrating not only as a band, but as close friends looking toward continuing the adventure.
Family Dinner is Natalie O’Keeffe – Vocals, Michael O’Keeffe – Guitar/Vocals, Nick Amalfitano – Drums/Guitar/Vocals, Sam Weiss – Bass.
