The Feeding Fingers are performing on Saturday, January 22nd at the Drunken Unicorn.
Feeding Fingers is a post-punk trio founded by award-winning multimedia artist, musician, and animator, Justin Curfman. The band was founded in 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia, but has since moved to Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Justin Curfman, an award-winning animator/filmmaker from Atlanta, Georgia, had written and produced pieces of music that never found a place in any of his films. With support from guitar/bass player, Todd Caras and percussionist, Danny Hunt, Justin Curfman formed a band to rearrange the pieces as songs and play them live. The band took their band name from one of their songs' titles, "Feeding Fingers" (which was inspired by a dream where Curfman witnessed girls standing in a single-file waiting to put their fingers into small holes drilled into white walls in a white room, where behind the walls, men would wait to eat the girls' fingers.)
The group released their first full-length album Wound in Wall in 2007 as a joint effort between Stickfigure Records, and Justin Curfman's media company, Tephramedia. The album was well-received and drew comparisons to the earlier works of The Cure, Joy Division, Echo & the Bunnymen, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Cocteau Twins. Because of these comparisons and acceptance of post-punk and the Gothic subculture in the Eastern world, the band's most prominent audience was in Middle- to Eastern-European countries.
Since the release of Wound In Wall, Feeding Fingers has consistently performed live in America and has appeared on several radio broadcasts (including on National Public Radio) and in entertainment and arts magazines, weeklies, and newspapers.
A music video for "Fireflies Make Us Sick," a track off the Wound In Wall album, was completed in 2010 (3 years after the album was released and a year after their second album was released). The music video was directed by award-winning digital artist, Steven Lapcevic. The video premiered at Ultra Music Festival in 2010.
Their second album, Baby Teeth, a more collaborative effort than being solely composed by Curfman, was released in the US in January 2009, and internationally in March 2009. This album was a joint-effort between Stickfigure Records and Tephramedia with co-operation for European distribution and promotional outlets, such as NetManagement Musik Verlag and PromoFabrik, based in Germany. This album reached #16 on the Global Gothic Chart and found a place on the Alternative Top 100 in Portugal. Baby Teeth was also ranked #4 on the Best of 2009 at Gothic Paradise. This album, unlike Wound In Wall, helped Feeding Fingers finally reach a US audience through college radio stations. Despite the acclaim, Justin Curfman mentions in a 2010 interview that Baby Teeth was "very dense and bleak and just filled with confusion," and plainly refuses to ever repeat anything like it again.
In March 2010, Feeding Fingers embarked on their first European tour (playing in The Netherlands, Romania, Poland and Italy, where they shared the bill with Nitzer Ebb.) Feeding Fingers were also invited to play at Wave-Gotik-Treffen, the world's largest goth festival, but had to pull out shortly after the band line-up was released because of "matters beyond [their] control."
On April 2010, Justin Curfman announced that a live album is in the works and to be released in May 2010. In the same interview, Curfman also hinted to a future relocation. As of May 2010, Justin Curfman resides in Germany.
On May 19, 2010, Anything But Water, the band's first live album, was digitally released.
As of June 2, 2010, the band's third album, titled, Detach Me From My Head is available for pre-order. It is set to be released on September 28, 2010. This album was produced by Jim "Coyote J" Battan. The title track and a sampler of the album has been released on the band's MySpace page.
Studio Albums
* Wound in Wall (2007)
* Baby Teeth (2009)
* Detach Me From My Head (2010)
Live Albums
* Anything But Water (2010)
The Feeding Fingers on Facebook
Cinetrope are the second performer of the evening.
After suffering multiple stab wounds and left for dead on the floor of a basement in Virginia many years ago percussionist Julian “Scotty” Bryan dragged himself up the stairs and waived down a passing cab that would rush him to the hospital saving his life. Vowing to track down his attackers and take his revenge he ultimately faced them in an underground cage match where he took out all of his opponents with nothing but two drum sticks. He savored the victory so much he decided to relish the rush of his revenge by playing drums.
Washing up on the coast of Florida, a man suffering from amnesia had no identification on him and no clues to jog his memory. The only other item that had washed up with him at the time was a guitar. He picked it up, strummed it and was able to play it as if he had studied for years. Scratched into the back of the guitar was the name Steve “Big Time” Johnston. This was the identity the man took. Never regaining his memory he spent years piecing together his past that eventually led him on a journey into an unsavory world of underground cage matches where he ultimately met drummer Scotty. He still has hopes that he may regain his memory some day.
Born with a guitar in one hand and a hockey stick in the other, Charles Bennett had the makings of what would surely be a prosperous life with the multiple endorsement deals he had under his belt. Tragically, his career came to an end when he suffered an injury that would prevent him from ever playing again. He was able to continue with his music but never got over the allure of the violence of the game. He became the founder of an underground extreme sports league that bolstered matches of chopper hockey where the sticks were replaced with sickles. He was also an advisor in the underground cage fighting league where he would meet Scotty and Steve.
The Sinister Hologram Assignment Routed Recognition Over Negativity "Sharron" program was an experiment gone terribly wrong. The initial test was made up of the remains of 5 deceased women that were fused together and then had electrical currents passed through the remains to re-animate the mass. Is anyone reading this?
Cinetrope on Facebook
The ATL Cunts Orchestra are opening the show.
Originally named The Cunts, The ATL Cunts Orchestra changed their name to The ATL Cunts Orchestra in 2010.
T.A.C.O. stands for The ATL Cunts Orchestra.
Both members are involved in the band.
Both members have a cat.
One member is a girl.
The band are currently recording their debut EP when not performing.
When not recording or performing, both members can be found at their respective homes or in other places they like to go.
T.A.C.O. on Facebook
$5, 21+
Doors @ 9 pm
