of god and science is Matt Dominguez, Jeremy Fine, Julian Martinez, and Ryan Martino.
The story is continuing. But Let's get you up to speed...
2010: Jan 18 Black Rabbit was released in Albuquerque and also to hundreds of college radio stations throughout the US and Canada. The party to celebrate it was huge, hundreds of CD's and Downloads sold right out of the gates. It was very very cool... i must say. The band is set to hit the road again.... so stay tuned.
2008 - 2009: Following the release of OF GOD AND SCIENCE, this year (in so many ways) was the end of a recovery/rediscovery period for us. But it also brought out the best of us... in so many ways.
During this time, Matt, Jules, and Fine surged onward to finish producing Black Rabbit at what we were calling "endsinZ Studio" (I'm not really sure if that's the real name). It's really just a bunch of kick-ass gear, and a killer guard dog, at Matt's house in Albuquerque's North Valley. There were some sleepless nights spent engineering the record, and plenty of hours tracking without that noisy A/C crankin' any air. It was a sweatfest. But, the band began feeling reborn. It was a magical time.
Prior to Black Rabbit's completion, Jake Tittmann (Eyeliners, Coma Recovery) hopped on board to help with some drum work. He eventually left the band. And some time after his departure, Ryan Martino also quit the band to pursue his own music adventure called "Good Fish Bad Fish."
2008-2009: Well, to put it sorta blunt... we spent $36,000 of our own money recording, producing, packaging, promoting, touring, and playing as many festivals as we could in support of OF GOD AND SCIENCE. It was a magical 2 years in all. But it financially (and probably somewhat mentally) crucified us.... we would recover, however.
2007: OF GOD AND SCIENCE, LP was released May 1, 2007. It is a good mixture of indie-rock songs that are well arranged and packed full of melody. The release charted on the CMJ top 150 for 6 weeks. It has also been reviewed by SPIN.com, Illinois Entertainer, Under the Radar, Adequacy.net, Tiny Mix Tapes, americana-uk.com, The Red Alert, Westword, Weekly Alibi, Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque Tribune (RIP), Incendiary Magazine, Tuwa's Shanty, absolutepunk.net, singleoftheday.com, the Dagger, Treble, Pitch Perfect Reviews, popmatters.com, smother.net, babysue.com, The Lantern, wolf-notes.com, newwest.net... and I think I'm missing a few more. But you get the jist.
During much of 2006, OF GOD AND SCIENCE was recorded, produced, and mixed by the band in Martino’s Albuquerque studio, Sky Witch Sound. Our studio was a climate-controlled 2-room paradise with bathrooms and a kitchen. And we only paid a couple hundred bucks a month for it... well, whenever we could afford it, really. And it was in shwanky Nob Hill...We were certainly the luckiest band in town. I gotta throw in a- thank you -to Laura Hand at By Hand Productions for being the best studio landlord on Earth.
The sound of the debut record lends homage to Beatles-era voices, circular rock rhythms and timeless melody. And, it’s all rendered with enough versatility to keep your ear into it, without losing you in the puzzle-like song arrangements.
2006: Ryan Martino jumped in on drums after a mutual friend played matchmaker and introduced him to the band. A veteran Producer/Engineer of Albuquerque's underground recording scene, Martino has worked with some of it’s greatest bands including Flake, who eventually became The Shins. Before joining the band, he logged nearly 16 years writing, performing and producing local music. 2006 saw the completion of his newest solo recording, an album of instrumentals titled The Coloured Fields.
2005: The band shifted members several times over many years until Julian Martinez stepped in and added vintage Rhodes piano, storytelling guitar parts, fluid pedal steel, a splash of banjo and harmonizing vocals to the sound. Prior to his return to New Mexico, Julian wrote, recorded and played music on the east coast. He managed to land some of his music into the motion picture The Girls Room via his former group Remorse from Rodeo Lounge/Lily Ire (1999). Julian recorded and performed in Rodeo Boy, and also helped record the Bright Eyes b-side Motion Sickness (2000).
2004: of god and science co-founded a small indie label called Detach Records with some friends in Austin and Albuquerque. The label now supports 7 record releases, and hosts an active roster of 5 bands. Detach also boasts a slew of successful events it’s hosted, including the Detach Records SXSW Industry Party in Austin (2005). Since then, of god and science has played at NXNE (Toronto, ON), MidPoint Music Festival (Cincinnati, OH), DFest (Tulsa, OK), SXSW (including a day party sponsored by the state of NM), Hyperactive Music Festival, numerous Weekly Alibi Crawls, and logged many hours in the tour van seeing as much of US and Canada as we can.
2001, in Albuquerque, NM, frontman and songwriter Matthew Dominguez and bassist Jeremy Fine began playing music Influenced by various types of music ranging from vintage british rock groups to the grunge scene of the 90's. The band was formed after several weeks of performing open mic nights at local coffee shops and pubs. The sound they created was an intersting mix of soothing harmonies, crafty song arrangements, and melodic bass riffs.. As a duo, they hashed out and performed the basic ideas of what would eventually become of god and science.
~Epis Kople
