Snowing (band)

Snowing was an American emo band from Lehigh Valley and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Composed of bassist and vocalist John Galm, guitarists Nate Dionne and Willow Brazuk, and drummer Justin Renninger, the band formed in 2008 and dissolved in 2011.

Snowing
OriginLehigh Valley and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Genres
Years active2008 (2008)–2011 (2011), 2016 (reunion), 2019 (reunion)
Labels
Associated actsStreet Smart Cyclist[6]
Websitewww.facebook.com/snowingband
Past membersWillow Brazuk
Nate Dionne
John Galm
Justin "Bean" Renninger

History

After the break up of Street Smart Cyclist, Galm, Dionne and Brazuk joined and formed Snowing in 2008[6] in Lehigh Valley, Philadelphia, while Galm worked as a movie theater projectionist with Square of Opposition Records label manager Chris Regec.[7] The band released their first extended play, Fuck Your Emotional Bullshit, in 2009 via Square Of Opposition Records.[5] In 2010, the band released their first and only full-length album via Count Your Lucky Stars Records and Square of Opposition Records titled I Could Do Whatever I Wanted If I Wanted.[8][9]

In 2011, Snowing announced they were breaking up.[10] In a statement released by the band on their Facebook page, they stated "Snowing has come to an end at the ripe old age of 3 and a half (that's over 90 in emo years!).... We had a blast writing songs, driving across the country playing shows, imbibing copious amounts of alcohol, and earning future grey hairs by reading all about ourselves on message boards. Thanks for everything."[11]The band broke up following its first and only full US tour with its last ever show selling out in a matter of minutes. The breakup was due to frontman Galm's music-writing veering towards more indie rock and wanting to explore different avenues.[7] The band reunited in 2016 for two shows, one for the World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die's Broken World Fest in Pittsburgh, the second for Square of Opposition Records' 15th anniversary. The band said that these would be their final shows.[12] However, the band reunited in 2019 for a brief tour in Japan.[13] Also in 2019, guitarist Brazuk made a post on the band's Facebook page announcing that she had come out as a transgender woman and changed her name to Willow.[14]

Legacy

Snowing has been referred to as "the favourite band of your favourite emo revival bands". The band developed a cult following after their breakup during the explosion[15] and revival of emo into its fourth wave.[16]

Band members

Discography
Studio albums
  • I Could Do Whatever I Wanted If I Wanted (2010)
EPs
  • Tour Tape (2009)
  • Fuck Your Emotional Bullshit (2009)
  • "Pump Fake" / "Scherbatsky" (2012)
Splits

Compilations

  • That Time I Sat In A Pile Of Chocolate (2016)
  • Everything (2016)

References
  1. Comatorium. "Snowing Fuck Your Emotional Bullshit". SputnikMusic. SputnikMusic. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  2. Hogan. "Snowing Fuck Your Emotional Bullshit". SputnikMusic. SputnikMusic. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  3. evanispunx. "Snowing - I Could Do Whatever I Wanted If I Wanted". PunkNews. PunkNews. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  4. Eno. "Snowing I Could Do Whatever I Wanted If I Wanted". Sputnikmusic. SputnikMusic. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  5. "Snowing Fuck Your Emotional Bullshit [7 inch]". Punknews.org. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  6. "Street Smart Cyclists". Last.fm. Last.fm. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  7. "The Night It Stopped Snowing". Noisey. 2016-07-27. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
  8. Anthony, David. "Snowing took morbid thoughts and made them hopeful". A.V. Club. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  9. http://www.adequacy.net/2011/02/snowing-i-could-do-whatever-i-wanted-if-i-wanted/
  10. "Snowing Break Up". Alter The Press!. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  11. "Snowing". Facebook. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  12. "Snowing's Final Show". Noisey. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  13. "Instagram". Snowing on Instagram. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  14. "Snowing". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  15. "Snowing reunite to play Broken World Fest". Upset. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
  16. "In its fourth wave, emo is revived and thriving". FanSided. 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
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