Dreamend is a Chicago-based shoegazer musical group signed to Graveface Records

Graveface records

Graveface Records is an independent record label from Chicago, Illinois. It has released recordings by The Appleseed Cast, Monster Movie, Dreamend, Jakob, Spires That in the Sunset Rise, Daturah, The Loose Salute, Hundred Hands, Black Moth Super Rainbow, and Power Pill Fist.List of known releases...

, whose music is characterized by textured guitar

Guitar

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 work and prominent drum

Drum

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s and percussion

Percussion instrument

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. Song styles range from post-rock

Post-rock

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 to bluegrass

Bluegrass music

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. The group has been compared to groups such as Mono

Mono (Japanese band)

Mono are a Japanese post rock band, formed in 1999 in Tokyo, Kantō, Honshū. The band consists of Takaakira Goto , Yoda , Tamaki Kunishi , and Yasunori Takada .Mono have released five studio albums...

 and Explosions in the Sky

Explosions in the Sky

Explosions in the Sky is an American post-rock band from Texas. The band has garnered popularity beyond the post-rock scene for their elaborately developed guitar work, narratively styled instrumentals, what they refer to as "cathartic mini-symphonies," and their enthusiastic and emotional live shows...

.

Dreamend is the main musical output of Ryan Graveface, Graveface Records’ owner/sole employee and guitarist/bassist for psychedelic band Black Moth Super Rainbow

Black Moth Super Rainbow

Black Moth Super Rainbow is an American experimental band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Their music contains elements of psychedelia, folk, electronica, and pop...

 (BMSR). Since its inception in 2002, Graveface has released albums by Monster Movie (ex-Slowdive), The Loose Salute

The Loose Salute

The Loose Salute are a British band founded by drummer Ian McCutcheon of Slowdive and Mojave 3 who also sings and plays guitar. The band consists of Lisa Billson , Charlotte King , Alan Forrester...

 (Mojave 3 side project), Kid Dakota

Kid Dakota

Kid Dakota is the musical moniker of Darren Jackson. He started performing as "Kid Dakota and the Tumbleweeds" in 1998 while living in Providence, Rhode Island. The name was chosen in homage to his home state of South Dakota and also as a parody of Kid Rock...

, Appleseed Cast, Art in Manila

Art in Manila

Art in Manila is an indie rock band consisting of Adrianne Verhoeven , Dan McCarthy , Steve Bartolomei , Ryan Fox , Corey Broman , and Stefanie Drootin led by a former member of Azure Ray, Orenda Fink...

 (ex-Azure Ray), Octopus Project, BMSR and many more.

Discography

• And the Tears Washed Me, Wave After Cowardly Wave (CD/LP, 2011)
• So I Ate Myself, Bite By Bite
  So I Ate Myself, Bite By Bite
  So I Ate Myself, Bite by Bite is the forth full length by Dreamend, a Chicago-based band. It is a companion piece to Dreamend's forthcoming album, And the Tears Washed Me, Wave After Cowardly Wave.-Track listing:# "Pink Cloud In The Woods" – 6:22...
  
  (CD/LP, 2010)
• The Long Forgotten Friend (CD/2xLP, 2008)
• Maybe We're Making God Sad and Lonely (CD, 2005)
• As If by Ghosts
  As If by Ghosts
  As If by Ghosts is an album by shoegazing band, Dreamend.-Track listing:# "Of Ravens and Winds" – 5:26# "Ellipsis" – 3:06# "Four Days in May" – 3:56# "The Almighty" – 4:46# "Murmur" – 4:51# "Can't Take You" – 4:03# "Slide Song" – 3:41...
  
  (CD, 2004)
• Preface (Split CD with Monster Movie, 2002)
• Stigmata Boy (CDEP)
• Dreamend (CDEP)
• The Sickening Pang of Hope Deferred (CD)

External links

• Official site
• Graveface, Dreamend's label