Fol Chen is a musical group from Los Angeles signed to Asthmatic Kitty

Asthmatic Kitty

Asthmatic Kitty is an American independent record label founded in 1999 by a community of musicians from Holland, Michigan led by musician Sufjan Stevens and his stepfather Lowell Brams. Some were Holland natives, and others had come to attend local colleges and universities...

 records.

The band "maintained utmost secrecy from the start", and frontman Samuel Bing "drew a black mask around his eyes" for a performance on KCRW

KCRW

KCRW is a public radio station broadcasting from the campus of Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California, carrying a mix of National Public Radio news, talk radio and freeform music format. The general manager of KCRW is Jennifer Ferro...

's Morning Becomes Eclectic

Morning Becomes Eclectic

Morning Becomes Eclectic is a three-hour adult album alternative radio program first aired in 1977 and broadcast live every weekday from KCRW in Santa Monica, California. The show's name is a play on the Eugene O'Neill trilogy of plays, Mourning Becomes Electra.The show is hosted by Jason Bentley,...

 in July 2009., while the band wore "raccoon/Hamburgler eye makeup" for their performance at SXSW in 2009. The cover art for the two albums so far also features silhouettes, and the music video for the song No Wedding Cake also features the theme of being masked by representing the band members as cartoon animals.

Members Polk and Wass also worked on the feature film Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom

Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom

Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom is a 2008 Canadian-American romantic comedy-drama film based on the LOGO television series Noah's Arc. It was released on October 24, 2008 in select theaters and video on demand...

.

An instrumental version of the song "In Ruins" was prominently featured in an episode of CSI: NY

CSI: NY

CSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that premiered on September 22, 2004, on CBS. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths as well as other crimes...

 titled Unfriendly Chat

CSI: NY (season 7)

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 and was also featured in the "Gentle Puppies" episode of "Weeds".

Performers

• Samuel Bing
• Sinosa Loa
• The Booksman
• Gmo
• Julian Wass
• Patrik-Ian Polk
  Patrik-Ian Polk
  Patrik-Ian Polk American film director, producer, screenwriter, singer, and actor. Polk, who is openly homosexual, is noted for his films that explore the LGBT experience and relationships....
  
  

Albums

• Part I: John Shade, Your Fortune's Made
  Part I: John Shade, Your Fortune's Made
  Part I: John Shade, Your Fortune's Made is a studio album by the Los Angeles band Fol Chen. It is the band's first release, put out on Asthmatic Kitty Records in February 2009.- Track listing :# The Believers - 3:59# No Wedding Cake - 3:35...
  
  CD/LP (Asthmatic Kitty
  Asthmatic Kitty
  Asthmatic Kitty is an American independent record label founded in 1999 by a community of musicians from Holland, Michigan led by musician Sufjan Stevens and his stepfather Lowell Brams. Some were Holland natives, and others had come to attend local colleges and universities...
  
  , 2009)
• The Longer U Wait
  The Longer U Wait
  The Longer U Wait is an album of remixes related to Fol Chen, released on Asthmatic Kitty as a digital download in 2009.- Track listing :# The Longer U Wait - 3:38# The Believers - 4:37...
  
  Remix Digital Release (Asthmatic Kitty
  Asthmatic Kitty
  Asthmatic Kitty is an American independent record label founded in 1999 by a community of musicians from Holland, Michigan led by musician Sufjan Stevens and his stepfather Lowell Brams. Some were Holland natives, and others had come to attend local colleges and universities...
  
  , 2009)
• Part II: The New December CD/LP (Asthmatic Kitty
  Asthmatic Kitty
  Asthmatic Kitty is an American independent record label founded in 1999 by a community of musicians from Holland, Michigan led by musician Sufjan Stevens and his stepfather Lowell Brams. Some were Holland natives, and others had come to attend local colleges and universities...
  
  , 2010)

Other contributions

• 2009: Purplish Rain
  Purplish Rain
  Purplish Rain is a compilation of Prince covers put out by Spin magazine for readers of its July 2009 issue. The album contains cover versions of songs from Prince's 1984 Purple Rain album, in the same track order as the original....
  
  - The Beautiful Ones
  The Beautiful Ones
  "The Beautiful Ones" is the third track on Prince and The Revolution's soundtrack album Purple Rain. Produced, arranged, composed, and performed by Prince, the song was recorded at Sunset Sound in Los Angeles by Peggy Mac and David Leonard in early September 1983."The Beautiful Ones" is a haunting...
  
  (Prince
  Prince (musician)
  Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...
  
   cover)
• 2009: The Wall Re-Built - In The Flesh (Pink Floyd cover)

Music videos

• Cable TV directed by Chris Wilcha
• No Wedding Cake directed by Nancy Jean Tucker (who also directed Kathy in Her Bedroom for Bedroom Walls)