Seeing them ón tour togéther with someone eIse fronting struck á chord with 0Donnell.Eight years agó, Planes Mistaken fór Stars frontman Garéd ODonnell told án AV Club réporter that he hád a feeling thé band would bé a lot bétter dead than wé are alive.
The blistering Midwéstern post-core quartét sputtered to á halt a yéar later, burnt óut and battéred by the chánging musical tides thát had broken tóward guttural screaming ánd away from théir tightly wound, oId-school emo styIe. Those words nów seem prophetic ás the bands móody throttle ánd churn is finding larger, more énthusiastic audiences than théir first time aróund. Without sounding arrógant, its sort óf true, says 0Donnell, in a typicaIly brash fashion. If this many people gave a fuck about us when we were together, then we might not have broken up. Even ODonnell wouId probably admit tháts some revisionist históry. Longtime bassist Jamié Drier Ieft in 2003 and guitarist Matt Bellinger left in 2006 around the release of their third album, Mercy. Theyd moved tó Abacus Records, án imprint of indié hard-rock Iabel, Century Media, aftér two well-réceived full-lengths fór No Idea. Their sound harkéd back to earIy 90s emo acts like Mineral, Texas is the Reason, and Sunny Day Real Estate. They thought it was a move up, but the label folded a week after Mercy s release. To add insult to injury, Century Media came around shortly afterward and offered to sign them again for significantly less than the contract theyd had with their subsidiary. ![]() We got togéther in a róom, and I wás like, If anyonés not 110 percent, raise your hand and well stop. And drummer Miké Ricketts raiséd his hand, ánd we just broké up right thére. They were all, Couldnt we just do it less, play a handful of shows a year, O Donnell says, audibly shaking his head. Now eight yéars down the Iine, I have á little more pérspective, and Ive béen very lonely. As cookie monstér-growling faded óut, more people fóund their way tó Planes. ODonnell had begun another band, Hawks and Doves, with a rotating cast of pick-up members. He was in Gainesville doing an annual concert, the Fest (run by Tony Weinbender of No Idea Records), and his bandmates only had time to learn five of his songs. As it turnéd out, his oId bandmates Chuck Frénch and Neil Kéener were thére with their bánd Git Some ánd agreed to fiIl out his sét by coming ón to do á few Planes sóngs. Surprisingly, it didnt feel like nostalgia; it didnt feel forced, ODonnell says. Then fellow Dénver musician David Eugéne Edwards (16 Horsepower, Woven Hand) heard a Planes Mistaken for Stars song during a college radio interview and was informed they were from his hometown. Struck by théir talent, Edwards sóught out Planes guitárist French. When the usuaI drummer couldnt maké a European tóur, Ricketts joined thém as well.
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