The XYZ Affair Announce May East Coast Tour

The XYZ Affair Announce May East Coast Tour, Featured In NPR Second Stage and to play NYC’s Mercury Lounge May 10th!

Click Here To View NPR Second Stage Feature

Click Here To Listen To Debut Single “All My Friends”

Click Here To View Debut Video For “All My Friends”

The New Yorker - “The XYZ Affair, the local little power-pop band that could”

Spin.com - “radiate with charm, candor, and creativity"

New York's The XYZ Affair has come a long way since lead singer Alex Feder's high school demos that make up their roots. Originally forming out of New York University's basketball Pep Band, the band solidified their current four person lineup – Feder on vocals and guitar, Chris Bonner on bass and backup vocals, Sam Rockwell on drums and backup vocals, and Russ Maschmeyer on guitar, keyboards, and backup vocals—just over two years ago, and has since been mastering the art of writing soaring arena rock colored with the duality of confident energy and boyish vulnerability.

With an affinity for four part harmonies, wall of sound fuzz guitars, big drums, and flashy guitar solos, the quartet has since birthed their triumphant debut A Few More Published Studies (recorded by Longwave's Shannon Ferguson, mastered by Aloha's TJ Lipple, mixed by Essex Green collaborator Britt Myers) to the liking of a growing legion of devotees.

Thanks in part to the band's fun, charming essence and raucous, understated sense of humor THE XYZ AFFAIR have only just begun to make their name known. Their career thus far has seen them self-releasing Studies, selling out New York City hotspot Mercury Lounge four times in the last year, and unleashing their viral video gem for the catchy album closer "All My Friends." The self-produced YouTube clip featuring cameos from Nickelodeon network personalities Marc Summers (former Double Dare host and Food Network personality), Jason Zimbler (Clarissa Explains It All), Danny Cooksey (Salute Your Shorts), and Michael Maronna ( The Adventures of Pete & Pete) was a major springboard for the band, garnering upwards of 15,000 views in the week of its debut with steady subsequent growth.

Far beyond the innate happiness and high energy of their songs, THE XYZ AFFAIR loves to keep you guessing, sporting an understated earnestness that sneakily shadows their explosive personality both on the stage and in the studio. Just as their songs ring out with a beckoning attitude, the music itself is beckoning to be brought to the masses.

MAY EAST COAST TOUR

Thurs 5/1/2008 Baltimore MD West Mount Vernon Park – WTMD’s First Thursday (With Jukebox the Ghost)

Fri 5/2/2008 Hoboken NJ Maxwell's (With Thing One and Jukebox the Ghost)

Sat 5/3/2008 Washington DC The Black Cat (With Travis Morrison Hellfighters and Jukebox the Ghost)

Mon 5/5/2008 Atlanta GA The Earl (With Morning State and Jukebox the Ghost)

Tues 5/6/2008 Athens GA Caledonia Lounge (With Morning State and Jukebox the Ghost)

Wed 5/7/2008 Chapel Hill NC Local 506 (With Jukebox the Ghost)

Thurs 5/8/2008 Boone, NC Black Cat (With Jukebox the Ghost)

Fri 5/9/2008 Philadelphia PA Khyber (With Swimmers, Jukebox the Ghost, Grammar Debate)

Sat 5/10/2008 New York NY Mercury Lounge (With Jukebox the Ghost, Morning State, Swimmers)