Debut album Swoon,
by Faint On Call

Faint On Call is a band born in lockdown, a hybrid sound between 90's alternative shoegaze post grunge and late 80's melody driven rock. It’s that familiar feeling of having heard these songs before but not being able to pinpoint exactly where and when. The hooks and chunky hypnotic layers match perfectly with the heavy, yet hopeful, visual lyrics that could only have come from the dark downtimes of Covid 19 isolation.

The founding members, Tobias Hawkins, Cristian Hernandez and Arthur McConnell challenged each other’s songwriting abilities in a daily trudge through music apps and emails during 12 months over 2020 and 2021.

Tobias:
“I got a text one evening from my old pal Art, a drummer, asking if I would be willing to record some vocals on a track one of his friends had created.

All I had to do was download an app onto my iPhone and join in the fun.

I was frustrated with the shelter-in-place policy we were living in, because of the pandemic. It had meant the end of live performances and the end of work for me as a musician. So, I went with it, excited I would be making music again even if it was online.


Debut album Swoon,
by Faint On Call

Faint On Call is a band born in lockdown, a hybrid sound between 90's alternative shoegaze post grunge and late 80's melody driven rock. It’s that familiar feeling of having heard these songs before but not being able to pinpoint exactly where and when. The hooks and chunky hypnotic layers match perfectly with the heavy, yet hopeful, visual lyrics that could only have come from the dark downtimes of Covid 19 isolation.

The founding members, Tobias Hawkins, Cristian Hernandez and Arthur McConnell challenged each other’s songwriting abilities in a daily trudge through music apps and emails during 12 months over 2020 and 2021.

Tobias:
“I got a text one evening from my old pal Art, a drummer, asking if I would be willing to record some vocals on a track one of his friends had created.

All I had to do was download an app onto my iPhone and join in the fun.

I was frustrated with the shelter-in-place policy we were living in, because of the pandemic. It had meant the end of live performances and the end of work for me as a musician. So, I went with it, excited I would be making music again even if it was online.





Tobias continues.
“There was a lot of emailing back and forth,
hoping our first song was not just a fluke, that there was more musical chemistry involved. It was then I became aware that while I was writing in Oakland, California, Cristian was in Guanajuato, Mexico. We’d actually figured out, with the help of technology, how to make music remotely. And so began a goal of writing








Tobias Hawkins was born in California. He is known as the original drummer of the band Counting Crows. He also played with other Californian acts, such as Laundry, and The Girlfriend Experience (Their record was produced by Sylvia Massy)




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CRIS


Cristian Hernandez (Cris) was born in Celaya, Mex. He studied in L.A. and found success writing and playing bass guitar in onesidezero. He also worked with local bay area bands such as Felsen and Annie Bacon, and under producers such as David Bottrill and Ulrich Wild.






David Rodriguez (Dave) was born in Celaya, Mex. A guitarist active in the Bajio region. Joined the band by invitation when production of the debut record began.







DAVE
ART
Arthur McConnell (Art) Boston, Ma. Works as a session drummer. He has 25 years of experience with many bands such as Felsen, The New Up and others. He has toured North America and the UK extensively.