Falling Up
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Falling Up promotional photo for Dawn Escapes |
This article is about the band Falling Up; for other uses, please see Falling Up (disambiguation).
Falling Up is a
Christian rock band signed to
BEC Recordings. They were named after the first song they wrote, which refers to how imperfect people are, but how sufficient the grace of
God is to compensate for that imperfection. In harmony with their name, their music is heavy on themes about
grace.
Their music, which they call "pash rock", combines rock, metal, strings, and
R&B. The members of Falling Up and those of
Kutless were childhood friends in their hometown of
Albany,
Oregon. It was the members of Kutless who passed Falling Up's demo album on to BEC Recordings owner, Brandon Ebel, which led to Falling Up signing on to BEC alongside Kutless in the
summer of
2003.
They debuted in
February 24,
2004 with an 11-song album titled
Crashings.
Aaron Sprinkle (who also produced
Kutless and
Anberlin) produced this album.
Crashings sold 3,396 units in its first week, which exceeded first-week sales by any other album in the history of BEC Recordings. Incidentally, that record was previously held by Kutless.
Crashings sold over 50,000 units by the end of 2004. Three songs from
Crashings charted on the Christian rock charts at
R&R, and
three peaked at #1. They have toured across North America with
Pillar,
Project 86,
Spoken,
subseven, Kutless, and
Seventh Day Slumber in support of the album.
Their second album,
Dawn Escapes, was released on
October 25,
2005 on BEC Recordings. The album pushed their lifetime record sales over 150,000 by the summer of 2006. The band's lineup also changed dramatically shortly after the release of
Dawn Escapes; guitarists Tom Cox and Joe Kisselburgh both left the band to pursue other interests.
In
July of
2006, the band announced plans to release a new record named
Exit Lights. According to a press release from BEC, the album will feature remixes of the band's biggest hits as well as a new song, "Islander." Aaron Sprinkle,
Toby McKeehan (also known as
tobyMac), and
Thousand Foot Krutch's
Trevor McNevan are reportedly a few of the artists who worked with Falling Up on this new album, slated for release on
September 12, 2006. Jessy Ribordy, the band's lead singer, also stated on his band's website on
July 22, 2006 that the band plans to record their third full-length album this fall.
Current members
* Jessy Ribordy -
vocals,
keyboard * Micah Sannan-
guitar* Jeremy Miller -
bass guitar* Josh Shroy -
drums* Adam Taylor -
keyboardFormer members
* Mike Humphrey, also known as DJ Wax Wizard - DJ, Keyboards, Programming
* Tom Cox - Guitar, Background vocals
* A-Dub - Programming, DJ
* Joe Kisselburgh - Guitar
Albums
Crashings (February
2004)
Dawn Escapes (October 25,
2005)
Exit Lights (to be released September 12,
2006)
Music videos
* "Escalates" (
2004)
* "Broken Heart" (
2004)
* "Moonlit" (
2006)
*
BEC Recordings*
Tooth & Nail Records*
Official band site*
Falling Up Lyrics*
Falling Up's myspace*
Falling Up Fan Site
