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The band MY FAVORITE were the last of New York's
true cult heroes, elusive and enigmatic stars of
the secret history. They crawled from the
suburbs of Long Island to the battered boroughs of New York City, all the while
managing to belong nowhere. They created pop
songs that feel like films, casting as heroes the
misfits, hipsters and monsters of modern life.
Beneath shimmering walls of guitars, synthesizers,
and melodicas, beat the burning heart of
a new wave dream gone wrong. They proposed
that our strange age is worth remembering.
They redeemed us by caring.
My Favorite's debut CD/LPLove at Absolute Zero
My Favorite's 2003 2CD/2LPHappiest Days of Our Lives
NY Newsday, Songs of Summer 2002
My Favorite "Burning Hearts"
Ah, this charming band...lovely vocals and chiming guitars that would make Johnny Marr proud.
Slate.com : The Return of Mope Rock :
New Order, the Smiths, and the first pop trend of 2003
My Favorite is the band that's clearly better than its like-minded peers. My Favorite prove themselves a worthy companion to their heroes. Full Article
Alternative Press : 100 Bands You Need To Know In 2002!
My Favorite are the logical new choice for those disaffected folks who wore out their copies of the Smiths' Louder Than Bombs.
All-Music Guide My Favorite's superb debut translates palpable pre-millennial tension into neon-lit synthesizer drama, recalling the heyday of the New Wave with none of the irony which sinks like-minded retro-futurists. And, their songs capture a passion and immediacy which the remote robotics of their antecedents lacked.
Gear Magazine Hottest People and Things on the Planet! A pack of New Order fanatics from Long Island, New York, My Favorite's sterling debut LP, Love At Absolute Zero, filtered love, youth and longing through a pulsing synthesizer heart, achieving a warmth and immediacy their inspirations lacked. This pristine, heartbreaking panorama of teenage wastelands past and future is no mopefest: tight New Wavey instrumentation and clever lyrics give it a near-lethal bite and snap.
Village Voice, NY The soundtrack to a sad, reflective John Waters movie with little dialogue, shot in tinted blue hues... Dark new wave that finds beauty and romance in suburban disaffection. They should be your favorite too!
Sound Affects Empassioned powerful words. Surely the world's best band!
Ink 19 This band could be your life.
The Big Takeover Some of the most lyrical and poetic music around. These kids have more heart and style than a thousand blank-faced indie bands. This is one of the best underground pop records to come along in the last few years.
Time Out NY The Faves brandish a glistening set of songs on each outing. While their formerly unhip orchestral synthpop recently became de rigueur again, years of obsessively tight focus lend the latest crop of songs a complexity seldom heard in newcomers to the revival.
Closer in spirit and methodology to bands like The Velvet Underground, The Go-Betweens, Yo La Tengo, The Magnetic Fields, and Belle & Sebastian -- My Favorite are sparks in a vacuum, originals in an era where originality is impossible. Pop saboteurs making music because they insanely believe their stories are worth telling, and the sounds of last century's end will haunt us long into this one. Don't wait until Michael Grace becomes the aged caretaker of a seaside lighthouse to realize that My Favorite are worthy of your attention. They are the next link in the glittering chain of outsider music, a desperate pastiche created out of dreams.