Orlando-based rock bandย FELICITYย is thrilled to announce their debut full-length albumย Dear Universe, set to be released onย July 16thย viaย Adventure Cat Records. Additionally, the band has today shared their new single and music video โYou Got This.โย Pre-saveย Dear Universe, which also features recent singles โPendulumโ and โHit And Run,โ here:ย https://ps.onerpm.com/dearuniverse. For more information on Felicity, please visit:ย www.wearefelicity.com.
โFor our first ever full-length LP, we couldnโt be any more proud of ourselves both individually and as a band,โ the band shares. โWe are beyond grateful to have the support of such an incredible team of true professionals around us to help give โDear Universeโ the life it deserves.โ
They continue:ย โWe wrote โDear Universeโ from the hearts of the five of us with each song telling the story from some of the greatest moments of our lives to the most tragic of experiences weโve ever faced. We allowed ourselves to become completely vulnerable by getting out of our comfort zone and writing songs that told the real story of who FELICITY is.โ
On new single โYou Got This,โ they add: โThis was kind of a โsweet-releaseโ for us to write because the message behind the song is about not giving up when difficulty looms upon us; to always push through when uncertainty challenges us. We wanted to write something that anyone could relate to and find inspiration from, so we used our own experiences and analogies from over the years that we personally had to overcome as a band and a family.โ
From their earliest days, FELICITY have seen success up close.
Just months after forming in 2013, the Orlando-based alt-rock newcomers were invited to perform at their hometownโs stop on the 2014ย Vans Warped Tourย โ their fourth show ever. Shortly thereafter, a slot atย The Big Orlando Festivalย alongsideย Fall Out Boyย andย Weezer, as well as songs placed everywhere fromย Fox Sportsย toย MTVโs The Challenge, cemented that they were onto something big.
FELICITY began, like many acts in the internet age, as a Craigslist connection, with Fagiolino and guitaristย Andrew Rapierย bonding over their love of post-hardcore firestarters Finch. For years, Fagiolino had been a staple in the Orlando cover band scene, paying tribute to acts from the โ90s and early 2000s, but deep down the singer had a strong pull for something more.
Together with his bandmates (Rapier, guitaristย Cory Nicholas, bassistย Michael Alosa, and drummerย Tyler Dennett), FELICITY are well on their way to carving out their own world. Their deliriously dextrous sound spans genres โ often in the same song โ as the group shapeshift from hard-charged, detuned metal to ebullient pop-punk. On their debut full-length,ย Dear Universe, FELICITY take those skills and sharpen them even more, kicking down the guardrails to expand their sound further than many bands in their scene are willing to venture.
Recorded over a 30-day span with genre super-producerย Andrew Wadeย (A Day To Remember, Neck Deep, Wage War), theย Adventure Cat Records-released album follows a trio of EPs โ 2019โsย Old Habits, 2016โsย Brace Yourself!, and 2015โsย Felicityย โ and finds the band fearlessly experimenting with new sounds and structures that divert from their past to chart their future.
โWe approached this record as songwriters for the first time,โ Nicholas explains. โWe want to be a band that can fit in everywhere and make a variety of different songs that can resonate with all kinds of people.โ
The result is a group who sound as confident unleashing caustic, swerving breakdownsย as they do baring their unabashed pop tendencies and unfolding more ethereal soundscapes.
Blocking out the noise has gotten FELICITY this far, from headlining their hometown House of Blues and appearing at South Floridaโsย Fort Rock Festivalย to setting sail on theย Warped Rewind At Seaย cruise alongside legends likeย Good Charlotteย andย The Starting Line. Along the way, fans around the world have flocked to their earn-it-yourself authenticity and captivating sound โ relationships the band are excited to build through a variety of channels.
While the ongoing pandemic has prevented these road dogs from crisscrossing the country like normal, theyโre using their time in lockdown to find new ways to reach their audience. From a newly created TikTok account with more than 21,000 followers to dabbling in Twitch streaming, FELICITY are connecting with listeners in all the ways 2020 demands.
Adds Rapier: โWeโll be all the more grateful once weโre able to do this again. Weโve learned we never want to take what we do for granted.โ