April 2010 News:
>> Fearmia is making an official music video! Our video was recently honored as a "Featured Project" on indiegogo.com.
>> April 19, 2010: Fearmia was the Project of the Day on IndieGoGo's Twitter page:
>> April 29, 2010: Fearmia was interviewed by the Ventura County Star:
"You'll Be In Safe Musical Hands Tonight...: Fear Not" Read the full article here
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT FEARMIA:
The VC Reporter
07/26/2007
Scattergories: If you’ve never seen a white girl with a mohawk grooving a funk solo on electric guitar, you should get to the next Fear Mia show early enough for sound check. As we grabbed beers from the bar at Bernadette’s, I watched Abby Posner’s mouth contort along with the notes she coaxed out of her guitar, and I couldn’t help but think, “I thought these guys were supposed to be a folk band.”
In fact, that initial impression got to the heart of the quintet: you can’t quite wrap your head around their music. They may look like your standard rock outfit — bass, acoustic and electric guitar, drum set — but then Jesse Olema picks up his fiddle and it becomes clear that the word “eclectic” is going to be popping up in conversation for the rest of the night.
Electric bluegrass, acoustic funk: As the set went on, my mind wandered, as all music reviewers’ minds must, to potential comparisons, but none seemed to fit just right. The moment I thought of Tegan and Sara, or of the Duhks, a solid bass solo would leap forward, or drummer Ira Miller’s rolling, insistent percussion would kick in, erasing any memory of barn-dance folk-rock. The fiddle, although at times sending bluegrass shivers down my spine, was dark and haunting, more suited to a Canadian winter cabin than a Tennessee hootenanny. The impression of a darkness just beneath the surface was only highlighted by the stunning introduction of lead singer and guitarist Abby Posner’s vocals. The easy sultriness in her rough-edged voice completed the baffling package, and I was lost; Fear Mia are simply too much acoustic to be funk, and too much electric to be folk.
Wonderful confusion: Much to my relief, when I interviewed Posner later, even she had a tough time categorizing Fear Mia’s sound, and that’s what she loves most about the music she and the band make. “I know that each member brings something different,” Posner says, “and all of that adds emotion and flavor to the mix.”
What began as a jam session among fellow CalArts students has grown over the years, expanding and contracting with a slightly shifting lineup and refining their sound. Fear Mia will be touring the Northwest later this summer and promoting their new album, to be released this fall. They’ve come a long way since playing on the Third Street Promenade to fund their first recording session, but Fear Mia hope to continue growing and stretching their musical muscles.
The only way to describe Fear Mia’s sound is with a blend of words as varied as their inspiration. Despite their youth, the band has successfully merged folk music instrumentation and soulful, moody intensity with a touch of jam. Keep your eyes open. In a year or two, Ani DiFranco or Dave Matthews will ask Fear Mia along as an opening act on their national tour, and Fear Mia’s diverse compositions will confuse critics all over the country.
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Curve Magazine Review
May 2008
Katie Kaapcke
A truly eclectic mix of bluegrass, funk, folk and acoustic rock, FearMia defies categories and creates a sound all its own.
The band formed at the prestigious California Institute of the Arts and has made a name for itself in Los Angeles.
Front woman Abby Posner's voice is throaty, heavy, and simply intoxicating. With instrument list ranging from electric bass to mandolin, cello to violin, you know you are in store for a lively cutting edge listen. Lyrics about love, relationships, and heartache are sincere and relatable.
FearMia's sound is fresh, addictive and destined to have audience on their feet. Mix Dave Matthews with a heavy dose of Ani DiFranco and add a whole lot of fun and that's FearMia.
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No Worries for FearMia
Bill Locey - VC Reporter
Fear might be nature's way of scaring us, but FearMia is a half-dozen people's way of doing that edgy folk-rock thing — which they'll be doing tonight at It's All Good, where things just might very well be, well, great.
Once upon a time Mia, but now FearMia, the band will be returning to the place that also had prior IDs, like Good and a bunch of other names, but always with that great location on Main Street in Ventura between Ben & Jerry's and the movie theater. The Shelley Thomas Band will open this free show.
FearMia, originally from Valencia, has played Ventura numerous times since the band got started three years ago. The group used to be regulars at Selah Café's open-mic night, then moved on to Bernadette's. The band's new home away from home is It's All Good, which should be packed tonight. Clearly no slackers, the band members have released two albums and are threatening a third, maybe by the end of the year.
If strings are your thing, then FearMia could be your new soundtrack of choice. Frantic frontwoman Abby Posner wails away on guitar, ably assisted by Emily I. Corwin on cello and Jesse Olema on violin. The guys do all the heavy work, as it should be. John Castorina, all the way from Santa Paula, is the percussionist; Ira Miller is the drummer; and Otis Lande plucks the bass. Posner discussed the latest during a recent phoner.
Q: Hey, Abby, how's everything?
A: You know how it is — it's all about the creative process. And how can anybody be a rock star in Los Angeles? That's the question. We've decided that more of our music and more of our scene is geared toward the Bay Area for an acoustic rock genre.
Q: So you guys are heading north?
A: We actually are. At least three members of the band will probably be taking off.
Q: To play there or move there?
A: To move there.
Q: Tell me about the rungs on your creative process as it relates to your particular scene.
A: I think we've just discovered a little bit more about creating a new sound for ourselves because we definitely hit a point a few years ago when we needed a drummer and a bassist to fill in some holes.
Q: The band had holes?
A: We had two percussionists back in the day — one a kahon, which is a box from Peru — and also a cello, violin player and myself. It was a drier sound; we've branched out into more of an eclectic rock sound, I think. That's really fun — experimenting with all the different genres the band members are inspired by and combining our styles to see what sort of ruckus we can stir up. We've got six in the band, and it's a very full sound now.
Q: And what does all this sound like?
A: Sounds like lovin'. You know, we've had some funny comments. Someone said we sound like Jethro Tull meets Ani DiFranco. I think that's pretty ridiculous, but I always say we sound Dave Matthews-ish. People compare us to him because he uses a violin consistently at his live shows, and not a lot of bands do that. People that don't know a lot about modern female singers compare us to Alanis Morissette. So it's kind of like, "Oh. Alanis Morissette — she's a female.''
Q: So she's a girl, so are you, and that's that?
A: Yeah, she's a girl, so we must sound like her; and a little Indigo Girls in there, too.
Q: Your 805 adventures started at Selah Café?
A: Yeah, we played in Ventura a lot, but we play in L.A. even more. It's All Good is one of our main venues up there. It's a great place for us. We play on Thursday nights and pack the place — people are starting to know who we are and it's a really friendly community.
We like it there because it's more of an authentic scene than in Los Angeles.
Q: How many albums so far?
A: "Breaking Through" is our last album, but we're going into the studio to record this week. Our first one is called "The Stamp Album" — that was our five-song EP and we really sold a lot of those. We want to do the new one as quickly as possible but we also want to spend a lot of time mixing it. There might be some live bonus tracks on it.
Q: And the band plan is ?
A: Being in a band is difficult; everyone has their own ideas of how we should be going about this because it is a business. But I think the bottom line is to never forget why we started playing in the first place, and that's because we love writing, playing music and collaborating. We would ideally like to be touring in the next year. That's our dream — recording and taking our music elsewhere.
Q: What is the best way that music works its magic on you?
A: It's knowing that you have something to use if you're having a bad day or want to document your life in some way. And I always feel really comfortable when I'm in my own little studio, releasing my energy and all my junk from the day into my music. I also enjoy collaborating and meeting other people through music, which is one thing people in L.A. forget about because there's not enough networking here.
Q: That's because they're all from somewhere else and nobody knows anybody else. How many people in L.A. do you know that are actually from L.A.?
A: There's only one person from California in the band and that's Johnny, and he's from Santa Paula. So we're from all over the place, and coming to this giant city, it's difficult.
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http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/05/19/urban-commuter-expo-great-music/
Urban Commuter Expo: Great Music
May 19, 2008 by RL Policar
At this years Urban Commuter Expo, they did some thing totally different from last year, which by the way was super cool…they had live bands playing!
One band that stuck out the most was Fear Mia. Abby Posner and Jesse Clema were on stage playing their great music. Jesse played a wicked violin while Abby strummed her sweet guitar and both shared the vocals. Ever since the expo I’ve been visiting their MySpace Page every chance I can get to play their songs. My favorite so far are Follow Through, Another life and Walken Christopher. If you were to ask me what style of music they play…its a mix of Folk Rock, Bluegrass and Funk.
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