A 13-song LP will be released in 2027,
mixed by Luke Francis Walton and written, co-produced, and performed with Brandon Michael Woodward.
Jett Galindo is mastering it.
She is a Grammy-winning mastering engineer with credits including Billie Eilish, Green Day, Pink Floyd, and Elvis Costello.
Follow Spotify and YouTube for release news.
#Grownupz · Broke out on Spotify and Hype Machine. Michael Christofi tracked the vocals in Gary Sinise's garage. Rivers Cuomo put it on a DJ-set playlist.
LOVED · More than 9 million Spotify streams. Later showed up in a lot of fan videos for Wings of Fire and Warrior Cats.
Three 2016 bills from promoter and photographer posts.
Tyler Barth's 10th Anniversary Show · April 21, 2016 · The Viper Room, West Hollywood. Posted April 20 by The Viper Room (“tomorrow”). Poster: The Ruse, The National Parks, Stokeswood, FEiN, plus special guests. The caption also tags Grizfolk. The Getty photo of FEiN at the room is this night. The photo caption does not print the day. Exist Elsewhere played the room in 2012, a different band.
Octupi LA · June 17, 2016 · Secret downtown Los Angeles location. Posted June 1 by Zach Alwin. Undercurrent presents a secret downtown pirate party. Bill: Linney, FEiN, Zach Alwin + Duck Funk, Disco Shrine, VOKES, Drew Blyther. The location was announced the day of the show.
Live @ Sunset Marquis · June 24, 2016 · Sunset Marquis, West Hollywood. Posted June 25 by photographer Alex Huggan: FEiN the night before. The stage banner reads Live @ Sunset Marquis 2016. The caption tags Music for Relief. This is a later night than the November 16, 2013 Exist Elsewhere set at the same hotel.
Lyrics
The words to the FEiN catalog, Little Homes and the singles, are together in one place,
written by Luke Walton and Brandon Woodward and each linked to its meaning.
FEiN lyrics · every FEiN song with lyrics; Little Homes in album order, then the singles
Photos
Promo and stage. Every FEiN photo, newest first, is in the photo archive.
Rees Finley: Dear Abby · Rees Finley · "Dear Abby" · 2017 · guitars · recorded and produced by FEiN · public YouTube MV description · public record · source
Julia Ryan: What You Want (Slow It Down) · Julia Ryan (Julia McLane on the SoundCloud player) · "What You Want (Slow It Down)" · Aug 2016 · produced and recorded by FEiN · Luke Walton guitars · USC Thornton · Luke Walton confirms · SoundCloud upload has no session credit block · public record · Luke Walton's account · source
Julia Ryan: Saints And Sinners · Julia Ryan (also Julia McLane) · "Saints And Sinners" · Jul 2016 · produced and recorded by FEiN · USC Thornton · Luke Walton confirms · SoundCloud upload has no session credit block · public record · Luke Walton's account · source
J.VEN: Holding On · J.VEN · "Holding On" · Jul 2016 · recording engineer · recorded by Luke Walton + Brandon Woodward (Tiny Giant Recordings) · public SoundCloud credit block · public record · source
Rees Finley: I Don't Want To Walk Away · Rees Finley · "I Don't Want To Walk Away" · 2017 · recording · Brandon Woodward + Luke Walton at Tiny Giant Studios · public SoundCloud description (no MV) · public record · source
Rees Finley: Hate To See You · Rees Finley · "Hate To See You" · 2018 · recording · Brandon Woodward + Luke Walton at Tiny Giant Studios · public SoundCloud description · public record · source
Rees Finley: Songs 1-14 · Rees Finley · Songs 1-14 · 2019 · Luke Walton worked on more of this record than the printed lines. The Tiny Giant recording credits that name him are "I Don't Want To Walk Away" and "Hate To See You." · Luke Walton's account · source
Rees Finley: American Champagne · Rees Finley · "American Champagne" · guitars · recorded and produced by FEiN · public SoundCloud description · also on Songs 1-14 LP · public record · source
Fly Felix: Beautiful Animal · Fly Felix · "Beautiful Animal" · 2018 · co-produced by Drew Tyler (Fly Felix) and FEiN · Genius producer field verified as Drew Tyler + FEiN · track 2 on The Sun Will Wake You Up (Nov 2, 2018) · public record · source · MV
Embody feat. FEiN: Remember Us · Embody feat. FEiN · "Remember Us" · 2016 · vocals / songwriting · L.F. Walton + Brandon Michael Woodward + K. Labanauskas · public Apple Music credits pane · Armada Deep · public record · source · MV
Embody feat. FEiN: Remember Us [Re-Edit] · Embody feat. FEiN · "Remember Us" [Re-Edit] · 2021 · vocals / songwriting · Luke Francis Walton + Brandon Michael Woodward · public Apple Music credits pane · The Bearded Man · public record · source
Tamtam: Rise · Tamtam · "Rise" · 2018 · production (public: Genius, FEKR, YouTube) · guitar, synths, and recording · Luke Walton's account · not on the streaming credit line · public record · Luke Walton's account · source · MV
Tamtam: ROLLERCOASTER · Tamtam · "ROLLERCOASTER" · 2023 · producer · Luke Walton, Malca Lionel David, Brandon Woodward · public Apple Music credits pane · public record · source · MV
Fly Felix: Fear and Love · Fly Felix · "Fear and Love" · 2019 · FEiN produced it, and the rest of The Sun Will Wake You Up · Luke Walton's account · the public Genius producer line is on Beautiful Animal · Luke Walton's account · source
Fly Felix: Fictitious Fantasy · Fly Felix · "Fictitious Fantasy" · 2019 · FEiN produced it, and the rest of The Sun Will Wake You Up · Luke Walton's account · the public Genius producer line is on Beautiful Animal · Luke Walton's account · source
FEiN & Lara Johnston: Out of My Mind · FEiN × Lara Johnston · "Out of My Mind" · Jun 28, 2015 · first FEiN Times collab · written by Walton, Woodward and Johnston, a third each · produced and recorded by FEiN at Tiny Giant · mixed and mastered by Frank Rosato at Woodcliff Studios · SoundCloud · public record · source
FEiN & Lara Johnston: Fresh Fruit · FEiN × Lara Johnston · "Fresh Fruit" · Sep 2015 · written by Walton, Woodward and Johnston, a third each · produced and recorded by FEiN at Tiny Giant · Luke Walton guitar/keys · Brandon Woodward drums/perc/keys · Lara Johnston vocals · public SoundCloud credit block · public record · source
Commissioned and library work
TV and brand placements are on Music → Sync & placements,
and the press coverage is on Press.
This list is FEiN music written for a client or a library. Invoice-only rows are not public credits unless a public source confirms them.
Doin' It Right · 2017 · FEiN original, commissioned for Freeform · Source: invoice on file · public record · FEiN wrote this as original music for Freeform, paid through Tiny Giant Recording. The paperwork names Persimmon Grove Music, which is Freeform's publishing catalog, not a TV show. It came out as a single on November 3, 2017 (℗ 2017 Freeform). Song page.
GrooveWorx · custom music company · Source: invoice on file · Invoice for custom music work connected to GrooveWorx, a production-music company. A public Luke or FEiN credit is not confirmed yet.
BLKMT / Vice News underscore · custom music · Source: invoice on file · Private invoice for work associated with BLKMT and a Vice News underscore. Not confirmed in a public credit.
Open metadata
MusicBrainz and the identifiers below feed the systems that streaming apps and libraries pull metadata from.
ReverbNation Blog: FEiN interview (2017-01-27) · Luke/Brandon Q&A: #Grownupz 1M+ Spotify · Viral 50 US/Canada/Mexico · Luke on success: "Hashtags and the letter z. #DragonBallZ" · Christofi The Disco · fourth-writer collab ethos · biweekly singles / SPOOKED.
BMI: Indie Spotlight (2016-09-14) · SoCal duo, USC/Tiny Giant, #Grownupz on Spotify U.S. Viral 50.
Spotify: FEiN listeners, 2016 (2016) · 326,978 Spotify listeners streamed 8.9 years of FEiN. A listening-time card, not a stream count. The four people in the inset are not named.
Fresh Beats 365: FEiN interview (2016-04-09) · Tom Roden Q&A: Tellin' stories, making cool sounds and shit · USC/carpool origin · #Grownupz Spotify surge driving the Little Little Homes teaser · Sculptor body-image · Don't You as sound summary · DBSRDS · habanero mid-interview.
Fresh Beats 365: It's Alright (2017-02-18) · Tom Roden: second consecutive FB365 month (after The Disco); most melancholy FEiN yet; rousing 2017 alt track.
I Heart Moosiq: Lucky You premiere (2018) · #Grownupz premiere + retrospective: Spotify viral chart and Hype Machine placements; direct Luke/Brandon quotes on Lucky You.
Fresh Beats 365: Little Little Homes EP (2016-03-10) · Tom Roden EP review: melancholy indie-electropop teaser for May Little Homes; Foster The People/Torches comparison; Sculptor social commentary · Girl You Can't Hide It disco-tinged · #Grownupz bubblegum · Outro vocal morphing.
Hype Machine: #Grownupz (2015-12-16) · Dec 2015: #13 non-remix · #20 popular · #2 Twitter · 30k+ plays (sources: FEiN Facebook post and the Hype Machine chart).
Indie Shuffle: #Grownupz (2015-12-13) · Jason Grishkoff feature on the FEiN Times Issue #1 single.
The Listen Local Show: Sculptor (2016-03-10) · Listen Local Radio, San Diego, with Cathryn Beeks. Opened with Sculptor. The week's bill lists FEiN first.
Getty Images: The Viper Room · Public photo: Logan Shrewsbury, Luke Walton, Brandon Woodward at The Viper Room; archive also names Nick Petrou. Treated as the April 21, 2016 Tyler Barth bill. The photo caption does not print the day.
FEiN comedy sketch video (YouTube) · FEiN and Luke produced, played on, and appeared on camera in this comedy sketch video. Both Walton and Woodward are credited performers.
Interviews
Most of the FEiN coverage is premieres and profiles. A full interview with both of them is hard to find.
Interviews and features
Fresh Beats 365: “Tellin’ stories, making cool sounds and shit” (2016-04-09) · Tom Roden’s April 9, 2016 interview covers the USC carpool origin, the “#Grownupz” Spotify surge, Little Little Homes, quotes from Sculptor on LA body image, Don't You as a summary of the sound, DBSRDS, and a habanero threshold in the middle of the interview.
Features with quotes
I Heart Moosiq: Lucky You premiere (2018) · A look back at the #Grownupz premiere, the Spotify Viral 50 and Hype Machine placements, and quotes from Lucky You.
ReverbNation Blog: FEiN interview (2017-01-27) · A Q&A with Luke and Brandon. They cover #Grownupz past a million Spotify streams, more than 50,000 playlists, the Viral 50 in the US, Canada, and Mexico, and Hype Machine. Luke’s line on success is “Hashtags and the letter z. #DragonBallZ.” They also talk about Christofi and The Disco, writing with a fourth person, and the biweekly singles that became SPOOKED.
Fresh Beats 365: Little Little Homes EP review (2016-03-10) · Tom Roden, March 10, 2016, calls the EP a big success: a melancholy indie-electropop teaser he compares to Foster the People’s Torches. He writes about “Sculptor” as image-obsessed social commentary, “#Grownupz” as bubblegum, and the outro’s vocal dissolve.
Profiles
BMI Indie Spotlight: FEiN (2016-09-14) · BMI’s profile covers the pronunciation, the Southern California duo, USC and Tiny Giant, Little Homes, and “#Grownupz” on Spotify’s U.S. Viral 50.
Archived Q&A
FEiN Q&A (Little Homes era) (2016) · A band-file Q&A: telekinesis versus one-punch, Brandon’s ideal set in a house with a river through it, a song-a-month rollout, Taj Ma-Small, and a robotic toilet.
Us then (2016) · Video interview from the Little Homes era.
Hype Machine: #Grownupz (2015-12-16) · In December 2015 the charts had it at #13 among non-remixes, #20 on the popular chart, and #2 on Twitter, with more than 30,000 plays. The figures are from a FEiN Facebook post and the Hype Machine chart.
Indie Shuffle: #Grownupz (2015-12-13) · Jason Grishkoff on the USC duo, and on “#Grownupz” as the track that opened Issue #1 in August 2014.
More on the CHAI connection: KOMAGOME (produced; composed with MANA and KANA) and OKAME (mixed), with sources in Uta-Net, UtaTen, PR TIMES, 週刊ナイナイミュージック, and Rolling Stone Japan.
Also see Dragon Ball $d in the catalog (FEiN's "#DragonBallZ" answer in the 2017 ReverbNation interview; Scoobert Doobert's Dragon Ball hip-hopera).
