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The Dear Hunter

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Boston, United States (2005 – present)

The Dear Hunter is the full-time project of Casey Crescenzo, formerly of post-hardcore band The Receiving End of Sirens. The band got its name from the lead character of the story that he wrote to go along with the music. The sound is unlike that of Casey’s former band, with more alternative and progressive rock tendencies and a wider variety of instrumentation.

The band began as a side project of Casey Crescenzo when he was full time member of the Boston, Massachusetts band The Receiving End of Sirens. It was originally intended as a vehicle for music Casey had written that didn’t fit with the heavier sound of The Receiving End of Sirens. In the winter of 2005 Casey recorded the Dear Ms. Leading demos. He created 10 copies of the demos on burned CDs intended for the ears of friends, and they began circulation. At the time he did not plan to pursue The Dear Hunter full time and allowed the demos to be placed online for download. On February 2, 2006, The Dear Hunter played its first show with The Receiving End of Sirens as the backing band.

In May 2006, Casey left The Receiving End of Sirens and began work on The Dear Hunter’s first studio album. He expanded the scope of the project to a six-album story set at the dawn of the 20th century about the birth, life, and abrupt death of a boy, known only in the story as “The Dear Hunter.” In a 2007 interview with music website Absolutepunk.

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progressive rock, indie, experimental, rock, alternative
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schniedler wrote:
11 hours ago

great band!

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shaunt91 wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

I hate it when people avoid/dont give definate answers to questions -_-

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SoyPuta wrote:
Tuesday morning

Fan of The Dear Hunter and/or The Receiving End Of Sirens? Check out our brand new interview with Casey Crescenzo, at Change The Record: http://changetherecord.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/interview-casey-crescenzo/ Feel free to leave a comment, we're new at this, any would be appreciated. Thanks. :)

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WhoMadeCookies wrote:
Monday evening

his music the hipster garabe i've ever heard

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gr3ggy wrote:
Monday evening

I have no idea if I like these or not! Fave songs anyone?

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dancollery1 wrote:
7 days ago

solid sound

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meinhold wrote:
11 days ago

This band is so fucking great

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nonzeel wrote:
12 days ago

i love casey

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sabrage wrote:
14 days ago

I was gonna post here but you guys already covered it.

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Ggorrm wrote:
14 days ago

http://www.myspace.com/antidoteforanxiety

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mardgn81 wrote:
14 days ago

You guys are retarded.

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shaunt91 wrote:
15 days ago

Yeah, Casey just uses that auto-tune in the studio.

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somehowsomeday wrote:
15 days ago

worst band ive seen live, ever. they should seriously give up.

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WhoMadeCookies wrote:
21 days ago

thats kindof clever

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xspikex wrote:
28 days ago

Wanna join my band "The Dear Deerhoofhunter"?

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ashweee wrote:
29 days ago

so beautiful <3

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shaunt91 wrote:
29 days ago

Nate from TREOS is playing bass now :)

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salacio wrote:
30 days ago

When's the new album coming out, man? geez

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mardgn81 wrote:
30 days ago

andyxwins' comment was dumb on so many levels.

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SoLongAmory wrote:
December 2008

haha, this board is filled with so much win, yet so much fail.

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