The Farewell Bikeride were a band from Provo, Utah, formed in 2001 and only active for a short time, probably breaking up somewhere around the winter of 2002 if their old website is any indication. Here's a poster from a show they played with Carissa's Wierd. Though The Farewell Bikeride don't have too much in common with that band sonically, playing a combination of 90s pop punk and emo pop, they have midwest emo and slowcore influences that lead to a lot of quieter segments in their songs, so it was a fitting enough bill.
The band has two releases, possibly three. I can't figure out if the self-titled single available on the Internet Archive is the same as the one listed on Discogs. The track listing suggests it isn't, but I'm also not sure I trust that information. Both tracks from the single on the archive are identical to the album versions. According to archives of their website, there was supposed to be a compilation put out by the band's label prior to the album, but the album is subsequently described as the label's first release, so it may never have happened. So unless that untitled track from Discogs turns up somewhere, the band's 2002 album This Is How It Goes (not to be confused with Nymb's So This Is How It Is) represents at least most of the band's material.
I own this album! I bought it a thrift store some years back and fell in love with it.
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