Halfway to Nowhere were a band from San Rafael, California, active from 2001 to 2004. The four year duration is no coincidence; they were a high school band, formed in the summer before freshman year and going on a 'hiatus' that became permanent following graduation; a reunion show in 2006 didn't stick. Frontman Andy Capra would go on to form indie rock outfit Brave Citizens.
The band played the emo pop of the early millennium often called 'mall emo.' …Sort of. They experimented with a lot of different sounds, swinging from stuff that's sort of Get Up Kids-ish to a few moments that wouldn't sound too out of place on Coheed and Cambria's The Second Stage Turbine Blade. They're a little more pop punk than the usual emo pop sound of the time, at least on their first album, not really pulling all that much from post-hardcore. The same can't be said of their second album, which is much more in line with their mainstream contemporaries.
Halfway to Nowhere released two albums: 2003's anthem of the seasons and a follow-up in 2004, Beyond This City. Prior to the first album, they also put out two four-track demos, Abandoned and The Day After Never, as well as two other tracks which were recorded but I'm uncertain if they were released or saved for the album. I've been unable to find either of the demos, and can only make the albums available.
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