Real Friends is an American pop punk band from Tinley Park, Illinois, United States. To date, the band has released six EPs and three studio albums. The band is currently signed to Fearless Records. The band released their third studio album Composure on July 13, 2018.
In the fall of 2010 bassist Kyle Fasel "wasn't happy" with the music he was working on and wished to start over. Fasel called lead guitarist Dave Knox and the pair soon started talking about the goals they wished to achieve. Read Full BioReal Friends is an American pop punk band from Tinley Park, Illinois, United States. To date, the band has released six EPs and three studio albums. The band is currently signed to Fearless Records. The band released their third studio album Composure on July 13, 2018.
In the fall of 2010 bassist Kyle Fasel "wasn't happy" with the music he was working on and wished to start over. Fasel called lead guitarist Dave Knox and the pair soon started talking about the goals they wished to achieve. Fasel didn't expect it to lead anywhere. Vocalist Dan Lambton, who was friends with Knox, received a call from Fasel, asking if he would like to join him and Knox. They were soon joined by drummer Aaron Schuck. The band recorded its debut EP, This Is Honesty, in the spring of 2011. Following the release of the EP, the band began playing shows around the Midwest. The group soon realized that it "didn't feel right, playing the songs they currently had. Almost forcing ourselves into sound." They had a meeting and came to the conclusion to start over. During this period of change, Fasel and Knox were playing in The Fastest Kid Alive. Shortly afterwards, Schuck was replaced by Brian Blake. Blake had emailed the band after he found out they needed a drummer.
Real Friends didn't have a permanent second guitarist, often having their friends to substitute. Eric Haines soon joined as a rhythm guitarist. Until Haines joined Fasel and Knox would typically write the songs and they didn't have "another guitarist's opinion", according to Fasel. Shortly after the release of the Everyone That Dragged You Here EP, the band's popularity increased and the audience at their shows also increased. The band later released the Put Yourself Back Together EP. Reviewing the EP for Rock Sound, Andy Biddulph said noted that he would not be "surprised" if the band was "mixing it with the big boys in a year's time". In November, the group supported The Wonder Years on their UK shows, included UK Warped Tour.
Fearless signed the band in December 2013. The band were initially hesitant to sign to a label but called Fearless "different. They made it feel more like a family." The group "still wanted full control of our band" while Fearless would help with marketing and distribution, according to Fasel. The band recorded their debut studio album in February with producer Seth Henderson. The band released its debut studio album, Maybe This Place Is the Same and We're Just Changing on July 22, 2014. The album sold over 10,300 copies, charting at number 24 on the Billboard 200. The band played on the 2014 Vans Warped Tour supporting the album's release, appearing on the Journey's Stage. More Acoustic Song EP was released for Record Store Day in April 2015. One of the tracks, an acoustic version of "Late Nights in My Car", features Kevin Jordan from This Wild Life.
Fearless Records announced that a new Real Friends record would be released on their label in 2016, through a post on their official Twitter account, which was made on December 22, 2015. Prior to the Fearless announcement, the band had made several references to the recording of a new album throughout 2015 on their Facebook and Twitter pages. Real Friends finished recording their second full-length album on the road, in February 2016. Prior to the album's announcement, the band began to play a new song entitled "Colder Quicker" during their live sets. On April 1, 2016, the band announced the title of their new album as being The Home Inside My Head, along with the album's release date, cover art and track listing. Additionally, on the same day the band released a music video for "Colder Quicker". The album was released on May 27, 2016.
On November 16, 2017 the band released a single entitled "Get By". On June 18, 2018 the band announced the new album 'Composure' set for release on July 13, 2018 to their home town fans during an RSVP Acoustic session. It was preceded two weeks prior by a single entitled "From the Outside", which was accompanied by a music video.
Style and influences
Real Friends has been described as pop punk and emo, as well as emo pop punk. Punknews reviewer said "If American Football went totally pop-punk, Real Friends would be the result." Vocalist Dan Lambton has been described as a cross between The Starting Line's Kenny Vasoli, The Wonder Years' Dan Campbell and The Dangerous Summer's AJ Perdomo. Bassist Kyle Fasel has cited American Football, Dashboard Confessional, The Early November, Jimmy Eat World, The Promise Ring, Saves the Day, The Starting Line, Spitalfield, Taking Back Sunday and Thursday as influences.
Bassist Kyle on the often used phrase "sleepy eyes and bony knees":
I think there’s something that needs to be explained on our end here. We released a new EP on June 4th titled “Put Yourself Back Together.” There are some references in the songs that mention sleepy eyes and bony knees. There have been some negative comments regarding the amount of times we mention those two things. I want to make this post to explain the detailed meanings of both of those subjects. I assure all of you out there that we would never put something in multiple songs that doesn’t have a great amount of meaning. These songs are my life summed up into some verses and choruses. These songs are my therapy, and that goes for the four other dudes in my band too. So here we go….
Sleepy eyes refers to a time in my life in 2011. I was going through a very messy break up which then lead to a love triangle and that lead me to be depressed. The girl that I was in love with since I was eighteen had found someone else that she grew to love. She told me that she still loved me as well though. This lead to lots of sleepless nights and some weight loss as well. Thirty pounds of weight loss to be exact. Listen to our song “Floorboards” for more details on that whole situation. Well anyway, this situation and some other ones over the past few years have led me to not being able to sleep at night. I had resorted to sleeping pills in 2011 when I was depressed. I also consider myself a night owl in general. I haven’t gone to bed before 2 am in years. But mainly sleepy eyes is something that I think we have all been through in life. It’s about those nights when you’re so overworked and have so much going on that you can’t fall asleep, even if you are physically tired. Not only do I write these songs for my own therapy, but I would hope that some of you could find some peace in them. So of course I’m going to reference this subject multiple times. And that is sleepy eyes.
Bony knees is a subject that pops up in a lot of our songs as well. I will keep it general at first here. I in fact do physically have bony knees. But I will surely say that there is a way deeper meaning behind these bony knees. It kind of all dates back to my depression in 2011. Like I stated before there was some weight loss, which made these knees a little more bony than before. I also found myself physically and mentally down on my knees while going through depression. Even after 2011, after I started feeling better, I would still find myself down and out on my bony knees physically and mentally. We all go through dirt in life and lot of times it makes us fall on our knees for awhile. I can easily say that dirt has put me on my knees more than I want to say. But the beautiful part about falling on your knees is getting back up. And that’s the main point of the bony knees reference. You have to get up in life and move on. We have all been there and we will all be there again. When I write bony knees in a song it reminds me of how I put all of the bullshit behind me and moved on. And that is bony knees.
I just wanted to clear this all up. I don’t want anyone to ever think that we are using this as some sort of gimmick or something. We keep things real and it will always be that way. I hope you can all now find deeper meaning and connection with sleepy eyes and bony knees.
In the fall of 2010 bassist Kyle Fasel "wasn't happy" with the music he was working on and wished to start over. Fasel called lead guitarist Dave Knox and the pair soon started talking about the goals they wished to achieve. Read Full BioReal Friends is an American pop punk band from Tinley Park, Illinois, United States. To date, the band has released six EPs and three studio albums. The band is currently signed to Fearless Records. The band released their third studio album Composure on July 13, 2018.
In the fall of 2010 bassist Kyle Fasel "wasn't happy" with the music he was working on and wished to start over. Fasel called lead guitarist Dave Knox and the pair soon started talking about the goals they wished to achieve. Fasel didn't expect it to lead anywhere. Vocalist Dan Lambton, who was friends with Knox, received a call from Fasel, asking if he would like to join him and Knox. They were soon joined by drummer Aaron Schuck. The band recorded its debut EP, This Is Honesty, in the spring of 2011. Following the release of the EP, the band began playing shows around the Midwest. The group soon realized that it "didn't feel right, playing the songs they currently had. Almost forcing ourselves into sound." They had a meeting and came to the conclusion to start over. During this period of change, Fasel and Knox were playing in The Fastest Kid Alive. Shortly afterwards, Schuck was replaced by Brian Blake. Blake had emailed the band after he found out they needed a drummer.
Real Friends didn't have a permanent second guitarist, often having their friends to substitute. Eric Haines soon joined as a rhythm guitarist. Until Haines joined Fasel and Knox would typically write the songs and they didn't have "another guitarist's opinion", according to Fasel. Shortly after the release of the Everyone That Dragged You Here EP, the band's popularity increased and the audience at their shows also increased. The band later released the Put Yourself Back Together EP. Reviewing the EP for Rock Sound, Andy Biddulph said noted that he would not be "surprised" if the band was "mixing it with the big boys in a year's time". In November, the group supported The Wonder Years on their UK shows, included UK Warped Tour.
Fearless signed the band in December 2013. The band were initially hesitant to sign to a label but called Fearless "different. They made it feel more like a family." The group "still wanted full control of our band" while Fearless would help with marketing and distribution, according to Fasel. The band recorded their debut studio album in February with producer Seth Henderson. The band released its debut studio album, Maybe This Place Is the Same and We're Just Changing on July 22, 2014. The album sold over 10,300 copies, charting at number 24 on the Billboard 200. The band played on the 2014 Vans Warped Tour supporting the album's release, appearing on the Journey's Stage. More Acoustic Song EP was released for Record Store Day in April 2015. One of the tracks, an acoustic version of "Late Nights in My Car", features Kevin Jordan from This Wild Life.
Fearless Records announced that a new Real Friends record would be released on their label in 2016, through a post on their official Twitter account, which was made on December 22, 2015. Prior to the Fearless announcement, the band had made several references to the recording of a new album throughout 2015 on their Facebook and Twitter pages. Real Friends finished recording their second full-length album on the road, in February 2016. Prior to the album's announcement, the band began to play a new song entitled "Colder Quicker" during their live sets. On April 1, 2016, the band announced the title of their new album as being The Home Inside My Head, along with the album's release date, cover art and track listing. Additionally, on the same day the band released a music video for "Colder Quicker". The album was released on May 27, 2016.
On November 16, 2017 the band released a single entitled "Get By". On June 18, 2018 the band announced the new album 'Composure' set for release on July 13, 2018 to their home town fans during an RSVP Acoustic session. It was preceded two weeks prior by a single entitled "From the Outside", which was accompanied by a music video.
Style and influences
Real Friends has been described as pop punk and emo, as well as emo pop punk. Punknews reviewer said "If American Football went totally pop-punk, Real Friends would be the result." Vocalist Dan Lambton has been described as a cross between The Starting Line's Kenny Vasoli, The Wonder Years' Dan Campbell and The Dangerous Summer's AJ Perdomo. Bassist Kyle Fasel has cited American Football, Dashboard Confessional, The Early November, Jimmy Eat World, The Promise Ring, Saves the Day, The Starting Line, Spitalfield, Taking Back Sunday and Thursday as influences.
Bassist Kyle on the often used phrase "sleepy eyes and bony knees":
I think there’s something that needs to be explained on our end here. We released a new EP on June 4th titled “Put Yourself Back Together.” There are some references in the songs that mention sleepy eyes and bony knees. There have been some negative comments regarding the amount of times we mention those two things. I want to make this post to explain the detailed meanings of both of those subjects. I assure all of you out there that we would never put something in multiple songs that doesn’t have a great amount of meaning. These songs are my life summed up into some verses and choruses. These songs are my therapy, and that goes for the four other dudes in my band too. So here we go….
Sleepy eyes refers to a time in my life in 2011. I was going through a very messy break up which then lead to a love triangle and that lead me to be depressed. The girl that I was in love with since I was eighteen had found someone else that she grew to love. She told me that she still loved me as well though. This lead to lots of sleepless nights and some weight loss as well. Thirty pounds of weight loss to be exact. Listen to our song “Floorboards” for more details on that whole situation. Well anyway, this situation and some other ones over the past few years have led me to not being able to sleep at night. I had resorted to sleeping pills in 2011 when I was depressed. I also consider myself a night owl in general. I haven’t gone to bed before 2 am in years. But mainly sleepy eyes is something that I think we have all been through in life. It’s about those nights when you’re so overworked and have so much going on that you can’t fall asleep, even if you are physically tired. Not only do I write these songs for my own therapy, but I would hope that some of you could find some peace in them. So of course I’m going to reference this subject multiple times. And that is sleepy eyes.
Bony knees is a subject that pops up in a lot of our songs as well. I will keep it general at first here. I in fact do physically have bony knees. But I will surely say that there is a way deeper meaning behind these bony knees. It kind of all dates back to my depression in 2011. Like I stated before there was some weight loss, which made these knees a little more bony than before. I also found myself physically and mentally down on my knees while going through depression. Even after 2011, after I started feeling better, I would still find myself down and out on my bony knees physically and mentally. We all go through dirt in life and lot of times it makes us fall on our knees for awhile. I can easily say that dirt has put me on my knees more than I want to say. But the beautiful part about falling on your knees is getting back up. And that’s the main point of the bony knees reference. You have to get up in life and move on. We have all been there and we will all be there again. When I write bony knees in a song it reminds me of how I put all of the bullshit behind me and moved on. And that is bony knees.
I just wanted to clear this all up. I don’t want anyone to ever think that we are using this as some sort of gimmick or something. We keep things real and it will always be that way. I hope you can all now find deeper meaning and connection with sleepy eyes and bony knees.
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Real Friends Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Dead' by these artists:
41.2 Hz Goddamn I'm dead again, woe is me Seems to be that…
6L6 twisted up inside, knotted to the core learned to abhor,…
A Day to Remember Let me find the way that I can make do Without…
Anal Cunt shannon hoon, you're dead, kurt cobain, you're dead, jerry g…
Asking Alexandria This is hell for me to say But I think it's…
Audrey Horne What's your game? You wanna know. You wanna feel What ticks…
Autopsy Dead Stiff and cold In your box To decay Dead…
Avec Black is the color for the dead inside me. Red is…
Batmobile (I want them when they are) Even a young girl pretty…
Beartooth 1 2 3 4! Pick it up! Pick it up, yeah!…
Blinds It's dark Let's do it now Bring in the sirens Cut of their…
Bones When I was a kid, I was really young I fell…
Buckcherry When I was a young gun I could live without the…
Cage and Tame One (I would kill somebody for you... If I had to Everyone…
Chief and TheDoomsdayDevice His photograph was taken in 1980 In New York on a…
Converge You never loved me now I cannot lie down in that…
Corrosion You're dead Heard too much, know too much, don't know if…
Curl Up and Die (Chorus x 4) Wanted dead or alive (AK) I don't know which w…
Don't [Chorus] Well I've been left for dead on the road of…
Eel Standing in the dark outside the house Breathing in the col…
Floater I was alive (repeat). And now I'm dead. Something inside, ke…
Follow My Lead You waste yourself, like you waste us all, And still she…
Fools For Rowan If I could borrow all my tomorrows, Spend them all today,…
G.I.D Bad boy baby Yeah, yeah Junior M.A.F.I.A., yeah Yeah, B.I.G.…
Gamblers To all the given ups, the special needs crew. To all…
Ghost Bath You're gone. I only feel worse. And what do I have…
Hatesphere Now listen Crawl over here Down on your knees The paralyz…
Heaven's Dead end girl on the outside looking in On a dead…
House of Heroes I might be dead Might be dead Might be dead By the time…
Husky Loops The poet is dead It's me and my friends At a funeral And…
Indecision Every day is another nail in your coffin Sealed inside and…
J.K. & Company Every night as I sit on my own, I still…
Jeff Ray There were a dozen dead bodies in the Euston road,…
Joey Eppard Down to somewhere Were up to nothing We may shadow up at…
Jukebox the Ghost Maybe it was just the sleeping pills When I went to…
Kari Rueslåtten The emptiness approaches winding down the path knows the d…
Khanate I was.. Not worth knowing Visible awful but not seen Alone a…
Killah Priest (Killah Priest) Killers with assault rifles, street occult …
King Diamond Heaven or Hell Heaven or Hell Where are we now? What is…
Korn All I want in life is to be happy (happy)…
Laura Veirs Where gravity is dead And the airplanes fly around Above t…
Lay Down And Die (Chorus x 4) Wanted dead or alive (AK) I don't know which w…
Leak Bros [Cage] I started getting juicy when I saw what it does Nev…
Living Cut deep, the wound is open, infection sets in Will this…
M. Knepper Oh no, how could this happen to Such an amazing young…
Madison Beer You could be here, but you're there You could be anywhere…
Mr. Lil One [Mr. Lil One] Jack 'The Ripper', strippin mothaf**kas for th…
My Chemical Romance And if your heart stops beating I'll be here wondering Did…
My Chemical Romance [ The Black Parade ] And if your heart stops beating I'll be here wondering Did y…
Napalm Death Die!…
No. There's pain within, I can't define Inside, within, inside,…
Norther There's pain within, I can't define Inside, within, insid…
Phoebe Ryan I've made mistakes, been dishonest Self-estranged, did what…
Pixies You crazy baby bathsheba, I wancha You're suffocating you ne…
Pixies(픽시스) You crazy baby bathsheba, I wancha You're suffocating you n…
Place Of Skulls Please don't say he smiled a lot Now they've laid me…
Pretty Boy Floyd I've been thinking about life And I've been thinking about d…
Putrid Pile Your life's at a standstill Dwelling in a pit of anticipati…
ralph! I was born too late to play in the rolling…
Ratcat A dead dog lies with the cats out on the…
Red Harvest I Cannot Move I Cannot Speak Am I Some Kind…
S.B.I. Bad boy baby Yeah, yeah Junior M.A.F.I.A., yeah Yeah, B.I.G.…
S.O.S.A. Take, Take a look behind you A little look inside…
Samiam in that busted ranch house in the hills with shit backed…
Seeing Scarlet She turns around and she says I feel there's someone taking…
Seven System Insecurity is what this world will feed you Superiority …
Slipknot Sitting in the dark, I can't forget Even now, I realize…
Sprung Monkey Open up your eyes and try to see now Because…
Stan SB Can I take it That you don't need my help And I…
Stephen Fretwell Sunblushed roses are next to the bed I've drunk too much…
Steve Burns I returned a bag of groceries Accidentally taken off the …
Stone Temple Pilots I fuckin shit my pants So smell me bitch, I stink I…
Stop Light Observations Sometimes I wish I would die So I could watch you…
Strange Bones Ha ha ha ha ha ha... Do up your tie and…
STRVCT Dead or a live Im feeling fine Lie all the time you…
Supergarage Buy my clothes at a second hand shop Acting poor when…
The BellRays Another day after you took your life Went away all my Daug…
The Dahmers We are the voices in your head We are the dead We…
The Falls Hope this is the last time 'Cause I'd never say no…
The Minds All over the U.S States, even London I trust the pain,…
The Mystics I'm fearing in the moment When the sun goes down In the…
The Pixies You crazy baby bathsheba, I wancha You're suffocating you n…
The Poets You got expelled for smoking pot near the music room You use…
The Tiger Lillies You play accordion You’re going blind The world goes past …
Therapy? We, we used to be friends We used to give…
They Might Be Giants I returned a bag of groceries Accidentally taken off the she…
Tom and Marlon She was a middle class girl She was in over her…
Torment Falling into decay Deceiving yourself to guide your existen…
Travail I'm dead, I'm crucified with christ Not on my in my…
Truslow I woke up this morning dead My body fell right through…
Tuomas Planman There's pain within, I can't define Inside, within, insid…
U.P.O. Take, Take a look behind you A little look inside…
UFX We'd spend all night drinking, smoking, laughing and joking …
Union In your youth you had your fill The curtain's closed, the…
Vacuum We're dead, it's beautiful It's easier I made you dead …
Voltaire There's a pilot impaled to the wing and he's Dead! And all…
Yearning I have been dead all my life And now I know…
Youngstah [Mr. Lil One] Jack 'The Ripper', strippin mothaf**kas for th…
Zaini No more showing up when I'm sober At my front door…
Zeds Yeah, P! (Zed's Dead) Yo, (let's go) Listen Ayo, I don't g…
Zoé Se se Se como se siente amor Como muerde el corazon Cuando s…
ZOE Se, se Se como se siente amor Como muerde el corazon Cuando …
Zoe (Mexico) Se se Se como se siente amor Como muerde el corazon Cuando s…
Zoé Feat. Adrián Dárgelos Sé, sé, sé como se siente amor, como muerde el corazón, c…
Zoé Se se Se como se siente amor Como muerde el corazon Cuand…
ZO Se se Se como se siente amor Como muerde el corazon Cuando s…
● My Chemical Romance And if your heart stops beating I'll be here wondering Did…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Real Friends:
...And We're Just Changing When I heard my parents cry I realized that we're all…
A Little Too Nice I can never keep my mouth shut But I can sure…
Alexander Supertramp Growing up is giving up I'll sleep sideways on the bed…
Anchor Down I don't really think that I'm ready for another Chicago…
Cheap Talk and Eager Lies If my name falls past your tongue and teeth, make…
Colder Quicker I've got more complaints More than pleasantries to say Eve…
Cover You Up It's worth those nights where I'm scared to walk to…
Dirty Water If you wore your personality on your skin, no one…
Everything I Never Want To Be Hope you're having fun away at college since you went…
Floorboards You said I didn't cry out to the clouds for…
Home for Fall So much has changed back home since you left without…
I Don I can't believe you've got the nerve to say you…
I Had a Heart I walk on this frozen lake, Hoping to hit a spot…
I Think I When I get stopped by a train on my drive…
I've Given Up on You You used to make me feel like I could walk…
I've Never Been Home White knuckles and sleepy eyes That's how you and I grew…
Keep It Together You'll spend every Saturday night on the bathroom floor with…
Late Nights In My Car I've been up spending every late night in my car Listening…
Loose Ends As the night goes on I go from feeling out…
Maybe This Place Is the Same... Maybe this place is the same And we're just changing Maybe…
Old and All Alone When we grow up I hope that you end up…
Old Book I'm treated like an old book That was left on the…
Short Song I found myself in late night drives without a destination A…
Sixteen Just when I think I need someone They wrap their arms…
Skeletons I won't forget when I couldn't go to bed with…
Something's Keeping Me Here We're just kids stuck in this town Outside of a big…
Spread Me All Over Illinois Change holds me down to the places I don't want…
Stay In One Place So much for bad luck If I built a boat with…
Summer You were easy on my eyes You were heavy on my…
To My Old Self I spend my nights thinking the worst And telling myself tha…
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Justin Powell
I love the concept of him using the same words in multiple songs. because that is his world. we all have certain issues or things that are in our daily lives. that we cant eacape. but it also m8ght be little jabs at his ex girlfriends that im assuming used to say he has boney knees. this band is doing things other bands cant do.
Devine Scarlett
He also says sleepg eyes
Ocala Marie
sleepy knees and bony eyes.
Trent Gregory
YOU'LL BE THINKING OF MY SLEEPY EYES AND BONY KNEES
namethatiuse
Bony eyes sleepy kneees*
D Nelson
YOU'LL BE THINKING OF MEEEEEEE
chris rosmus
they sure sing about bony knees a lot lolol
frostedflakescrew
I've never related to a song so perfectly
TheGalfwong
SEBK is essentially I'm not sad anymore. It's a line that ties the album together creating this thing known as a theme or concept. Oooo music
Alyson 」
I'm in love with this song, I kinda think of my ex/old best friend because the lyrics really explain what I felt during the duration of our friendship/relationship and yeah..