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Antarctigo Vespucci is an American
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band, formed in 2014. The band is composed of
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musicians Chris Farren and
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. The band explains their name as a joke: "
Amerigo Vespucci Amerigo Vespucci ( , ; 9 March 1454 – 22 February 1512) was an Italians, Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Florence for whom "Naming of the Americas, America" is named. Vespucci participated in at least two voyages of the A ...
is the guy who discovered America so it stands to reason that Antarctigo Vespucci would be the guy who discovered Antarctica." In an interview with
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, the band explained that their creative process when making a new Antarctigo Vespucci album typically begins with
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from Farren. According to the duo, Rosenstock will pick out the demos that stick out to him the most, then the two will collaborate on the finished product. In a 2019
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, Farren explained, "The difference between Chris Farren songs and AV songs is Jeff Rosenstock produces the AV songs. And a lot of the times in AV we will completely deconstruct a song and build it back up for fun."


History


Origin and formation

Antarctigo Vespucci was formed in 2013, just as Farren's band
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was breaking up and Rosenstock's band
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was on a farewell tour. Farren and Rosenstock had crossed paths on tour before, but were barely more than acquaintances at the time that they began collaborating on what would later become the band's debut EP ''Soulmate Stuff,'' released in early 2014. The title of the EP was intended to allude to the instant connection both artists felt with one another. Farren and Rosenstock would write, produce, and play most of the instruments on ''Soulmate Stuff'' themselves, with Farren on lead vocals and Benny Horowitz of
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on drums. Shortly after the release of ''Soulmate Stuff'', the band released their second EP, ''I'm So Tethered'', in late 2014.


''Back to the Island''

While working on ''Soulmate Stuff'' and ''I'm So Tethered'', Farren and Rosenstock would begin a
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in which they re-watched episodes of the 2004 drama television show, LOST, called ''Back to the Island''. One of the main elements of the podcast are "theme songs" created by Farren, Rosenstock, or in collaboration with one another. The songs are often short, typically under a minute long. Combined, the duo have created over 220 songs for the podcast. The podcast occasionally features other musicians as guests, including members of Antarctigo Vespucci's touring band,
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and John DeDomenici. In 2020, during the
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, the duo would re-tool the podcast to be about watching
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movies and re-name it ''Bat to the I Man''. In February 2021 the podcast was again re-tooled, this time to focus on the 2019 CW television series
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, and was re-named ''Bat Wo (The I) Man.''


''Leavin' La Vida Loca''

In 2015, the band released their first full-length album, ''Leavin' La Vida Loca'' on Rosenstock's
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label,
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. The band described their debut album as "dreamy beachy pop-punk with catchy hooks," and "apartment power-pop," likely in reference to the album having been largely recorded and produced in a small bedroom in Rosenstock's
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apartment. That year, Antarctigo Vespucci performed at the
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punk music festival
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.
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listed Antarctigo Vespucci one of the top 50 new bands of 2015, and described ''Leavin' La Vida Loca'' as marking "a progression toward a more concrete project," in contrast to their previous EP releases. In 2016, the band released a limited-run compilation vinyl, ''The Essential Antarctigo Vespucci Vol. 1'' with
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. The vinyl included tracks from the then-out-of-press EPs, ''Soulmate Stuff'' and ''I'm So Tethered'', as well as a few unreleased tracks.


''Love in the Time of E-Mail''

In August 2018, it was announced that the band had signed to
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. In October 2018, the band released their second full-length album, ''Love in the Time of E-Mail.'' Stereogum described the album's debut single, "White Noise," as "crunchy and concise" and the album as "bracing, fun, deeply catchy" and "more about love than email." In their 4.5/5 review, ''
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'' noted that on ''Love in the Time of E-Mail'', "while the music is poppy and upbeat, the lyrics don’t shy away from heavier subject matter." Leading up to the release of the album, the band released their first music video for the song "Freakin' U Out." The video depicts Farren and Rosenstock celebrating "100 Years of Antarctigo Vespucci." Along with the release of ''Love in the Time of E-Mail'', the band announced the ''Live! In the Time of E-Mail'' tour with the punk band Katie Ellen in November 2018. In early 2019, the band then toured the
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with the band
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.


Discography


Studio albums

*2015: ''
Leavin' La Vida Loca ''Leavin' La Vida Loca'' is the debut studio album by American band Antarctigo Vespucci. It was released on July 24, 2015 through Quote Unquote Records Quote Unquote Records is a donation-based online independent record label, founded and run ...
'' (Quote Unquote Records) * 2018: ''
Love in the Time of E-Mail ''Love in the Time of E-Mail'' is the second studio album by the American power pop band Antarctigo Vespucci. It was released on October 26, 2018, through Polyvinyl Record Co. and Quote Unquote Records in North America, and through Big Scary ...
'' (Polyvinyl Records)


EPs

* 2014: ''Soulmate Stuff'' (Quote Unquote Records) * 2014: ''I'm So Tethered'' (Quote Unquote Records)


Compilation albums

* 2016: ''The Essential Antarctigo Vespucci Vol. 1'' (Asian Man Records)


Music videos

* 2018: "Freakin' U Out" (dir. Clay Tatum)


References

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