Dreamend is an American,

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-based

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musical group signed to

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, whose music is characterized by textured

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work and prominent

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s and

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. Song styles range from

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to bluegrass. The group has been compared to groups such as

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and Explosions in the Sky. Dreamend is the main musical output of Ryan Graveface (real name, Ryan Manon), Graveface Records' owner/sole employee. He also contributes musically in the psychedelic band

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(BMSR), the Halloween band The Marshmallow Ghosts & The Casket Girls. Since its inception in 2002, Graveface has released albums by

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, The Loose Salute,

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, BMSR and many more.

Discography

* ''The Sickening Pang of Hope Deferred'' (2000) * ''Dreamend'' (EP, 2001) * ''Stigmata Boy'' (EP, 2001) * ''Preface'' (Split EP with

, 2002) * '' As If by Ghosts'' (2004) * ''

Maybe We're Making God Sad and Lonely ''Maybe We're Making God Sad and Lonely'' is the second full length by Dreamend, a Chicago-based band. Track listing The album consists of 6 songs: # "A Place in Thy Memory" – 8:47 # "In Her Little Bed We Lay Her" – 5:02 # "Can't Take You " � ...

'' (2005) * ''The Long Forgotten Friend'' (2008) * '' So I Ate Myself, Bite By Bite'' (2010) * ''And the Tears Washed Me, Wave After Cowardly Wave'' (2012) * ''Dreamend'' (2018)

References

External links

Official site

Graveface, Dreamend's label
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