The New York Fund

Before changing their name and adopting a swaggering country-rock sound, the New York Fund played melodic indie rock material under the name Cherryfalls. British bandmates Joseph McAdam (vocals, guitar), Adrian Woodward (guitar), James Anthony Austen Lewis (bass), and Reuben Humphries (drums) first banded together over a mutual love for Teenage Fanclub, and a slew of gigs around the band's native London attracted attention from Island Records. The label soon signed Cherryfalls and issued several recordings in the mid-2000s, but the band was nevertheless dropped from Island's roster after its fourth single, My Drug, failed to make a significant dent in the British charts. Humphries promptly left the lineup and was replaced by drummer Leo Sutherland, and the four bandmates spent the following summer focusing on the rock & roll twang of Ryan Adams, Neil Young, and the Band. Before long, the sentimental songcraft of Cherryfalls had given way to the raucous country-rock of the New York Fund, and the newly named group made its studio debut with 2007's Guns EP. ~ Andrew Leahey, All Music Guide