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Filter is proud to announce our November addition to the Discover The Undiscovered family, meet The Fling from Long Beach, CA! The SoCal foursome blends together a unique mix of folk, pop, and psychedelic rock to create a sound that is both familiar and new. With Dustin Lovelis (guitar, vocals) Graham Lovelis (bass, vocals) Justin Roeland (guitar, keys, vocals) and Justin Ivey (drums), their songs can range anywhere from a slow, acoustic waltz reminiscent of Elliott Smith to a complete wall of sound like that of Pink Floyd. Constantly experimenting with multi-layered harmonies, arrangement and instruments, the result is always interesting. Releasing Ghost Dance EP in the summer of 2008, their live show has been creating a stir from all over the West Coast.

Ghost Dance is no lacking effort. It does an excellent job in showcasing the band’s potential, all contained within an illustrious style that serves the exuberant group well...Keep an eye out for this young four-piece. If Ghost Dance is any indication, they could be making a sudden surge like White Denim by year’s end.

The Fling's four members have excellent taste in music...Their influences include John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band, the Zombies' Odessey and Oracle, the Band's Music from Big Pink, the Beach Boys' Smile, David Bowie's Hunky Dory, the Flying Burrito Brothers' Gilded Palace of Sin, Os Mutantes' self-titled LP, the Pixies' Surfer Rosa, Television's Marquee Moon, and Tom Waits' Swordfishtrombones...As the above litany suggests, they're faithful disciples of the rock canon and its eccentrics..."The Breaks" is laid-back, feel-good rock that's light on its feet and as smooth as an Elliott Smith B-side. The beautiful, multilayered vocal harmonies and ambling gait on "Lonely Fool" tips its moptop to mid-'60s Beatles and Beach Boys. The ambitious "Strange Ideas" sounds like Gram Parsons country-ing up Abbey Road. "Get Back" is a velvety ballad with the diaphanous melodic contours of the Left Banke. Finally, "Cold Comfort" returns to the Beatles' hallowed 1969 LP, with ominous yet alluring chord progressions... The Fling...are competent craftsmen working in the tunes-über-alles rock tradition.