Newcomers Home
There’s a magic that happens when friends who call themselves Newcomers Home take the stage—an indefinable spark made up of equal parts innocence and aggression—which has ignited audiences across the country. The appeal of this Colorado-based band is rooted in the songwriting and instrumental prowess of its members, which, combined with their live energy and emotion, has sent critics raving about the band’s “mesmerizing live performances” and “fiercely loyal national fanbase.”
Newcomers Home, which began as a dorm-room musical experiment, played its inaugural gig in December of 1998 at a small coffee shop on “the Hill” in Boulder. At that juncture the band members didn’t realize that they were embarking upon their post-college careers and what would later be called “one of the quickest rises in local music history” (Wendy Kale, The Colorado Daily).
Just in time to graduate from CU Boulder, Newcomers Home released its debut album, Miles from Saint Louise (2000), followed by its second album, In the Hour (2002), which ranked as the 4th best-selling CD in Boulder (Daily Camera, May 2002). In 2003 the band released "Live at the Boulder Theater," and in 2005 they finally released their latest self-titled masterpiece. Combined, the four CDs have sold more than 15,000 copies off stage, over the Internet, and through independent record stores.
Newcomers Home consistently packs the Fox and Boulder Theaters at home, and the group also has no trouble filling rooms like NYC’s The Bitter End, Nashville’s Exit/In, San Francisco’s Sweetwater Saloon, LA’s The Knitting Factory, and other venues on their own and as a supporting act for bands ranging from Leftover Salmon, Nancy Griffith, Pat Green, and the Jazz Mandolin Project, to Dada and The Spin Doctors. Newcomers Home has been garnering national radio airplay, and their song “Drive” was recently included on AAA radio giant KBCO’s “Live from Studio C” disc. What’s more, their songs “Chase Me” and "Hold On" were recently featured in episodes of the popular WB TV series “Smallville.” In addition, via their website, www.newcomershome.com, the band has cultivated their growing fanbase across the country and around the world, sending internet-purchased albums and merchandise to places as far away as Japan, Australia, the UK and Hawaii.