Robots and Racecars

Robots and Racecars are a pop punk rock band based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Their music can be heard on several American radio stations, podcasts and websites. They have also played support for many bands including The Ataris, I Am The Avalanche, Big D & the Kids Table, Barely Blind, The Number 12 Looks Like You, Rosematter, The Scenic, Rookie of the Year, The Appreciation Post, Callahan, Team Goldie, Rushmore, North Farewell, We Are Castles and Hawthorne Heights.
Formation
Prior to being known as Robots and Racecars, the band was known as For The Film.
2008: We Can't All Be Astronauts LP
Robots and Racecars released their first full length studio album titled We Can't All Be Astronauts on February 1, 2008. The album includes 10 and is just over 30 minutes in length. The album received great reviews and the band became known for their distinct vocal sound, tight bass lines and strong drumming. The song Here's To was featured on Philadelphia's Radio 104.5 which helped expose the band to a large audience.
2009: Fighting Nessie EP
March 3, 2009 the EP Fighting Nessie was released. Shortly after the release of the album lead guitarist, Jordan Riffe, left the band for unknown reasons. Due to Riffe leaving the band Fighting Nessie had limited success.
2010: Rebuilding
2010 brought a lot of changes for the band. Lead guitarist Tommy Pyle, was brought in to replace Riffe after his departure and keyboard/synth player Johnny Evo was brought in. The band's musical style changed to become slightly more indie and new songs were starting to be heard, but they lacked promotion and proper marketing. Robots and Racecars started to play less shows while starting to formulate ideas for a new alum and new sound.
On August 1, 2010 Robots and Racecars signed a 1 year management contract with MS1 Productions to provide management services for the band. Shortly after signing the contract, Evo left the band.
On September 5, 2010 Stickam.com featured a 1 hour special with the band which received 68,000 views and later led to a weekly featured show on the website. . Shortly after the special, Pyle left the band. The band continued as a 3 piece until Riffe re-joined. With the original lineup back in place, the band's sound moved away from indie and back to pop-punk.
For the remainder of the year an increased effort was put on promotion and the band was featured on many national radio shows and had several featured articles written about them. Red Bull signed on as a sponsor.
2011: Rage Quit LP
At the beginning of the year, they band announced that they had started a Kickstarter project in hopes to receive crowd funding for a new album. They funding lasted 90 days and the band received a total of $3635 to use toward a new album.
While the Kickstarter funding was taking place Robots and Racecars continued to focus on promotion by opening for band Hawthorne Heights and having a review of their set published in The Aquiran. They also played a live 10 minute set on Stickam's Live For Japan broadcast performances by Action Item, Allstar Weekend, Cash Cash, Days Difference, The Hit, Modern Day Escape, Forever The Sickest Kids, Late Nite Reading, My Genuine Find and The Summer Set.
In May the band went in to Overlook Studios to record with Bruce Wiegner. The band released the first single from the album, Snatch and Grab on May 24.
In September they had promotional photos taken with Philadelphia photographer Georgi Anastasov.
Current Members
Matthew Herb - Vocals, Guitar
Frankie Marsh - Vocals, Drums
Nicholas Reed - Vocals, Bass
Jordan Riffe - Lead Guitar
Past Members
Tommy Pyle - Lead Guitar
Johnny Evo - Keys
Charity
The band often donates time and money to help various charities.
On April 10, 2010 the band played a live set at West Chester University, in West Chester, Pennsylvania to help aide those in South Africa.
On May 8, 2010 they played a live set for Stickam's Live for Japan event to help raise money for The American Red Cross' Japan Relief fund. The band later donated an additional $600 to the cause on 6/13/10.
Reception
The Phoenix says "If you like good melodies, awesome harmonized vocals, sweet solos, and thumping bass and drums, you will LOVE Robots and Racecars."

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