2010s American indie rock band
The Never Ending (stylized as THΞ ΠΞvΞR ΞΠDIΠG) was an American indie folk band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2013. The Never Ending debuted as a 6-member band with Debby Ryan, Kyle Moore, Johnny Franco, Edwin Carranza, Carman Kubanda and Harry Alen. After the release of the EP 'One', Edwin Carranza, Carman Kubanda and Harry Alen left the band to pursue other personal projects. As of 2015, the band is a trio consisting of vocalist Debby Ryan, guitarist Kyle Moore and drummer Johnny Franco.[2]
Career
The Never Ending was formed in 2013 and in December they released a cover video of "Santa Baby".[3] Ryan began writing and developing songs for the band's debut album in January 2014,[4] and the band was officially announced on February 4 with a video teaser on YouTube.[5] It contained the message: "I want you to meet the people I tell stories with. To me, telling these stories with these people is the most important part of the process. We get to do something that will live on after us. we get to do something never ending".[6]
Ryan announced and released the lyrics for the band's first song, "When the Dark Falls", on her website on 21 April 2014.[7] A video teaser for the band's second song, "Call Me Up", followed several days later.[8] On May 7, the video teaser for the aforementioned "When The Darkness Falls" was released.[9] Ryan announced the debut single, "Mulholland Drive", on June 1, 2014.[10] On June 3 the song was released with a premiere in the Billboard website.[11] The Never Ending's debut EP One was released on June 24, 2014,[3][12][13] featuring album art from a circus-themed photoshoot they'd done in March 2014.[14]
In an interview with Robert Herrera to Front How Live Entreteniment, Ryan said she was writing new songs and the band would record the album to 2015.[15][16] Ryan confirmed the songs "Dollar Store Locket",[17] "Follow",[18] "Secondhand"[19] and "It's Not Personal".[20] On April 24, 2015, it was announced that Ryan and her band The Never Ending will accompany Natalie La Rose and Bea Miller as opening act's for the summer leg of Fifth Harmony's The Reflection Tour, which is set to begin on July 15 in Louisville, KY.[21] On September 23, 2016, the band released "Secondhand".
Influences
In an interview to Christina Garibaldi of MTV, in 2013, Ryan commented that the band musical style includes folk, indie pop and country.[1] She cited as biggest musical influences Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, The Lumineers, Mumford & Sons, April Smith and the Great Picture Show, Lady Antebellum and Tom Petty.[1][22]
