The Fold

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The Fold is an American indie rock band from Chicago, Illinois, USA. They have released 4 full-length albums and 2 EPs since 2006. The latest full-length, Moving Past , comes out on October 15, 2013. Career highlights include reaching 20 million viewers on their YouTube channel, Secrets Keep You Sick is nominated for a Grammy in the "Best Recording Package" category. Their "Gravity" single from this Too Shall Pass album reached No. 1. 1 on the CHR Rock charts. The band recently wrote many themed music for sports and television. Especially, Lego Ninjago's theme songs: Master of Spinjitzu, Chicago Cubs, and some NFL teams.

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History

Their debut album This Too Shall Pass was released February 22, 2006 on Tooth & amp; Nail notes. The Secrets Keep You Sick follow-up was released May 22, 2007. Secrets Keep You Sick was nominated for a Grammy under the category "Best Package Record", but the band lost to Cassadaga by Bright Eyes. Immediately after the release of Secrets , the band spent their summers on the Vans Warped Tour. The Fold plays with Plain White T's friends and The Spill Canvas with their own dollars to support their sold out UK UK tour. Upon returning to the US, The Fold parted ways with Tooth & amp; Nail, and finished their third studio album Dear Future, Come Get Me with Zack and Kenneth (Cartel, All Time Low, Mayday Parade), which also recorded Secrets Keep You Sick .

In December 2009, the band released a self-shot music video for Every Band In The USA, a parody of Miley Cyrus hitting the party in the US. . The video has been viewed on YouTube nearly 500,000 times. On June 29, 2010 the band released a video for the Neverender song off of Dear Future, Come Get Me . The video was filmed at Willowbrook High School, former high school frontman Dan Castady and also Tom Higgenson, lead singer of the Grammy nominated band, Plain White T's.

In November 2010, The Fold released the song "This Christmas" on iTunes, along with two unofficial, homemade videos. One of them displays all the best crowd reactions from Oprah Ultimate Favorite Things, 2010. This video can be viewed here on their YouTube channel.

In January 2011, the band recorded a song called "The Weekend Whip", the theme song for Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu. The band announced in early 2012 that they will release a full EP of ninja-themed pop rock songs aimed at Ninjago demographics; launching them one at a time through a digital outlet, and then completing the process at the end of Summer 2012 with a complete EP release, along with long-singing karaoke, and other exclusive content entitled "For The Spinners".

In 2012, The Fold wrote and released "Let's Go Cubbies" which was adopted as the official song of the Chicago Cubs. It continues to be played during every Chicago Cubs broadcast on WGN Radio 720AM. Folding is done directly at Wrigley Field on the opening day of April 5, 2012.

Fold's fourth full album, Moving Past , produced jointly by the band and Sean O'Keefe, and mixed by J.R. McNeely. This album is out October 15, 2013.

In 2016, The Fold was assigned to write more music for the Chicago Cubs, including a song titled "Let The Games Begin", which they played on the Opening Day at Wrigley, and again in the final Rally before post-season. The Cubs went all the way and won The World Series that year, the first time in 108 years.

Fold continues to write and record music in 2017, mostly for LEGO Ninjago, but there has been talk lately about the new full album.