Asa Ransom is a band of five members living in New York City. Jacob Bills (vocal/guitar), Daniel Boivin (drums) and Darryl Specht (bass/vocal) met at college in Marion, Indiana in 2001. An unlikely group; the sons of preachers, professors, postal workers and housewives, found in each other a shared love of music and the mystery of the unknown. Leaving the tight reigns of their upbringings, and the school that banned them from playing their "dangerous" music, the three moved to new york city just a year after meeting. For the next four years they lived in a one room slum apt near the east river in Queens, catching up quickly on music, poverty, art and disorder. In 2008, with the addition of long time friend Bobby Gray (piano/vocal), and Ryan Sartin (percussion), ASA RANSOM was born. Since their conception and first performance in June of that year, the band has recorded two EP's, played over 60 shows in NYC and completed a 4 month/80 date US national tour (including SXSW). They are rapidly finding fans and acclaim through radio play and live appearances on BBC Radio, WFMU NY, Fox's nationally syndicated music program FEARLESS MUSIC and have wrangled in a slew of fans in the US and UK press (NME.com, NY Press, SF examiner, LA underground, FlavorPill Chicago, Manchester Music, Losing Today and many more). No small task for a completely independent band in it's first year! The sound of Asa Ransom is difficult to pin down. Their dance-inspired, dramatic style of instrumentation is upbeat and delivered with vibrant intensity. Vocals drift through an epic of phantom sounds and sudden garland. Melodic bass and feral drums rumble under chiming guitar and percussive keyboard, conjuring at once memories of the east and textures of the future. With word of the bands electifying live performances and their brilliantly unique and uncompromising sound spreading fast, Asa Ransom is seeing crowds of 20 grow to crowds of 200 across the country. With the release of their second EP, THE GOLD EP, Asa Ransom will embark on a 4 month US tour in October, 2009, including a 3 night run at Chicago's EP THEATER and a month long residency in Los Angeles.