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Refimprove|date=September 2008Infobox musical artist| name = Fairweather| image = | caption =| background = group_or_band| origin = Virginia , USA | genre = Alternative rock Emo (music)|Emo Indie rock Post-punk | years_active = 1999 & ndash; 2003| label = Equal Vision Records|Equal Vision | website = http://www.myspace.com/fairweatherva Official Site| current_members = Peter Tsouras Shane Johnson Jay Littleton Ben Green Ben Murphy| past_members = Jay Littleton Ben Green Justin Cochran Scott Joplin Pat Broderick Xander Stein Fairweather is an United States|American rock music|rock band (music)|band from Virginia . They have released two studio album|full-length albums on Equal Vision Records : If They Move...Kill Them (2001) and Lusitania (album)|Lusitania (2003). The band also released several demos and the Alaska EP. In March 2011, after an 8 year hiatus, Fairweather formally announced a reunion show. The reunion show took place May 14, 2011 at the Black Cat in Washington, DC. http://www.fairweatherdc.com/
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Fairweather began playing shows in the Washington, DC and various suburbs of Fairfax, Virginia. After much critical acclaim of their first album, If They Move...Kill Them (named from The Wild Bunch http://punkrockacademy.com/stm/int/fairweather.html ), the band booked dates with Thursday (band)|Thursday , Brand New , Saves The Day , The Movielife , Piebald , Onelinedrawing , Codeseven , and other nationally known touring acts. The band announced that they would be disbanding in late 2003, not too long after their second full-length album, and finally disbanded in the winter of 2003. They played their final pre-hiatus show at St. Andrews Church in College Park, Maryland , with Darkest Hour (band)|Darkest Hour , Age of Ruin , StarsHideFire , and Good Clean Fun . The setlist was:
Blood on the Pages
Whatever it Takes
Soundtrack to the Ride
Lusitania
Letter of Intent
Let's Hear it for Dartanian
Still Paradise
Concrete Atlas
The Treachery of Images
South Street 1am
Casting Curses
The Culling Song
If They Move...Kill Them
Their reunion show lasted just over one hour and featured 13 songs plus a two song encore. The set featured songs from all of their three albums and set was as follows:
If They Move... Kill Them
Soundtrack To The Ride
Lusitania
Letter of Intent
Blood On The Pages
Young Brash Hopeful
The Treachery of Images
I Dread the Time When Your Mouth Begins To Call Me Hunter
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