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Despite the music group name, Facing NY hail in the punk rock and roll mecca from the SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Bay Area picture, a second-generation emo music group with some progressive and post-rock tendencies that grew out of two small earlier outfits. Vocalist and guitarist Eric Frederic and keyboardist …

Unapologetically influenced from the strong yet easygoing grooves of Western Coast ’70s rock, Howlin Rain represented something of the change of pace for guitarist and singer Ethan Miller, who previously fronted the psychedelic noise rock ensemble Comets burning. After the documenting of Comets on Fire’s last recording, Avatar, in 2006, …