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Dear Ephesus
Emo / Alternative Rock
Orlando, Florida, USA
Dear Ephesus was an Emo/ Alternative Rock music group from Orlando, Florida. They were voted third-favorite new group of 1997 by HM Magazine readers, and went on to release two albums.
From their label's promo materials: “Bulletboy Music's most aggressive and critically acclaimed rock band has once again defied conventional labels with their newest creation of diverse rock. Dear Ephesus' newest release is a hybrid of post-punk, post-hardcore, and emo rock rife with melody and lushly augmented by live string sections, full backing vocals, and the most modern in sampled effects. Exceeding critical expectations, The Absent Sounds of Me has raised the bar for modern Christian rock records, drawing rave reviews from the band's peers as well as the interest of mainstream labels.
Dear Ephesus remains committed to its audience first and foremost though, and has recorded their most sincere and honest work to date, with songs like “On West B” and “The Absent Sounds of Me” showing their genuine love for their audience by their transparency, and the reworked hymn, “Just As I Am,” and the praise song, “The Morning Sings,” showing the band's sincere love for the Lord.
No longer reserved for musicians and critics, The Absent Sounds of Me finds Dear Ephesus, making music ready for a wider, modern pop audience in a musical leap at once more accessible and more groundbreaking. One of 1998's best.”
The band broke up at the end of the 1990s. Several members re-formed as Tenderfoot, hoping to fill their Bulletproof Records contract and reach the secular market. They had one release under this name, The Devil and Rock and Roll, in 2000.
Aaron Weiderspahn is now a writer and director. His first film was The Sensation of Sight (2006), starring David Strathairn and Ian Somerhalder from Lost.
Brett Levsen and Edgardo Lamoso are currently playing in The Vanity Plan.
Louis Defabrizio currently fronts the band Gasoline Heart along with Jeff Irizarry and John Forston from Squad 5–0.
Discography
| 1997 | A View of Epic Proportions | Daddy-O Records |
| 1997 | The Consolation of Pianissimo | Bulletproof Music |
| 1998 | The Absent Sounds of Me | Bulletproof Music |
| 1998 | Dear Ephesus / Lugsole (split) | Velvet Blue Music |
Demo
1994 Independent
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