beachfire

Beachfire is an indie pop-rock band from New Jersey. Growing up in the seaside town of Toms River, Alphonse Rispoli (HelloRadio) and Joe Doviak (HelloRadio) started out in 9th grade playing in a garage band together. Sometimes under the moniker, Sugarcane, they frequented local basement shows and coffee shops. While attending college at Rutgers University and TCNJ, they continued songwriting and recording demos. In 2010, they formed the band, HelloRadio in Hoboken, NJ. As HelloRadio, they released two EPs, performed at NXNE in Toronto and in 2013, their song 'Navigator' off the EP "300 Mile Concourse Winner" was on Showtime's "Nurse Jackie" - Season 5, Episode 8.

Beachfire was formed in January 2014 and on July 15, 2014 they released their debut full length album, 'Archives'. The album was recorded and mixed by engineer Wayne Dorell at Lucky Penny Studios in Caldwell, NJ. It was mastered by Fred Kevorkian at Kevorkian Mastering, NYC and produced by Beachfire. In 2015, 'Summer Dress' off their album 'Archives' was on the finale of NBC's 'The Slap' - Season 1, Episode 8. During this time Beachfire performed over 100 shows in the tri-state area.

On December 2, 2016 they released 'Beachfire', a single which includes the song 'Hong Kong' and an acoustic version of their song 'Exit Strategy' which features Jenn Fantaccione (River City Extension, The Front Bottoms) on cello.

The band is currently in the process of releasing two singles in March of 2018.
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