STAND left Dublin for New York City in 2001 after charting at No. 9 with their first Irish release, “Questions” taken from the debut album "Correspondent". Having completed a tour of Ireland and Europe with a sold out Vicar Street show, the band were in Dublin Airport the following day with a one way ticket to New York. Working out of the tough streets of the Bronx, the band built a solid foothold in the US stage by stage before returning to Ireland in 2008. In 2009 the Goo Goo Dolls sent a personal note inviting the band to record in their Buffalo NY studio. Produced by Grammy Winner Marc Swersky and mixed in Los Angeles by Mark Neeham (Killers, Fleetwood Mac) the resulting LP “100,000 Ways to Harvest Hope” is finally being rolled out proper with the release of the single and accompanying video for “Olivia”. “I get sent a lot of music, “ Needham said. “Too much, in fact. These songs came in like a rush of fresh air, cutting through all the noise pollution in the hills of West Hollywood. Finally, another real rock and roll band in every sense of the word. We need it.” Now Irish audiences will get reintroduced to the band to see and hear what so many across the ocean are talking about. "A tremendous example of the fact that one doesn't need gimmicks if you've got it where it counts. They've got harmony, they've got rhythm and they deliver from pretty much the first note." NXNE Collection -THE TORONTO SUN “A determined ensemble with an earnest, gritty aesthetic.” - THE NEW YORKER “Imagine the writing of Neil Finn mixed with the wide open spaces of Pink Floyd.” - THE IRISH EXAMINER “The show you catch in a club will be the same show you see in the arena. That is where these Irishmen are headed.” - ROCHESTER CITY NEWS