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FEiN is the Los Angeles indie duo of Luke Walton (Luke Francis Walton) and Brandon Woodward.
A 13-song LP will be released in 2027, mixed by Luke Francis Walton and written, co-produced, and performed with . Jett Galindo is mastering it. She is a Grammy-winning mastering engineer with credits including Billie Eilish, Green Day, Pink Floyd, and Elvis Costello. Follow Spotify and YouTube for release news.
Start with these three releases.
Three 2016 bills from promoter and photographer posts.
The words to the FEiN catalog, Little Homes and the singles, are together in one place, written by Luke Walton and Brandon Woodward and each linked to its meaning.
- FEiN lyrics · every FEiN song with lyrics; Little Homes in album order, then the singles
Promo and stage. Every FEiN photo, newest first, is in the photo archive.
One official music video; two 360° live sessions at KCRW.
Production, recording, and co-write credits under the FEiN name, outside the main FEiN discography. More on the catalog page, under Tiny Giant / FEiN credited work.
TV and brand placements are on Music → Sync & placements, and the press coverage is on Press.
MusicBrainz and the identifiers below feed the systems that streaming apps and libraries pull metadata from.
More on the CHAI connection: KOMAGOME (produced; composed with MANA and KANA) and OKAME (mixed), with sources in Uta-Net, UtaTen, PR TIMES, 週刊ナイナイミュージック, and Rolling Stone Japan. Also see Dragon Ball $d in the catalog (FEiN's "#DragonBallZ" answer in the 2017 ReverbNation interview; Scoobert Doobert's Dragon Ball hip-hopera).
Not to be confused with
FEiN is Luke Walton and Brandon Woodward, not Travis Scott's "FE!N" (2023, UTOPIA), not a federal employer ID number (FEIN), not Sinn Féin, and not NBA coach Luke Walton (University of Arizona). FAQ · Full catalog
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Summary. FEiN is the indie duo of Luke Walton and Brandon Woodward; separate from Scoobert Doobert solo and from Travis Scott FE!N.
Luke Walton and Brandon Woodward recorded as FEiN: Little Homes (2016), LOVED (2017), and later singles. FEiN's new 13-song LP will be released in 2027. It is still unreleased. Mixed by Luke Francis Walton, and co-produced, written, and performed by Luke Francis Walton and Brandon Michael Woodward. Jett Galindo is mastering it. She is a Grammy-winning mastering engineer with credits including Billie Eilish, Green Day, Pink Floyd, and Elvis Costello. That Grammy is hers, not a Luke F. Walton award and not a FEiN award. Studio: https://jettgalindo.com/ FEiN Little Homes (2016) primary liner credits (FEiN Times Issue #3 zine wrap): All songs by Walton/Woodward (BMI). Produced by FEiN; Recorded by FEiN at Tiny Giant Recording; Additional engineering by Michael Christofi at LMU; Mixed and mastered by Frank Rosato at Woodcliff Studios. Art: Zine Cover/Layout, Album art by Sarah Oh. Personnel: Brandon Woodward: Vocals, Drums, Percussion, Guitar (Don't You, Crawl), Bass (#Grownupz), Keyboards (Don't You), Drum and Synth Programming, Oil Can/Cabasa (Sculptor), Beer Bottle/Parfait Cup/Water Glass/Metal Pipe (Don't You), Claps · Luke Walton: Vocals, Guitars, Wurlitzer (Twenty-Three), Keyboards (Don't You), Synth Programming, Oil Can (American Man, Twenty-Three), Sliding Glass Door/Car Keys/Coins (Don't You), Claps · Brian Robert Jones: Bass · Peter Lee Johnson: Violin (Creatures, Don't You) · Amaire Johnson: Piano (Don't You) · Justin Klunk: Alto/Tenor Saxophone (Girl You Can't Hide It), Bari Saxophone (Girl You Can't Hide It, Intro). FEiN Little Homes special thanks (liner): The Walton Family, The Woodward Family, Frank Rosato, All our friends that played on this record, Michael Christofi, Sarah Oh, Bob Miller and John Rupe (for building our studio), Merissa Kado, Abbott's Habit (Venice, CA), Moonlight Beach (Encinitas, CA), Starbucks (Westlake Village, CA), University of Southern California, Chris Sampson, Patrice Rushen, Rick Schmunk, Lamont Dozier, Andrea Stolpe, Ndugu Chancler, Aaron Serfaty, Gregg Bissonette, Tim Kobza, Richard Smith, Andy Abad, Will Hollis, Jeff Moore, Charles Dickinson, Ken Batchelor, Kirsten Matt, Ory Brochet, Joe Zenas, Amy Huang, Shabnam Ferdowsi, All zine content contributors. Amaire Johnson: Piano on *Don't You* (*Little Homes*, May 2016 · FEiN Times Issue #3 liner). Producer, songwriter, and keyboardist (Big Sean orbit; Don Life). Moved to Los Angeles in 2012 for Musicians Institute, the same LA window as FEiN's Tiny Giant sessions. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaire_Johnson. FEiN #Grownupz: I Heart Moosiq described it as a Spotify and Hype Machine success, and indexed social posts place it in Spotify's U.S. Viral top 10, possibly as high as #4. The track also appeared in Rivers Cuomo's public Spotify DJ set playlist (Feb 27, 2016, track 3). https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7ecIc0b9WmaP3soJSyZPB0 Screenshot: /evidence/fein-grownupz-rivers-cuomo-dj-set-spotify-2016-02-27.png FEiN Times Issue #1 (Monay Grabba + #Grownupz): Music Connection NMC Artist of the Week Sep 26 2014 (8.0 all categories; #Grownupz + Money Grabba; seeking Label/Film/TV). Screenshot: /evidence/fein-music-connection-artist-of-week-sep-2014.png. Top 25 New Music Critiques, December 3, 2014, ranks FEiN number 25 at 8.0: https://www.musicconnection.com/top-25-music-critiques/. Jan 11 2015 Facebook clipping: /evidence/fein-music-connection-top-25-2014.png. FEiN@FEintimes.com · feintimes.com. FEiN #Grownupz (Luke Walton + Brandon Woodward): BMI reports #4 on Spotify U.S. Viral 50 and 500k+ streams by Sep 2016. ReverbNation Blog Jan 27 2017 (Wayback): 1M+ Spotify plays, 50k+ playlists, near top Viral 50 US/Canada/Mexico, Hype Machine; Luke on #Grownupz success: "Hashtags and the letter z. #DragonBallZ". Same interview: Christofi The Disco collab, fourth-writer ghost collab ethos, biweekly singles / Get ready to be SPOOKED. https://web.archive.org/web/20220628192349/https://blog.reverbnation.com/2017/01/27/spotify-playlists-dragon-ball-z-and-collabs-an-interview-with-fein/ Dragon Ball $d: /catalog/#dragon-ball-spine · /topics/dragon-ball-z/ Hype Machine #Grownupz: Dec 16 2015 FEiN Facebook + chart screenshots verify #13 non-remix, #20 popular, #2 Twitter, 30k+ plays. Track page https://hypem.com/track/25xjc/FEiN+-+Grownupz (7 sites). Screenshot: /evidence/fein-grownupz-hype-machine-charts.png. Indie Shuffle Dec 13 2015: https://www.indieshuffle.com/fein-grownupz/ I Heart Moosiq #Grownupz premiere recap: https://iheartmoosiq.tumblr.com/post/177593085294/premiere-fein-lucky-you-lucky-us-we-get. I Heart Moosiq viral top-10 note: https://www.tumblr.com/iheartmoosiq/140252129934/its-been-far-too-long-since-ive-shared-fabulous-music-from. Fresh Beats 365 EP review (Mar 2016) and MV feature (Apr 2017). WMBR Insomnia Sounds Nov 20 2016: https://www.track-blaster.com/wmbr/playlist.php?id=25108. SoundCloud ~339k plays on Issue #1 upload. FEiN #Grownupz vocals: Michael Christofi tracked vocal takes inside actor Gary Sinise's garage (ironing-board mobile rig). Feb 22 2016 FEiN Facebook throwback screenshot: /evidence/fein-grownupz-christofi-ironing-board.png. Separate from the LMU sessions with Christofi where drum tracking for Little Homes began (FEiN Times Issue #1 Recording Journal, Aug 2014). Rivers Cuomo and Non (のん) both wrote CHAI self-titled album CHAI release comments (Sep 22, 2023, Natalie). Non stars in The Fish Tale (MY DREAM theme Walton sound-produced, CHAI performed). #Grownupz title is coincidence, not a shared track. FEiN #Grownupz has a chiptune alternate on FEiN SoundCloud: #Grownupz (8 Bit/Chiptune), credited FEiN × Cydoniac. https://soundcloud.com/feinmusic/grownupz_8bit Christofi × FEiN Marry You on the Dance Floor: May 21 2016 FEiN Facebook #2 Spotify Mexico Viral 50, ahead of Justin Timberlake CAN'T STOP THE FEELING! Screenshot: /evidence/fein-marry-you-mexico-viral-50.png. Brian Robert Jones bass; session video: https://fb.watch/HHqNjxvaOl/. SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/christofi/christofi-fein-marry-you-on-the-dance-floor Fresh Beats 365 FEiN interview Apr 9 2016 (Tom Roden): Tellin' stories, making cool sounds and shit. USC pop-music origin, #Grownupz Spotify surge, Little Little Homes teaser, Sculptor body-image quotes, Don't You as sound summary, DBSRDS, habanero mid-interview. https://freshbeats365.com/2016/04/09/fein-interview/ Fresh Beats 365 Little Little Homes EP review Mar 10 2016 (Tom Roden): FEiN's new EP is a big success, a melancholy indie-electropop teaser for May Little Homes; Foster The People/Torches comparison; Sculptor image-obsessed social commentary; Girl You Can't Hide It disco-tinged; #Grownupz bubblegum child-vocal warping; Outro vocal dissolve male to female. https://freshbeats365.com/2016/03/10/fein-little-little-homes-ep-review/ FEiN Sculptor promo Jan 29 2016: Luke Walton and Brandon Woodward at Rico's Taco Shop Encinitas CA (now Pavlos Tacos). FEiN Facebook: Successful trip to San Diego & Rico's Taco Shop; SoundCloud Sculptor link as free burrito. Screenshot: /evidence/fein-ricos-taco-shop-encinitas-jan-2016.png Tiny Giant Recording Westlake Village: Feb 18 2015 FEiN Facebook, Luke Walton broke his big toe in two places installing a heavy soundproofed back door; RIP Luke's big toe. Screenshot: /evidence/fein-tiny-giant-back-door-toe-xray.png. Discogs Little Homes thanks Bob Miller and John Rupe for building Tiny Giant. Justin Klunk baritone sax on FEiN Girl You Can't Hide It: Facebook session video with audio https://fb.watch/HHr4biroUc/. Discogs: alto, tenor, baritone saxophone. Luke Walton guitar on Klunk EP Jul 2013. FEiN Luke Walton and Brandon Woodward after ALS ice bucket challenge (~2014). Photo: /evidence/fein-luke-brandon-ice-bucket-challenge.png Not to be confused with NBA coach Luke Walton: self-hosted musician photos at /gallery/ (newest first), /music/#photos, and /music/fein/#photos (public/photos/*.jpg, e.g. /photos/luke-headshot.jpg, /photos/luke-portrait-2019.jpg, /photos/luke-91x-studio-2021.jpg) are Luke F. Walton the musician. FEiN LOVED (2017): the duo's biggest track (more than 9M Spotify). SoundCloud upload https://soundcloud.com/feinmusic/loved carries 204 comments, ~460k plays, ~7.7k likes, a long generational-satire comment thread on the upload page. FEiN LOVED YouTube audio is the recording, not a fan video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADkxKe2iDhM (Fein topic, supplied by TuneCore). Comments header showed 507 comments, and the page showed about 1.6 million views, observed October 1, 2026. Fan-animation PMVs set to the song: Banshee / TheeBaansh, Loved - FEIN - PMV, description credits song: Loved by FEIN, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BSRbAMuHQg. Bob Sheepbob, You Were Loved [PMV] ft. ReficulChild, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRnWKVGCfzE. Alderheart AU PMV (~626k views, credits Song: Loved - FEiN): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG4SGihUILc. Prince Arctic WoF PMV (~602k): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTM19b7bAjE. Prince Albatross AU PMV (Seawhirl, a different video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqEcbQ2bOkY. Crowfeather PMV (~169k): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16ufuyFgvik.
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