Facing

Nathan Whitman is a multi-instrumentalist from the great state of Kansas. He released two solo albums under the moniker "west/step" while residing in Pittsburgh, PA. In 2021, he moved to Chicago to pursue more musical collaborations.

Kirk Rawlings grew up in Memphis, TN playing and touring in bands as a singer-songwriter starting in his early 20's. Years later he created the art-collage rock duo Courtesy with fellow Memphian Drew Ryan and the two moved to Chicago.

After 10 years of Courtesy, Kirk started a solo project called Beige On Beige and began looking for bandmates. He met bass player Nathan Whitman through Craigslist and the two started trading music. Kirk was blown away by some of Nathan's compositions and suggested they start a new band based on those. Kirk, wanting to concentrate on writing and not sing in another band, the pair decided to look for a singer.

Claudia Ferme is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist from Chicago, IL. She started a band called Her Again while in Bloomington, IN for college. Upon graduation and her move back to Chicago she started making music under Claude, a dream pop, lyrically focused project about early to mid twenties malaise and self-exploration.

In early 2023, Claudia Ferme answered an ad posted by Kirk on IG. Having played a show together and briefly working with him once before on a previously released Courtesy track, they were familiar with each other's music. Claudia was excited by the influences listed for this new project and was looking for a fresh start musically. Kirk and Nate started sending her instrumentals they had made, and she would send back voice memos of lyrics and melodies that could work for these tracks. Nathan, Kirk, and Claudia landed on the name Facing and have been creating together since.