The Fire Theft is an indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band from Seattle, Washington

Seattle, Washington

Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...

. It was formed in 2001 by vocalist/guitarist Jeremy Enigk

Jeremy Enigk

Jeremy Enigk is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist known for being the front man of the Seattle band Sunny Day Real Estate.-Biography:...

, bassist Nate Mendel

Nate Mendel

Nathan Gregor "Nate" Mendel is an American bassist for the bands Foo Fighters, The Jealous Sound, Sunny Day Real Estate, and The Fire Theft.-Biography:...

, and drummer William Goldsmith

William Goldsmith

William Goldsmith is an American drummer best known for being the drummer of the popular Seattle Alternative band Sunny Day Real Estate and for his tenure as the drummer of the alternative rock band Foo Fighters...

, all of whom were previously members of Sunny Day Real Estate

Sunny Day Real Estate

Sunny Day Real Estate is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington. In the 1990s, the group expanded upon the grunge style that was popular in the local scene to make a more melodic sound. While not the first band to be classified as emo, they were instrumental in establishing the genre. In...

. Mendel also plays bass for Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters is an American alternative rock band originally formed in 1994 by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl as a one-man project following the dissolution of his previous band. The band got its name from the UFOs and various aerial phenomena that were reported by Allied aircraft pilots in World War...

, and Goldsmith drummed for Foo Fighters between 1995 and 1997.

Biography

The Fire Theft released a self-titled album on September 23, 2003 on independent label Rykodisc

Rykodisc

Rykodisc Records is an American record label. It is owned by Warner Music Group, operates as a unit of WMG's Independent Label Group and is distributed through Alternative Distribution Alliance.-Company history:...

. It was similar to The Rising Tide (Sunny Day Real Estate

Sunny Day Real Estate

Sunny Day Real Estate is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington. In the 1990s, the group expanded upon the grunge style that was popular in the local scene to make a more melodic sound. While not the first band to be classified as emo, they were instrumental in establishing the genre. In...

's last studio album). Only "Chain" was released as a promotional single. A tour promoting the album followed up. Since then, the band has been in a hiatus.
Concerning future projects, Jeremy Enigk has stated on the official message board that he imagines "The Fire Theft will be back in full swing. We just have to find another record label or start our own". A DVD

DVD

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 with the band performing in Seattle has also been announced, but nothing was released to date.
In 2007, Billboard.com reported that the band was in discussions about regrouping. In the same article, Nate Mendel says "We're not really quite sure. But we're making some plans to play together in one way or another -- hopefully next year". Jeremy Enigk has added on an online interview that the band has been "talking about becoming a recording band: only record and not tour". Enigk also plans to release the next album on Lewis Hollow Recordings, his own record label.

In December 2008, Enigk offered an update on the proposed live Fire Theft DVD project:

We sent it into a place and had a meeting with some guys about gathering all this material and editing it. I really don’t know what’s going on with that. That was about a year ago, and I haven’t really heard anything about it since. I think the reason why is because they’re sort of doing it pro bono. Also, there’s so much material, because it’s not just a live DVD anymore. The guy Maury (Duchamp), who was filming it unfortunately passed away, but he toured with us for quite a while. And filmed tons of shows, tons of interviews with us, and some backstage stuff. We figured we should probably do something more like he had in mind, more of a bigger documentary of the whole thing. So it ended up becoming a bigger project than we anticipated. And mainly to stick to what Maury wanted, in memory of him. He wanted to do a full-on documentary, but he wanted it to span over a long time.

Following the reunion of Sunny Day Real Estate in 2009 with all four original members, the situation of the band remains uncertain. Enigk admits that if Sunny Day Real Estate were to stay together, there would be little purpose in the Fire Theft.

Albums and EPs

Release date	Title	Label
September 23, 2003	The Fire Theft The Fire Theft (album) The Fire Theft is the self titled, debut album of Seattle, Washington band, The Fire Theft. This album was released September 23, 2003 through the independent label Rykodisc.-Track listing:# "Uncle Mountain" - 4:03# "Waste Time Segue" - 1:02...	Rykodisc Rykodisc Rykodisc Records is an American record label. It is owned by Warner Music Group, operates as a unit of WMG's Independent Label Group and is distributed through Alternative Distribution Alliance.-Company history:...
January 13, 2004	Hands on You EP	Rykodisc Rykodisc Rykodisc Records is an American record label. It is owned by Warner Music Group, operates as a unit of WMG's Independent Label Group and is distributed through Alternative Distribution Alliance.-Company history:...

Singles

Release date	Title	Label
2003	Chain	Rykodisc Rykodisc Rykodisc Records is an American record label. It is owned by Warner Music Group, operates as a unit of WMG's Independent Label Group and is distributed through Alternative Distribution Alliance.-Company history:...