A Philadelphia emo band whose music navigated loss and change across a decade of shifting lineups.
For the heart of it, listen to 'End Measured Mile' for the grief, and 'Firewater' for how that feeling carried on. That's the thread.
Their 2009 album 'End Measured Mile' directly addressed the suicide of drummer Brandon Leitner, giving a raw voice to grief that connected deeply with listeners. Songs like 'Firewater' from their later work kept that emotional intensity alive even as their sound shifted. They weren't just another emo band; they documented a real, painful chapter and kept playing through it.
They formed in Philadelphia in 2006 and released the EP 'The Tide' before Leitner's death in 2008 reshaped everything. After 'End Measured Mile' in 2009, they toured with Rise Against and put out albums like 'Everything Belongs' and 'Don't Be Long', with members like Dave Rublin and Andrew Lindsay eventually leaving. By 2018's 'Nostalgia', they'd circled back to a more straightforward emo sound after experimenting with ambient touches.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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