Year 8, Day 186

Hey guys. Today's song is Hypnotized by Set It Off.

So these guys are a rock band active since 2008 with current members including Cody Carson, Maxx Danziger, and Zach DeWall. Previous members consist of Blake Howell, Benji Panico, Dan Clermont, Austin Kerr, and James Arran. While the early members all knew of each other from the local band scene while in high school, the band was started by Carson after quitting college to pursue music. He had a YouTube channel, and had been exchanging video's with All Time Low's frontman and ended up performing an All Time Low song for one of the band's shows. After that, he decided to start the band. A lot of their early popularity came thanks to Carson's channel where their fanbase grew. They released an EP in 2008 and another in 2009, followed by three singles and another EP in 2010 before getting signed. They re-released their most recent EP in 2011, which debuted in iTunes Top 100 Alternative Albums. They released their debut album in 2012, participating in the VH1 Save the Music Foundation by giving them a percentage of the album sales, as well as personally donating $5,000 to the organization. Their next album was released in 2014, followed by the band touring with a number of other groups and playing festivals before releasing another album in 2015. They released another album in 2016 before switching record labels. They co-opted a song with their fans in 2018 on YouTube, then released an album in 2019 before going on tour. Part of the tour had to be cancelled when Carson had a vocal hemorrhage requiring surgery, but they have since released an EP so I hope and assume he's doing well. I guess we'll see what's in store for them later on.

Peace.