Artist: Dangerous Summer
Genre(s):
Rock
Discography:
If You Could Only Keep Me Alive
Year: 2007
Tracks: 7
Melodic and attention-getting emo rock dance band the Dangerous Summer formed in Ellicott City, Maryland in August 2006. Guitarist Cody Payne stirred back into township after a brief clock time in Florida, recruiting trey of his longtime high schooltime buddies to bring together up with him upon his return. Taking their name from the classic Ernest Hemingway novel and look to groups like the Starting Line, Third Eye Blind, U2, and Name Taken for influence, the group -- which further included AJ Perdomo (leash vocals, bass), Bryan Czap (guitar) and Tyler Minsberg (drums) -- reach the studio that December to lay down their first tracks together. The resulting EP There Is No Such Thing As Science was self-released in January 2007 (limited to 1,000 copies), and the Dangerous Summer supported it on the road whenever school would admit, hooking up on shows with like-minded bands the Ataris, Cartel and Hit the Lights. The EP finally made its way into the ears of California-based Hopeless Records courtesy of the band's hometown friends All Time Low. A cover with the label was subsequently inked that spring. High school graduation followed for three-fourths of the Dangerous Summer ahead their following EP (and Hopeless debut), If You Could Only Keep Me Alive, appeared in August, which contained quartet songs from the previous Science EP and troika new ones. Guitarist Etay Pisano replaced Czap before long afterwards.
