Saves the Day
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Saves the Day is an American rock
band from Princeton, New Jersey
, formed in 1994. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Chris Conley
, guitarist Arun Bali, bassist Rodrigo Palma, and drummer Claudio Rivera.
After forming under the name Sefler in 1994, Saves the Day released their debut studio album, Can't Slow Down, in 1998. It was followed by Through Being Cool
(1999), which featured their first single, "Shoulder to the Wheel". Stay What You Are
was released in 2001, peaking at number 100 on the Billboard 200
. It spawned two successful music videos on MTV2
, for the singles "At Your Funeral" and "Freakish", and has since sold 300,000 copies. After the success of Stay What You Are, Saves the Day signed to Dreamworks Records
, who co-released their next studio album, In Reverie
, with Vagrant Records
. The band stated that the label had "completely abandoned it three days after it was released", with the album peaking at number 27 on the Billboard 200 and number 4 on the Independent Albums
chart.
area under the name Sefler as a four-piece band with Chris Conley
on bass guitar and vocals. The band changed their name in late 1997. Of the original lineup, only Chris Conley
remains today. The band has gone through numerous lineup changes over the years and has only recorded two consecutive albums (Through Being Cool
and Stay What You Are
) with the same lineup, with Conley as the only permanent fixture.
The band's first proper release, Can't Slow Down, was recorded and released through Equal Vision Records
in 1998 while the members were still in high school.
Using the band's own resources, they released a 5-song acoustic EP, I'm Sorry I'm Leaving EP in early 1999. Later that year, they released their second full-length with Equal Vision, Through Being Cool, which saw the band further refining their melodic sound. The band began drawing attention from some of the larger independent labels, eventually signing with Vagrant Records
.
. The album had a poppier feel with more intricate guitar work and arrangements rather than the previous power chord-based sound. The band gained some exposure with a video for the song "At Your Funeral," and made appearances on Late Night With Conan O'Brien
, and The Late Late Show
with Craig Kilborn. The band also released a video for "Freakish", featuring Muppet-esque puppets, in April 2002. Shortly after the album's release, guitarist Ted Alexander left the band and Conley took over guitar duties. The album was original drummer Bryan Newman's last recording with the band, who also left shortly after the album's release.
, who would co-release their next album with Vagrant, who still had the band under contract. The 2003 release of In Reverie
saw the band further experimented with their sound and feature less macabre lyrics than their past albums. The drastic change in sound was divisive among fans, and the album received little support from Dreamworks. The song "Anywhere with You" was released as a single, but went largely unnoticed. Conley later said the following about the album's release in an interview with Skratch Magazine:
Shortly after the album's release, Dreamworks was absorbed by Interscope Records
, who would eventually drop the band from its roster.
.
bassist Manuel Carrero.
The band announced in January 2006 that they had re-signed with Vagrant, who would release Sound the Alarm in April. The album marked a return to the band's darker lyrics and drew more from their influences than In Reverie had. During the Sound the Alarm recording sessions, the band also recorded an EP of acoustic versions of several songs from past albums, which was sold on tour throughout 2006 as Bug Sessions Volume One. The band toured extensively throughout 2006 and early 2007 in support of the album.
The band recorded their fifth studio album, Sound the Alarm
, in 2005, without a label. They eventually re-signed with Vagrant and released the album in 2006. It was announced that Sound the Alarm was part one of a three part concept. The next album in the trilogy was released in 2007, titled Under the Boards
. The final album in the series "Daybreak" was released in September of 2011 after a very long wait by fans.
In February 2007, they announced that 13 demos had already been recorded for a new album, which would be titled Under the Boards
. It was also revealed that this would be the second of a three-part concept involving 'Sound the Alarm, Under the Boards and the yet to be released Daybreak
. Lead singer, Chris Conley said that "Sound the Alarm is an expression of discontent. Under the Boards is reflection and remorse. Daybreak is acceptance."
More from Conley on the three album concept: "The whole trilogy was just a bit of a therapeutic experiment. I felt like all twisted up and broken inside and just angry and confused and depressed and sad and I couldn’t really deal with the world or myself. So I was just like this has got to end, I have to at least try and get a grip on the world and on myself. So I dove into the depths of my mind and brought out what I was finding, so the first album was filled with all the anger, the surface pain, and all the paranoid delusional thoughts that were there. The second album Under The Boards dealt with how all of that was making my life unbearable, and I realized I had to change so that album was the transitional part, starting to transition out of that dark place, because you realize how it's affecting your life. So Daybreak is coming to terms with everything and trying to understand why I actually got that way and learning to accept it by exploring what it is and why it was there and simultaneously trying to grow through it and be a better person, not purely full of anger."
In March 2007, after more than four years with the band, drummer Pete Parada left Saves the Day to join The Offspring
. Carrero's Glassjaw bandmate Durijah Lang took over drum duties, and recorded on Under the Boards. Under the Boards was released on October 30, 2007, through Vagrant Records.
Chris Conley said in an interview that the next Bug Sessions would be a collection of live songs recorded on their 30-date acoustic tour. Volumes 2 and 3 of the once-tour-exclusive EPs were originally only sold on tour, but are now on the iTunes Music Store. After a string of shows on the east coast in late October 2008, Saves the Day planned to enter the studio to begin work on their next studio album, Daybreak. daybreak is set to be released sometime in 2011, and will be the first time Saves the Day will release a record with not a single band member besides Chris having played on an earlier record.
It was announced in March 2009 that longstanding member David Soloway, would no longer be playing with Saves the Day. He will continue to play bass for his side project, Two Tongues
, along with Chris Conley.
David Soloway's replacement was announced in April 2009 as Arun Bali.
On December 21, 2009, it was announced that Mannuel Carrero and Durijah Lang would be leaving to focus on Glassjaw. They were replaced by Rodrigo Palma and Spencer Peterson (Ex-Hidden In Plain View
).
In September 2010, Spencer Peterson's personal website read that he had left Saves the Day and joined Fall Out Boy
's Pete Wentz' new electropop group Black Cards
. About 2 weeks later, drummer Claudio Rivera's personal website read that he had joined Saves the Day.
In October 2010, the band announced that they would be selling dropcards to access a digital only EP, called 1984, while on tour with Say Anything
and Motion City Soundtrack
. The EP contains the track "1984" from their upcoming album Daybreak.
On March 7, 2011, it was announced that Saves the Day had signed to Razor & Tie Records, and Daybreak will be released in late spring.
On April 1, 2011, Razor & Tie Records announced Saves the Day would be embarking on a co-headlining tour with The Get Up Kids in the summer of 2011. Additionally, the article stated that Daybreak will be released in the fall.
On April 26, 2011, the band played a one-off UK show at London's Electric Ballroom
.
In an Interview with Winkball while in London for their Electric Ballroom
show, the interviewer stated that "Daybreak" would be released in September. Chris and Arun laughed and Chris said "soon".
Daybreak was released on September 13, 2011.
and former Saves the Day guitarist David Soloway, got together with Max Bemis
and Coby Linder
(of Say Anything
) in 2009 to form super group Two Tongues
. The group features Bemis and Conley sharing lead vocals and guitar duties with Soloway on bass guitar and Linder on drums. Thirteen songs were recorded in Electric Ladybug Studio, Conley's home studio in Chico, California
. Bemis, Conley, and Linder previously collaborated on a cover song of Bob Dylan
's "The Man In Me
" for the compilation album Paupers, Peasants, Princes & Kings: The Songs of Bob Dylan released by Doghouse Records
in 2006. The group's self-titled debut
was released on February 3, 2009.
In fall of 2010, Two Tongues
made their first performance as a surprise in the middle of Say Anything
's set each night of the Motion City Soundtrack
, Say Anything
, and Saves the Day tour. They performed the song "Crawl". Arun Bali (current guitarist of Saves the Day) played guitar, Kenny Vasoli
(of The Starting Line
, and Person L
) played bass, Jake Turner (of Say Anything
) played guitar as well, Coby Linder
played drums, while Chris Conley
, and Max Bemis
sang.
Former
Touring
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band from Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton is a community located in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It is best known as the location of Princeton University, which has been sited in the community since 1756...
, formed in 1994. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Chris Conley
Chris Conley
Christopher Lane Conley is an American musician and songwriter/composer, and the lead-singer/rhythm guitarist in Saves the Day...
, guitarist Arun Bali, bassist Rodrigo Palma, and drummer Claudio Rivera.
After forming under the name Sefler in 1994, Saves the Day released their debut studio album, Can't Slow Down, in 1998. It was followed by Through Being Cool
Through Being Cool
Through Being Cool is the second album by Princeton, New Jersey-based rock band Saves the Day. It has a more melodic sound than their first release, Can't Slow Down, which was a more punk/hardcore driven record. The album was released one year after the band's first release even though they had...
(1999), which featured their first single, "Shoulder to the Wheel". Stay What You Are
Stay What You Are
Stay What You Are is the third album release from Princeton, New Jersey, based rock band Saves the Day, released in 2001. Singles and videos from the album were "At Your Funeral" and "Freakish". At the time of the recording, Saves The Day consisted of Chris Conley, Dave Soloway, Ted Alexander, Eben...
was released in 2001, peaking at number 100 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
. It spawned two successful music videos on MTV2
MTV2
MTV2 is a cable network that is widely available in the United States on digital cable and satellite television, and is progressively being added to analogue cable lineups across the nation...
, for the singles "At Your Funeral" and "Freakish", and has since sold 300,000 copies. After the success of Stay What You Are, Saves the Day signed to Dreamworks Records
DreamWorks Records
DreamWorks Records was an American record label. Founded in 1996 by David Geffen, Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg as a subsidiary of DreamWorks SKG, the label operated until 2005 when it was shut down...
, who co-released their next studio album, In Reverie
In Reverie
-Unreleased tracks:There are three unreleased tracks that were recorded at the same time, but not released on the standard edition of the album: "Don't Go Outside", "Coconut", and "Blossom." The unreleased songs, however, could be downloaded for free on the band's homepage requiring only a legal...
, with Vagrant Records
Vagrant Records
Vagrant Records is an indie rock label based in Los Angeles, California and is home to such artists as The Hold Steady, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, Active Child, PJ Harvey, Reptar, School of Seven Bells, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Thrice, James Vincent McMorrow, Placebo, and many...
. The band stated that the label had "completely abandoned it three days after it was released", with the album peaking at number 27 on the Billboard 200 and number 4 on the Independent Albums
Independent Albums
The Billboard Independent Albums is a chart of the highest-selling independent music albums and extended plays in the United States, compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is used to list artists who are not signed to major labels...
chart.
Formation and first releases
Saves the Day originally performed in the New JerseyNew Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
area under the name Sefler as a four-piece band with Chris Conley
Chris Conley
Christopher Lane Conley is an American musician and songwriter/composer, and the lead-singer/rhythm guitarist in Saves the Day...
on bass guitar and vocals. The band changed their name in late 1997. Of the original lineup, only Chris Conley
Chris Conley
Christopher Lane Conley is an American musician and songwriter/composer, and the lead-singer/rhythm guitarist in Saves the Day...
remains today. The band has gone through numerous lineup changes over the years and has only recorded two consecutive albums (Through Being Cool
Through Being Cool
Through Being Cool is the second album by Princeton, New Jersey-based rock band Saves the Day. It has a more melodic sound than their first release, Can't Slow Down, which was a more punk/hardcore driven record. The album was released one year after the band's first release even though they had...
and Stay What You Are
Stay What You Are
Stay What You Are is the third album release from Princeton, New Jersey, based rock band Saves the Day, released in 2001. Singles and videos from the album were "At Your Funeral" and "Freakish". At the time of the recording, Saves The Day consisted of Chris Conley, Dave Soloway, Ted Alexander, Eben...
) with the same lineup, with Conley as the only permanent fixture.
The band's first proper release, Can't Slow Down, was recorded and released through Equal Vision Records
Equal Vision Records
Equal Vision Records is a record label based in Albany, New York, which has a focus in metal or punk-based rock genres. Equal Vision Records was founded in the early 1990s by Ray Cappo ....
in 1998 while the members were still in high school.
Using the band's own resources, they released a 5-song acoustic EP, I'm Sorry I'm Leaving EP in early 1999. Later that year, they released their second full-length with Equal Vision, Through Being Cool, which saw the band further refining their melodic sound. The band began drawing attention from some of the larger independent labels, eventually signing with Vagrant Records
Vagrant Records
Vagrant Records is an indie rock label based in Los Angeles, California and is home to such artists as The Hold Steady, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, Active Child, PJ Harvey, Reptar, School of Seven Bells, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Thrice, James Vincent McMorrow, Placebo, and many...
.
Stay What You Are and commercial exposure
In 2001, the band began moving away from their roots with the release of Stay What You AreStay What You Are
Stay What You Are is the third album release from Princeton, New Jersey, based rock band Saves the Day, released in 2001. Singles and videos from the album were "At Your Funeral" and "Freakish". At the time of the recording, Saves The Day consisted of Chris Conley, Dave Soloway, Ted Alexander, Eben...
. The album had a poppier feel with more intricate guitar work and arrangements rather than the previous power chord-based sound. The band gained some exposure with a video for the song "At Your Funeral," and made appearances on Late Night With Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that aired 2,725 episodes on NBC between 1993 and 2009. The show featured varied comedic material, celebrity interviews, and musical and comedy performances. Late Night aired weeknights at 12:37 am...
, and The Late Late Show
The Late Late Show (CBS TV series)
The Late Late Show is an American late-night television talk and variety show on CBS hosted by Craig Ferguson since 2005. It immediately follows Late Show with David Letterman and is produced by Letterman's Worldwide Pants Incorporated...
with Craig Kilborn. The band also released a video for "Freakish", featuring Muppet-esque puppets, in April 2002. Shortly after the album's release, guitarist Ted Alexander left the band and Conley took over guitar duties. The album was original drummer Bryan Newman's last recording with the band, who also left shortly after the album's release.
Major label signing for In Reverie
With the success of Stay What You Are, the band signed with major label Dreamworks RecordsDreamWorks Records
DreamWorks Records was an American record label. Founded in 1996 by David Geffen, Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg as a subsidiary of DreamWorks SKG, the label operated until 2005 when it was shut down...
, who would co-release their next album with Vagrant, who still had the band under contract. The 2003 release of In Reverie
In Reverie
-Unreleased tracks:There are three unreleased tracks that were recorded at the same time, but not released on the standard edition of the album: "Don't Go Outside", "Coconut", and "Blossom." The unreleased songs, however, could be downloaded for free on the band's homepage requiring only a legal...
saw the band further experimented with their sound and feature less macabre lyrics than their past albums. The drastic change in sound was divisive among fans, and the album received little support from Dreamworks. The song "Anywhere with You" was released as a single, but went largely unnoticed. Conley later said the following about the album's release in an interview with Skratch Magazine:
"Dreamworks RecordsDreamWorks RecordsDreamWorks Records was an American record label. Founded in 1996 by David Geffen, Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg as a subsidiary of DreamWorks SKG, the label operated until 2005 when it was shut down...
completely abandoned it three days after it was released, saying that we made the wrong record. Then they were sold a month later. They were worthless."
Shortly after the album's release, Dreamworks was absorbed by Interscope Records
Interscope Records
Interscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that currently operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-History:...
, who would eventually drop the band from its roster.
Ups and Downs: Early Recordings and B-Sides
The band fulfilled their contractual obligations with Vagrant with the 2004 release of Ups and Downs: Early Recordings and B-Sides, which was a collection of b-sides and also included the I'm Sorry I'm Leaving EP. It also featured a song from the band's early days under the name Sefler. Conley said in an AP Podcast interview that the wrong Sefler song had been put on the CD. He had asked for a different one but when he got the final version he saw it was wrong. The album was dedicated to former bassist Sean McGrath, who died in 2004 at age 28 after a two-year battle with intestinal cancer. McGrath recorded with the band on Can't Slow Down and left during the writing of Through Being Cool. The band was relatively inactive in 2004, during which time they set up their own studio, the Electric Ladybug, located in Durham, CaliforniaDurham, California
Durham is a census-designated place in Butte County, California, United States. The population was 5,518 at the 2010 census.-Geography:...
.
Three-part concept: Sound the Alarm, Under the Boards and Daybreak
In early 2005, the band began writing their follow-up to In Reverie without a label. During the writing process, longtime bassist Eben D'amico left the band. He was replaced by GlassjawGlassjaw
Glassjaw is a four-piece rock band from Long Island, New York. The band is fronted by vocalist Daryl Palumbo and guitarist Justin Beck, and have undergone numerous line-up changes since their inception...
bassist Manuel Carrero.
The band announced in January 2006 that they had re-signed with Vagrant, who would release Sound the Alarm in April. The album marked a return to the band's darker lyrics and drew more from their influences than In Reverie had. During the Sound the Alarm recording sessions, the band also recorded an EP of acoustic versions of several songs from past albums, which was sold on tour throughout 2006 as Bug Sessions Volume One. The band toured extensively throughout 2006 and early 2007 in support of the album.
The band recorded their fifth studio album, Sound the Alarm
Sound the Alarm
Sound the Alarm is the fifth studio album by the New Jersey emo band Saves the Day. It was released by Vagrant Records on April 11, 2006. It was produced by Steve Evetts who also produced Saves the Day's first two albums, Can't Slow Down and Through Being Cool...
, in 2005, without a label. They eventually re-signed with Vagrant and released the album in 2006. It was announced that Sound the Alarm was part one of a three part concept. The next album in the trilogy was released in 2007, titled Under the Boards
Under the Boards
Under the Boards is the sixth studio album by American indie rock band Saves the Day, released on October 30, 2007. A post on music website Punknews.org stated of the album and its relationship to the band's previous album, Sound the Alarm and subsequent album, Daybreak:The band is co-producing the...
. The final album in the series "Daybreak" was released in September of 2011 after a very long wait by fans.
In February 2007, they announced that 13 demos had already been recorded for a new album, which would be titled Under the Boards
Under the Boards
Under the Boards is the sixth studio album by American indie rock band Saves the Day, released on October 30, 2007. A post on music website Punknews.org stated of the album and its relationship to the band's previous album, Sound the Alarm and subsequent album, Daybreak:The band is co-producing the...
. It was also revealed that this would be the second of a three-part concept involving 'Sound the Alarm, Under the Boards and the yet to be released Daybreak
Daybreak
-Albums:*Daybreak *Daybreak *Daybreak *Daybreak, an album by Paul Hardcastle*Daybreak, an album by Mezzoforte*Daybreak -Songs:...
. Lead singer, Chris Conley said that "Sound the Alarm is an expression of discontent. Under the Boards is reflection and remorse. Daybreak is acceptance."
More from Conley on the three album concept: "The whole trilogy was just a bit of a therapeutic experiment. I felt like all twisted up and broken inside and just angry and confused and depressed and sad and I couldn’t really deal with the world or myself. So I was just like this has got to end, I have to at least try and get a grip on the world and on myself. So I dove into the depths of my mind and brought out what I was finding, so the first album was filled with all the anger, the surface pain, and all the paranoid delusional thoughts that were there. The second album Under The Boards dealt with how all of that was making my life unbearable, and I realized I had to change so that album was the transitional part, starting to transition out of that dark place, because you realize how it's affecting your life. So Daybreak is coming to terms with everything and trying to understand why I actually got that way and learning to accept it by exploring what it is and why it was there and simultaneously trying to grow through it and be a better person, not purely full of anger."
In March 2007, after more than four years with the band, drummer Pete Parada left Saves the Day to join The Offspring
The Offspring
The Offspring is an American punk rock band from Huntington Beach, California, formed in 1984. Known as Manic Subsidal until 1986, the band consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Dexter Holland, lead guitarist Kevin "Noodles" Wasserman, bassist Greg K. and drummer Pete Parada...
. Carrero's Glassjaw bandmate Durijah Lang took over drum duties, and recorded on Under the Boards. Under the Boards was released on October 30, 2007, through Vagrant Records.
Chris Conley said in an interview that the next Bug Sessions would be a collection of live songs recorded on their 30-date acoustic tour. Volumes 2 and 3 of the once-tour-exclusive EPs were originally only sold on tour, but are now on the iTunes Music Store. After a string of shows on the east coast in late October 2008, Saves the Day planned to enter the studio to begin work on their next studio album, Daybreak. daybreak is set to be released sometime in 2011, and will be the first time Saves the Day will release a record with not a single band member besides Chris having played on an earlier record.
It was announced in March 2009 that longstanding member David Soloway, would no longer be playing with Saves the Day. He will continue to play bass for his side project, Two Tongues
Two Tongues
Two Tongues is an indie rock side project/supergroup consisting of members of Saves The Day and Say Anything. The band consists of Max Bemis and Coby Linder of Say Anything, along with Chris Conley of Saves the Day and former guitarist of Saves the Day David Soloway.-History:Before forming Two...
, along with Chris Conley.
David Soloway's replacement was announced in April 2009 as Arun Bali.
On December 21, 2009, it was announced that Mannuel Carrero and Durijah Lang would be leaving to focus on Glassjaw. They were replaced by Rodrigo Palma and Spencer Peterson (Ex-Hidden In Plain View
Hidden in Plain View
Hidden in Plain View was a five-piece Pop Punk band from northern New Jersey. They formed in 2000 and disbanded in 2007. During their six and a half year run, the group released records with four different record labels , including two full-length albums and three EPs...
).
In September 2010, Spencer Peterson's personal website read that he had left Saves the Day and joined Fall Out Boy
Fall Out Boy
Fall Out Boy is an American rock band from Wilmette, Illinois, formed in 2001. The band consists of vocalist, guitarist and composer Patrick Stump, bassist and lyricist Pete Wentz, guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer Andy Hurley. The band released five studio albums from 2003–2008...
's Pete Wentz' new electropop group Black Cards
Black Cards
Black Cards is an American electropop band formed in July 2010 as Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz's new main project following the group's indefinite break. The band is composed of vocalist Bebe Rexha, bassist Pete Wentz, drummer Spencer Peterson and guitarist Nate Patterson...
. About 2 weeks later, drummer Claudio Rivera's personal website read that he had joined Saves the Day.
In October 2010, the band announced that they would be selling dropcards to access a digital only EP, called 1984, while on tour with Say Anything
Say Anything (band)
Say Anything is an American indie-punk band from Los Angeles, California, fronted by Max Bemis. The band was formed in 2000 with Bemis and four of his friends. Within two years, they self-released two EPs, Junior Varsity and In Your Dreams, and the full-length Baseball: An Album by Sayanything.In...
and Motion City Soundtrack
Motion City Soundtrack
Motion City Soundtrack is an American rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota, formed in 1997. The band consists of founding members Justin Pierre and Joshua Cain , along with keyboardist and moog synthesist Jesse Johnson, bassist and backing vocalist Matthew Taylor, and drummer, percussionist and...
. The EP contains the track "1984" from their upcoming album Daybreak.
On March 7, 2011, it was announced that Saves the Day had signed to Razor & Tie Records, and Daybreak will be released in late spring.
On April 1, 2011, Razor & Tie Records announced Saves the Day would be embarking on a co-headlining tour with The Get Up Kids in the summer of 2011. Additionally, the article stated that Daybreak will be released in the fall.
On April 26, 2011, the band played a one-off UK show at London's Electric Ballroom
Electric Ballroom
The Electric Ballroom is a performance venue and indoor market located at 184 Camden High Street in Camden Town, London . The Electric Ballroom has been in operation for over seventy years, during which time it has been used in many different ways.The two storey building has two dance floors and...
.
In an Interview with Winkball while in London for their Electric Ballroom
Electric Ballroom
The Electric Ballroom is a performance venue and indoor market located at 184 Camden High Street in Camden Town, London . The Electric Ballroom has been in operation for over seventy years, during which time it has been used in many different ways.The two storey building has two dance floors and...
show, the interviewer stated that "Daybreak" would be released in September. Chris and Arun laughed and Chris said "soon".
Daybreak was released on September 13, 2011.
Side projects
Chris ConleyChris Conley
Christopher Lane Conley is an American musician and songwriter/composer, and the lead-singer/rhythm guitarist in Saves the Day...
and former Saves the Day guitarist David Soloway, got together with Max Bemis
Max Bemis
Max Bemis is the lead singer and primary lyricist of the band Say Anything. He is also co singer along side Chris Conley of the supergroup Two Tongues, which features members from Say Anything and Saves the Day.-The Early Years:...
and Coby Linder
Coby Linder
Jacob "Coby" Linder in Skokie, Illinois is best known as the drummer of the band Say Anything. He lists his influences as Travis Barker, Tony Williams, Vinnie Colaiuta, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, and Bryan Newman. According to Say Anything's website, his favorite genres include emo, "death-core...
(of Say Anything
Say Anything
Say Anything... is a 1989 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Cameron Crowe. It was Crowe's directorial debut. In 2002, Entertainment Weekly ranked Say Anything... as the greatest modern movie romance, and it was ranked number 11 on Entertainment Weeklys list of the 50 best...
) in 2009 to form super group Two Tongues
Two Tongues
Two Tongues is an indie rock side project/supergroup consisting of members of Saves The Day and Say Anything. The band consists of Max Bemis and Coby Linder of Say Anything, along with Chris Conley of Saves the Day and former guitarist of Saves the Day David Soloway.-History:Before forming Two...
. The group features Bemis and Conley sharing lead vocals and guitar duties with Soloway on bass guitar and Linder on drums. Thirteen songs were recorded in Electric Ladybug Studio, Conley's home studio in Chico, California
Chico, California
Chico is the most populous city in Butte County, California, United States. The population was 86,187 at the 2010 census, up from 59,954 at the time of the 2000 census...
. Bemis, Conley, and Linder previously collaborated on a cover song of Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
's "The Man In Me
The Man in Me
"The Man in Me" is a song from Bob Dylan's 1970 album New Morning.It is featured in the soundtrack to the 1998 Coen Brothers film The Big Lebowski. It plays during the stylized opening title sequence and during the hallucination sequence after the Dude is punched and his rug stolen...
" for the compilation album Paupers, Peasants, Princes & Kings: The Songs of Bob Dylan released by Doghouse Records
Doghouse Records
Doghouse Records is a Toledo, Ohio based record label, now run out of the New York City office. Since 2004 Doghouse has been a part of the Warner Music Group....
in 2006. The group's self-titled debut
Two Tongues (album)
Two Tongues, the debut self-titled studio album by supergroup Two Tongues, released on February 3 2009. -Track listing:...
was released on February 3, 2009.
In fall of 2010, Two Tongues
Two Tongues
Two Tongues is an indie rock side project/supergroup consisting of members of Saves The Day and Say Anything. The band consists of Max Bemis and Coby Linder of Say Anything, along with Chris Conley of Saves the Day and former guitarist of Saves the Day David Soloway.-History:Before forming Two...
made their first performance as a surprise in the middle of Say Anything
Say Anything (band)
Say Anything is an American indie-punk band from Los Angeles, California, fronted by Max Bemis. The band was formed in 2000 with Bemis and four of his friends. Within two years, they self-released two EPs, Junior Varsity and In Your Dreams, and the full-length Baseball: An Album by Sayanything.In...
's set each night of the Motion City Soundtrack
Motion City Soundtrack
Motion City Soundtrack is an American rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota, formed in 1997. The band consists of founding members Justin Pierre and Joshua Cain , along with keyboardist and moog synthesist Jesse Johnson, bassist and backing vocalist Matthew Taylor, and drummer, percussionist and...
, Say Anything
Say Anything (band)
Say Anything is an American indie-punk band from Los Angeles, California, fronted by Max Bemis. The band was formed in 2000 with Bemis and four of his friends. Within two years, they self-released two EPs, Junior Varsity and In Your Dreams, and the full-length Baseball: An Album by Sayanything.In...
, and Saves the Day tour. They performed the song "Crawl". Arun Bali (current guitarist of Saves the Day) played guitar, Kenny Vasoli
Kenny Vasoli
Kenneth Robert "Kenny" Vasoli is the lead singer and bassist of The Starting Line, a pop punk band. Vasoli attended Hatboro-Horsham High School. At the age of 14, he was invited to join the band after Matt Watts read his AOL Instant Messenger profile. His previous bands include The Prize Fight and...
(of The Starting Line
The Starting Line
The Starting Line is an American pop punk band based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that formed in 1999.- Formation and history :In 1999, the band that would become The Starting Line was initiated in Churchville, Pennsylvania via an e-mail from guitarist Matt Watts to vocalist/bassist Kenny Vasoli...
, and Person L
Person L
Person L is an American rock band fronted by Kenny Vasoli, of the pop punk band The Starting Line. Vasoli is the band's lead singer and guitarist and formed Person L in winter 2006 as an outlet to explore other musical styles...
) played bass, Jake Turner (of Say Anything
Say Anything (band)
Say Anything is an American indie-punk band from Los Angeles, California, fronted by Max Bemis. The band was formed in 2000 with Bemis and four of his friends. Within two years, they self-released two EPs, Junior Varsity and In Your Dreams, and the full-length Baseball: An Album by Sayanything.In...
) played guitar as well, Coby Linder
Coby Linder
Jacob "Coby" Linder in Skokie, Illinois is best known as the drummer of the band Say Anything. He lists his influences as Travis Barker, Tony Williams, Vinnie Colaiuta, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, and Bryan Newman. According to Say Anything's website, his favorite genres include emo, "death-core...
played drums, while Chris Conley
Chris Conley
Christopher Lane Conley is an American musician and songwriter/composer, and the lead-singer/rhythm guitarist in Saves the Day...
, and Max Bemis
Max Bemis
Max Bemis is the lead singer and primary lyricist of the band Say Anything. He is also co singer along side Chris Conley of the supergroup Two Tongues, which features members from Say Anything and Saves the Day.-The Early Years:...
sang.
Band members
Current- Chris ConleyChris ConleyChristopher Lane Conley is an American musician and songwriter/composer, and the lead-singer/rhythm guitarist in Saves the Day...
– lead vocals (1994–present), rhythm guitar (2003–present) - Arun Bali – lead guitar, backing vocals (2009–present)
- Rodrigo Palma – bass (2009–present)
- Claudio Rivera – drums, percussion (2010–present)
Former
- Ted Alexander – rhythm guitar (1998–2002)
- Anthony Anastasio – rhythm guitar (1997)
- David Soloway – lead guitar, backing vocals (1998–2009)
- Chris Zampella - lead guitar, backing vocals (1998)
- Manuel Carrero – bass (2005–2009)
- Eben D'Amico – bass, backing vocals (1999–2005)
- Sean McGrath – bass (1998–1999)
- Spencer Peterson – drums, percussion (2009–2010)
- Durijah Lang – drums, percussion (2007–2009)
- Pete ParadaPete ParadaPeter "Pete" Parada is an American drummer who has been a member of several notable musical acts. Parada's drumming career began in 1996 when he joined Steel Prophet and recorded one album with them a year later. Subsequently he joined Face to Face and Saves the Day, and in 2007 became the new...
– drums, percussion (2002–2007) - Bryan Newman – drums, percussion (1997–2002)
Touring
- Reed Black – keyboards (2003–2005)
- Thomas Hunter - guitar (2009)
- Alexander Kent - bass (2009)
- Damon Atkinson - drums, percussion (2002)
Studio albums
- 1998: Can't Slow Down
- 1999: Through Being CoolThrough Being CoolThrough Being Cool is the second album by Princeton, New Jersey-based rock band Saves the Day. It has a more melodic sound than their first release, Can't Slow Down, which was a more punk/hardcore driven record. The album was released one year after the band's first release even though they had...
- 2001: Stay What You AreStay What You AreStay What You Are is the third album release from Princeton, New Jersey, based rock band Saves the Day, released in 2001. Singles and videos from the album were "At Your Funeral" and "Freakish". At the time of the recording, Saves The Day consisted of Chris Conley, Dave Soloway, Ted Alexander, Eben...
- 2003: In ReverieIn Reverie-Unreleased tracks:There are three unreleased tracks that were recorded at the same time, but not released on the standard edition of the album: "Don't Go Outside", "Coconut", and "Blossom." The unreleased songs, however, could be downloaded for free on the band's homepage requiring only a legal...
- 2006: Sound the Alarm
- 2007: Under the BoardsUnder the BoardsUnder the Boards is the sixth studio album by American indie rock band Saves the Day, released on October 30, 2007. A post on music website Punknews.org stated of the album and its relationship to the band's previous album, Sound the Alarm and subsequent album, Daybreak:The band is co-producing the...
- 2011: Daybreak
EPs
- 1999: I'm Sorry I'm LeavingI'm Sorry I'm LeavingI'm Sorry I'm Leaving is an EP released by Saves the Day, following their debut album. It differed from their initial offering by taking a detour to a lighter acoustic sound. The album was recorded in one week in 1998 and was released on Immigrant Sun Records in 1999...
- 2006: Bug Sessions Volume One
- 2008: Bug Sessions Volume Two
- 2008: Bug Sessions Volume Three
- 2010: 1984 EP
Compilations
- 2004: Ups and Downs: Early Recordings and B-Sides
- 2009: Bug Sessions (digital release)
Singles
- 1998: "The Choke"
- 2000: "Shoulder to the Wheel"
- 2002: "At Your Funeral"
- 2002: "Freakish"
- 2003: "Anywhere with You"
- 2006: "Eulogy"
- 2006: "The End"
- 2007: "Can't Stay the Same"
- 2011: "Living Without Love"
- 2011: "Deranged & Desperate"
External links
- Saves the Day
- CertainTragedy.com - A Saves The Day fansite
- Synthesis Magazine interview
- another Synthesis Magazine interview
- Saves The Day Interview - October 12th, 2007
- Saves the Day in Redefine Magazine
- Interview with Chris Conley at New Times Broward-Palm Beach
- 'The Buddy System'Buddy systemThe buddy system is a procedure in which two people, the "buddies", operate together as a single unit so that they are able to monitor and help each other.-Advantages:...