| The Dangerous Summer | |
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| Origin | Ellicott City, Maryland, United States |
| Genres | Indie Rock, Alternative rock, Post-rock |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels | Hopeless Records |
| Website | www.myspace.com/dangeroussummer |
| Members | |
| AJ Perdomo Cody Payne Bryan Czap Tyler Minsberg |
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The Dangerous Summer is an Indie / Rock band from Ellicott City, Maryland. The band formed in the summer of 2006 to write their first EP, There Is No Such Thing as Science, which drew the attention of Hopeless Records and other labels in 2007. They signed with Hopeless Records within 8 months (in April 2007) of starting the band during their senior year of high school. They then re-released their debut EP under a new name, If You Could Only Keep Me Alive, with new songs included.[1]
In April 2009 the band played The Bamboozle.
The band's debut studio album, Reach for the Sun, was released on May 5, 2009, and reached #42 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.[2]
The band's name is taken from the novel of the same name. The band has stated influences from Third Eye Blind, Bright Eyes, U2, Phil Collins, Explosions in the Sky, Jimmy Eat World, and Andrew McMahon.[3][4]
Their song "The Permanent Rain" was used in a trailer for the 2009 movie Love Happens, starring Jennifer Aniston and Aaron Eckhart.
An acoustic version of Reach for the Sun was digitally released on 15 March 2011.[5]
The band's second full-length album, War Paint, was released July 19, 2011.[6]
They played on the Warped Tour 2011 on the Nintendo 3DS stage.
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In 2007 The Dangerous Summer toured with The Morning Light, 1997, Between The Trees and Holiday Parade. The band took a break from touring for a while until 2009, when they toured with acts like Person L, Ace Enders, My Favorite Highway, The Secret Handshake, Sparks The Rescue, The Gay Blades, The Bigger Lights, and Mayday Parade. They also played The Starting Line reunion show on December 29, 2009 at The Theatre of The Living Arts in Philadelphia.
The Dangerous Summer kicked off 2010 on the Revolutions and Resolutions tour supporting The Audition along with Sparks The Rescue and The Right Coast.
On March 9, 2010, The Dangerous Summer announced that they will be jumping the pond to tour the UK this spring to take part in the Give It a Name tour.[9]
On May 14, 2010, The Dangerous Summer announced they will be playing Reach for the Sun from front to back on their first headlining tour this summer. The Morning Of will be playing the entire tour. Go Radio, Action Item, and The Bigger Lights will be on the tour for various dates.
Three dates of the Reach for the Sun tour sold out, Philadelphia, PA, Toronto and Vienna, VA.
In fall of 2010, The Dangerous Summer joined Conditions, Anarbor, and VersaEmerge on VersaEmerge's first headlining tour, the Vultures Unite Tour which was full US and Canada, but later dropped off the tour due to conflicts between members of The Dangerous Summer and VersaEmerge.
The Dangerous Summer officially entered the studio to record their sophomore full length with Paul Leavitt, due out in the spring. They will also be playing the entire Vans Warped Tour in the summer of 2011. The band will release their new album titled War Paint on July 19 via Hopeless Records.[10]
When the band pulled out of their fall tour with Hit The Lights on 30 October 2011 citing "reasons beyond our control" Nick Thompson from Hit The Lights said that the band had broken up.[11] On 3 November 2011 the band denied that they had broken up and announced upcoming February and March tour dates in Australia.[12]