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Straylight Run

Straylight Run are an indie band based in Baldwin, Nassau County, Long Island, New York. They are currently unsigned after being dropped from Universal Republic Records. Their latest release is the full-length album entitled The Needles The Space.

Biography

When he was still a member of Taking Back Sunday, John Nolan wrote several songs that he didn't feel would go well with the band. After their departure, John and Shaun Cooper recorded several demos with Taking Back Sunday drummer Mark O'Connell. The band began to take its present form when drummer Will Noon was invited to join after his former band, Breaking Pangaea, broke up. Breaking Pangaea's former lead singer was Fred Mascherino, who later took Nolan's place in Taking Back Sunday. Shortly thereafter, John's sister, Michelle DaRosa, joined Straylight Run.

The band gained popularity after posting six demo songs for free download on their official site. By September of that year, they were playing to sold-out crowds in various cities in the Northeastern United States.

Due to John's and Shaun's involvement in their previous band they were bound by contract to release an album under Victory Records. They began to record their first album in April 2004 and released their self-titled debut album Straylight Run on October 12, 2004 after a one-month postponement. The album sold over 11,000 copies in the first week, and made the Billboard Top 100 Albums list.

On October 4, 2005 the band released their second record in the form of the Prepare To Be Wrong EP. The CD comprised of 2 old demos ("A Slow Descent" from the bands original demo, and "It Never Gets Easier" a demo from the sessions for their first CD Straylight Run, although it was then known as "Costello"), a cover of Bob Dylan's "With God On Our Side" and 3 new songs. The CD ended their contract with Victory Records. Plans for a live DVD were in the works but were shelved.

The band's name was taken from a section in William Gibson's book Neuromancer.

On June 19, 2007 the band released their second album, The Needles The Space, under Universal Records.

On December 8, 2007 the band was dropped from Universal Records

Band members

Discography

Singles

  • 2004 "Existentialism On Prom Night"
  • 2005 "Hands In The Sky (Big Shot)"
  • 2007 "Soon We'll Be Living In The Future"

Videos

  • 2004 "Existentialism On Prom Night"
  • 2005 "Hands In The Sky (Big Shot)"
  • 2007 "Buttoned Down" (Video Only - No Single, Included on Enhanced CD of The Needles, The Space)
  • 2007 "Soon We'll Be Living In The Future"
  • 2007 "How Do I Fix My Head" (Included on Enhanced CD of The Needles, The Space)
  • 2007 "The Miracle That Never Came"


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