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Dropping Daylight are very much part of the post-emo era of American indie rock, with songs that favor anthemic choruses and jagged, distorted guitar parts. However, at the same time, the young Minneapolis quartet are in some ways a throwback to a time about decade prior to their early-2000s birth: leader Sebastian Davin's clever lyrics, rhythmic piano lines, and smooth '70s AM radio pop vocal style strongly recall one-time alternative rock favorites like Ben Folds Five, the Eels, the New Radicals and Fastball. Formed in Minneapolis in 2001 with the truly rotten and achingly pretentious name "Sui Generis," Sebastian, his brother, guitarist Seth Davin, bassist Rob Burke, and drummer Jake Englund quickly changed their name to the even worse "Sue Generis," and released an album under that name, Back to Nowhere, in the fall of 2003. Regular touring and a buzz-enhancing performance at the 2004 South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin led the quartet to sign with the Sony/BMG indie rock imprint Octone Records. After changing their name to the still not great but much less awful Dropping Daylight, the band did the Vans Warped Tour and opened for a number of rising pop-punk and emo acts. Their first EP under the new name, Take a Photograph, was released in the summer of 2005, after which Englund left the band, replaced by Allen Maier. Dropping Daylight's full-length debut, Brace Yourself, was released in the spring of 2006. ~ Stewart Mason, All Music GuideMore

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Dropping Daylight
Sebastian Davin- Vocals, Piano Seth Davin- Guitar Rob Burke- Bass Allen Maier-Drums...
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May 3rd, 10:41pm
YOUR SONGS ARE THE BEST!
Sep 30th, 12:58pm
seen you guys last summer. . . loved it. . =]
Aug 3rd, 12:24am
you guys rock,great songs
Aug 2nd, 8:08pm
Hey thanks for Adding me! You guys are freaking SICK! I just got your cd a couple of months ago but I first saw you on MTV a couple of years ago on the "What's upcoming and new" or something stupid like that and I KNEW that I was gonna like you guys.... don't know your names but whoever plays the piano.... IS AMAZING.... I've let ALL of anyone that respects my music choice listen to you guys and they love it as well
Dec 31st, 11:54am
HAVE A BLESSED HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Dec 2nd, 1:17am
hey guys i like your songs holla me back