Taking Back Sunday begin recording 5th album

Warner Bros Records artists Taking Back Sunday have

begun work on their fifth studio album. The acclaimed New York rock

band has reformed, returning to the original line-up from their 2002

debut Tell All Your Friends, which has sold over one million records

worldwide, spawned breakthrough anthem “Cute Without the ‘E’ (Cut from

the Team)" and launched the band as one of the most influential of its

generation.

Vocalist Adam Lazzara, guitarist Eddie Reyes and drummer Mark

O’Connell have reunited with vocalist/guitarist John Nolan and bass

player Shaun Cooper, who departed in 2003 after the release of Tell

All Your Friends. “This crazy idea came up and once we started

exploring it and talking on the phone it was almost like all that time

hadn't passed between us,” explains Lazzara. “Given the history and

the years that had passed, I don't think any of us really knew if

hanging out again let alone writing and playing together would

actually work. For it to feel so comfortable and effortless so quickly

made us realize that we had to give it a chance.”

Nolan describes his thoughts in a similar way. “I never would have

imagined that this group of people reuniting would be possible. Since

we parted ways we all went down very different paths and somehow

everything we've experienced individually over the past seven years

has brought us back to a point of genuine appreciation and love for

each other as people and musicians. There's a shared excitement and

enthusiasm within this group that I haven't experienced since the

early days of the band.”

Of the departure of bassist Matt Rubano and guitarist/vocalist Matt

Fazzi, a statement from Taking Back Sunday’s website sums it up;

“Sometimes it takes some time to remember where you were headed in the

first place and the people you intended to go there with. There are

no hard feelings, just the future.” Drummer O’Connell expressed that

the band has nothing but kind words for the departing members. “I wish

nothing but the best for Matt and Matt in the future. I know that they

will succeed in whatever they choose to do.”

Taking Back Sunday will be recording their fifth studio album in Los

Angeles this summer with producer Eric Valentine, who worked on their

previous album Louder Now. Plans are in the works for a handful of

exclusive preview shows in the near future and extensive touring as

soon as the album is finished. “I’m so glad this is happening,” says

Reyes, “because I can already hear something in the songs that reminds

me of why all of us were so passionate about this band to begin with.”

Just the future indeed.

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