Armor for Sleep
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| Armor for Sleep | |
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 Ben Jorgensen (left), Nash Breen (centre) and PJ DeCicco (right) of Armor For Sleep
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| Background information | |
| Origin | New Jersey, United States |
| Genre(s) | Alternative rock[1] Post-Hardcore[2] |
| Years active | 2001 – present [3] |
| Label(s) | Sire Records Equal Vision Records |
| Website | Official Website |
| Members | |
| Ben Jorgensen PJ DeCicco Anthony DiIonno Nash Breen |
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| Former members | |
| AJ Resnick Paul Abrahamian |
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Armor for Sleep is an alternative rock band, formed during 2001 in New Jersey.
After initial demo's had been distributed, New York baded independent label, Equal Vision Records signed the band and went on the release the concept based albums, Dream to Make Believe in 2003 and follow up, What to Do When You Are Dead in 2005.[3] The following year they signed to Sire Records/Warner Bros. and released their latest album Smile For Them in 2007.[4]
Band founder, Ben Jorgensen, stated the name Armor For Sleep comes from his early experiences of writing music and not being able to sleep. He quotes
| “ | I guess when I started the band I was kind of, like, retreating in my room and I kind of couldn't really fall asleep, so I started playing music. I just thought of the name Armor For Sleep, because it was really, the music was keeping me from passing out! Which was something I was procrastinating on.[3] | ” |
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[edit] History
The band was originally signed to Equal Vision Records and released their first two albums with them, but as of April 2006, Armor for Sleep are now signed to Warner Brothers/Sire Records.
A Machine Shop remix of their track "Remember to Feel Real" was featured on the Snakes on a Plane soundtrack in August of 2006.
The band had a new track entitled "End of the World" on the soundtrack to the 2007 Transformers film, which was released on July 3, 2007.
Their third full length album Smile For Them was released on October 30, 2007.
On August 20, 2008, a blog entry on the band's website announced an EP, entitled "The Way Out Is Broken."[5]
Armor for Sleep announced a recent unreleased track of theirs on their official website entitled, "Chameleons." The track is posted onto Supload.com to download.[6]
[edit] Current line-up
- Ben Jorgensen - vocals, rhythm guitar, lyricist
- PJ DeCicco - lead guitar
- Anthony DiIonno - bass
- Nash Breen - drums, percussion
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Year | Album details | Chart peaks[7] | ||
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| Billboard 200 | Top Independent Albums | Top Heatseekers | ||
| 2003 | Dream to Make Believe
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— | — | — |
| 2005 | What to Do When You Are Dead
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101 | 8 | 1 |
| 2007 | Smile for Them
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93 | — | — |
| a "—" denotes an album did not chart | ||||
[edit] Extended plays
| Year | EP |
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| 2008 | The Way Out Is Broken |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | Album |
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| 2003 | "Dream to Make Believe" | Dream to Make Believe |
| 2004 | "My Town" | |
| 2005 | "Car Underwater" | What to Do When You Are Dead |
| 2005 | "The Truth About Heaven" | |
| 2006 | "Remember to Feel Real" | |
| 2007 | "Williamsburg" | Smile for Them |
| 2008 | "Hold the Door" |
[edit] DVDs
- Armor for Sleep released a limited number of DVDs with their second CD 'What to Do When You Are Dead' documenting how the record was made.
- The video for "Dream to Make Believe" is featured on the Homesick DVD that was released on September 7, 2004.
- A Comprehensive Guide To Touring was released on November 15, 2005.
- Armor for Sleep's song "End of the World" was featured on the movie Transformers.
- Armor for Sleep's song "Very Invisible" was featured on the soundtrack to the "Masters of Horror" series.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.absolutepunk.net/artists/showlink.php?l=1752
- ^ "Armor For Sleep". www.allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:jcfqxq80ldse.
- ^ a b c http://www.alternativevision.co.uk/interview7.html
- ^ http://www.armorforsleep.com/info
- ^ The Way Out Is Broken
- ^ http://armorforsleep.com/news/2009/05/05/unreleased-song
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=ARMOR|FOR|SLEEP&sql=11:jcfqxq80ldse~T5
