Set Your Goals (band)
Set Your Goals | |
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 Set Your Goals performing at 2008's Warped Tour. | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Orinda, California, United States |
| Genres | Pop punk, melodic hardcore |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Labels | Epitaph, Eulogy |
| Members | Jordan Brown Matt Wilson Joe Saucedo Mike Ambrose Audelio Flores Daniel Coddaire |
| Past members | Israel Branson Jason Bryceman Tim Brooks Manuel Peralez Dave Yoha |
| Website | setyourgoalsband.com |
Set Your Goals is an American easycore band from Walnut Creek, CA (an affluent town in the East Bay area of the San Francisco Bay Area), formed in 2004. Their musical style typically employs a combination of pop punk and melodic hardcore.[1] Their band name is derived from the CIV album of the same name.[2]
The band consists of vocalists Jordan Brown and Matt Wilson, guitarists Audelio Flores Jr and Daniel Coddaire, bassist Joe Saucedo and drummer Mike Ambrose.[3][4]
History
Formation and first releases (2004–2008)
Forming in 2004, Set Your Goals released their first self-titled EP through Straight on Records in May 2004. The band embarked on some of their first tours with The Warriors and Make Move, as the word circulated about the EP they were approached by a number of labels. After "touring off of that alone for almost 2 years", they signed with Eulogy Recordings and re-released the EP under the name Reset in April 2006. Audelio Flores joined the band on April 2006.[2] Their second release on Eulogy was their debut studio album, entitled Mutiny!, which was released in July 2006. During winter of 2007 Dave Yoha amicably left the band due to tour exhaust. Daniel Coddaire returned for touring before he rejoined the band officially in 2008. Coddaire was Set Your Goals original lead guitarist. Jack Black later featured on their album "Burning At Both Ends"
In the Spring of 2007, they were support on Anti-Flag's headlining tour alongside Alexisonfire and Big D and the Kids Table. Set Your Goals released an acoustic version of their track "Echoes" for the Punk Goes Acoustic 2 compilation on Fearless Records in 2007. They also covered Lil Jon's "Put Yo Hood Up" for the Fearless Records compilation Punk Goes Crunk, released in April 2008.
In the Spring of 2008 they played on the Bamboozle Roadshow with Saves the Day, Armor for Sleep, Valencia and Metro Station. Set Your Goals released a song entitled "The Fallen" through the social networking sites Trig and MySpace, and the flash and audio website Newgrounds. They played the entire 2008 Vans Warped Tour on the Smartpunk Stage.
Record label issues and This Will Be the Death of Us (2008–2010)
Set Your Goals reached a buy-out agreement with Eulogy Recordings in August 2008 at an estimated $125,000.[5] It has also been reported that the band got their manager to buy out their contract for $150,000. Vocalist Matt Wilson later hinted that their next release may be self-released, saying, "The truth is we have many options for our next record and self-releasing is one of the best and a very likely option."[6] In March 2009, it was announced that Epitaph Records had signed the band.[7]
They supported New Found Glory on the UK Easy Core tour later in the year. They were the main support to New Found Glory on the Not Without a Fight tour in early 2009.
On May 1, 2009, the band performed as Set Your Grohls, performing covers of Nirvana and Foo Fighters songs.[8] Their second record, This Will Be the Death of Us, was released through Epitaph Records on 21 July 2009 and was produced by Mike Green (Paramore, The Matches).[9]
In support of the upcoming album, they toured Australia with All Time Low and Stealing O'Neal, and toured the United States throughout July and August with Four Year Strong, Polar Bear Club, The Swellers and Fireworks. The band played new songs from This Will Be the Death of Us live.[10]
On the 28th of July Set Your Goals announced that their album This Will Be the Death of Us had made the Billboard (magazine) top 200 by placing at #65. This was in continuation to their previous success on their sophomore full length album, where the song The Few That Remain Featuring Hayley Williams was requested at KROQ-FM and was input into KROQ-FM's infamous Furious Five. The song Gaia Bleeds is featured on Madden NFL 10.
The band played the entire Warped Tour 2010 on the Altec Lansing stage along with Parkway Drive, Four Year Strong, Emmure, Whitechapel, Suicide Silence and others.
The band supported and toured with You Me At Six and The Blackout during their November tour. As well as this, the band played their own set of headline dates in Liverpool, Leeds and Northampton.[11]
Burning at Both Ends (2011–present)
On October 11, 2010, the band announced via their Twitter account that they had begun recording the follow-up to This Will Be the Death of Us with producer Brian McTernan. The expected release for the new album was set tentatively for Spring 2011.
On a Q&A session on the band's Formspring account on January 7, 2011, they announced that the new album will be called Burning at Both Ends, and will be released on June 27, 2011.[12]
In February–March 2011, the band supported Parkway Drive on their US headlining tour. Other opening acts were The Ghost Inside and The Warriors.[13] Following that tour, in April 2011, the band supported another major metalcore band - August Burns Red on their own US headlining tour, with supporting acts Texas in July and Born of Osiris.[14] In conjunction with the band's new release Burning at Both Ends, the band toured as part of the Vans Warped Tour, in June–August 2011.[15]
On August 15, 2011, it was announced that the band was added as the main supporting act of the Pop Punk's Not Dead Tour, which headlined by New Found Glory in October–November 2011. Other opening acts include The Wonder Years, Man Overboard and This Time Next Year.
On October 5, 2011, the band released the video for "The Last American Virgin."
On April 24, 2012, 2 new songs were released on absolutepunk.net. "Only Right Now" and "I'll Walk It Off."
Band members
- Current members
- Jordan Brown – lead vocals, piano, keyboard, synthesizer, occasional guitar (2004–present)
- Matt Wilson – lead vocals, programming (2004–present)
- Mike Ambrose – drums, percussion (2005–present)
- Joe Saucedo – bass guitar, backing vocals (2005–present)
- Audelio Flores, Jr. – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2006–present)
- Daniel Coddaire – lead guitar, programming (2004–2006, 2007 (touring), 2008–present)
- Former members
- Israel Branson – bass guitar (2004)
- Jason Bryceman – bass guitar (2005)
- Tim Brooks – rhythm guitar (2004)
- Manuel Peralez – rhythm guitar (2004–2006)
- Dave Yoha – rhythm guitar (2005–2007)
Discography
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US Indie [16] |
US Heat. [16] | ||
| 2006 | Mutiny!
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– | 46 | 47 |
| 2009 | This Will Be the Death of Us
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65 | 10 | |
| 2011 | Burning at Both Ends
|
165 | 27 | |
Extended plays
| Year | Album details |
|---|---|
| 2004 | Set Your Goals (Demo)
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| 2006 | Reset
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| 2006 | Steal Your Goals
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Compilation albums
| Year | Album details |
|---|---|
| 2010 | New Noise
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Music videos
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | "Goonies Never Say Die!" | Reset | |
| 2006 | "Mutiny!" | "Kevin Wildt" | Mutiny! |
| 2007 | "Echoes" | "Adam Patch" | Mutiny! |
| 2009 | "This Will Be the Death of Us" | "Dan Dobi" | This Will Be the Death of Us |
| 2010 | "Summer Jam" | This Will Be the Death of Us | |
| "Gaia Bleeds (Make Way For Man)" | "Adam Patch" | This Will Be the Death of Us | |
| 2011 | "Certain" | "TJ Burke" | Burning At Both Ends |
| "The Last American Virgin" | "Mitchell Wojcik" | Burning At Both Ends |
References
- ^ "Set Your Goals > Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
- ^ a b "Set Your Goals". Truepunk. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ^ "Set Your Goals". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
- ^ Ambrose, Anthony. "inTuneMusic Online: Set Your Goals / Fireworks / The Swellers @ Asbury Park 7/23". Retrieved 2009-08-05.
- ^ "Set Your Goals Moving On Up?". Absolutepunk.net. Retrieved October 6, 2008.
- ^ "Set Your Goals Spend 150K to Buy Out Their Contract". Exclaim. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ^ "Set Your Goals Signs To Epitaph". idiomag. 2009-03-25. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
- ^ Ambrose, Anthony. "inTuneMusic Online: Hoodwink @ East Rutherford 5/1". Retrieved 2009-05-11.
- ^ "Set Your Goals' New Album in July". Epitaph Records. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ^ Ambrose, Anthony. "inTuneMusic Online: Bamboozle Day 1 @ East Rutherford 5/2". Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ^ Set Your Goals announce UK headline dates
- ^ Set Your Goals. "Set Your Goals' Formspring account". Retrieved 2011-01-07.
- ^ http://www.last.fm/music/Set+Your+Goals/+events/2011
- ^ http://www.last.fm/music/Set+Your+Goals/+events/2011
- ^ http://www.last.fm/music/Set+Your+Goals/+events/2011?page=2
- ^ a b "Artist Albums Chart History – Set Your Goals". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
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