The Summer Obsession

Jacksonville’s the summertime Obsession had been pumped to get nabbed a aspect stage place for various schedules over the 2004 Warped Tour, thus they packed in the truck and drove from Florida to Indianapolis, and then arrive and discover that their unique stage have been canceled. Making use of their summer months touring programs abruptly altered, the people did another logical matter — drive to L.A. to try credit scoring a record offer. Their resilience and perseverance luckily paid; after almost a year of exercising and showcasing, the summertime Obsession acquired inked a cope with Virgin. Also assisting their trigger was the actual fact that these were among the first rings to make use of the publicity distributed by a then-fledgling MySpace; the site’s inventor, Tom Anderson, got an instant liking to the people, later including among their songs for the first Myspace Files compilation album in past due 2005. Equipped with Virgin’s support, the sunlit pop/rock outfit moved into the studio room in July 2005 with maker Josh Abraham (Velvet Revolver, Red) and studio room drummer Josh Freese (AN IDEAL Group, the Vandals, etc.). After documenting wrapped, they discovered a long term drummer in Chris Wilson (ex-Good Charlotte) as well as the music group briefly spent early 2006 on times using the Click Five. THE SUMMERTIME Obsession — curved out by Lucien Walker (vocals/piano), Fin Leavell (vocals/acoustic guitar, previously of Against All Specialist), and Christ Miller (bass) — released their upbeat debut, THAT’S WHERE You Belong, in past due August. Encircling the record’s launch, they spent period on the highway playing various displays with works like Teddy Geiger, Houston Phone calls, and IMPORTANT THING. Leavell remaining the music group in early 2007 to pursue additional musical interests.