Tonight Alive

Tonight Alive is a five-piece pop punk band from Sydney, Australia. Formed in 2008, and having played along side artists such as Anberlin, Simple Plan, We Are The In Crowd and Never Shout Never, they have sold in excess of 20,000 copies of their self-funded debut EP, All Shapes and Disguises (released June 2010) solely in Australia and Japan. In November 2010 they released a 3 track Vinyl EP Consider This and began their national headline tour with Australian band Sienna Skies.

In early 2011 the band traveled to Los Angeles to record their debut album What Are You So Scared Of? with producer Mark Trombino (Blink 182, Jimmy Eat World, The Starting Line) before returning to Australia to tour throughout February to support The Getaway Plan on their Australian tour.

Tonight Alive have been listed as one of the top 10 Australian bands of all time on rock radio station KROQ in the US.

In April 2011 Tonight Alive was part of the The Bamboozle festival, sharing the stage with acts such as New Found Glory, Thrice, and The Downtown Fiction. The group played the entire Warped Tour 2012 in the United States.

The band is featured on the Punk Goes Pop 4 compilation CD released on 21 November 2011.

Tonight Alive released their debut record What Are You So Scared Of? in the UK on 1 October 2011. They signed to Fearless Records in November 2011and released What Are You So Scared Of? in the US on 14 February 2012. Shortly after, on 2 April 2012 they released the Consider This EP.

History

Formation, All Shapes And Disguises and Consider This EP (2008-2010)

Guitarist Whakaio Taahi and bassist Cameron Adler, who already had an existing rock project, joined with sixteen year-old Jenna McDougall to form the first version of Tonight Alive. Shortly thereafter Jake Hardy joined on rhythm guitar and Mitchell Stanger took on drum duties, until mid year 2009 When he parted ways and they were joined by now member Matt Best, childhood friend of Whakaio. The band's initial year was spent playing local shows at youth centers around the Sydney area, and slowly the band accumulated a large following.

In 2009 the band entered the studio to record their debut self-funded EP All Shapes And Disguises, which was released in June 2010, with their music video and debut single 'Wasting Away' being released that same month.

The track 'Closer' was featured on season six of the US reality TV show The Hills.

In November 2010, the band released a three track vinyl EP Consider This, before heading on a national tour with Australian band Sienna Skies.

What Are You So Scared Of? (2011–present)

In late 2010, a demo of Tonight Alive's new material landed on producer Mark Trombino's desk. He then contacted the band, wanting to take part in producing their debut full-length record.

"For him to contact us, and say he was interested, was a big deal," says Jenna. "We couldn't believe he'd put himself out like that. He's amazing. Mark created the albums we all grew up listening to - the albums that launched the careers of all these great bands."

In the early months of 2011, Tonight Alive flew to Los Angeles and recorded their debut full-length at NRG Studios over two months.

The band also played their Tonight Alive 2011 Australian Tour with supporting bands such as Skyway and For This Cause.

The track 'To Die For', originally from the band's first EP All Shapes & Disguises and 'Thankyou And Goodnight', originally from the band's second EP Consider This, was re-recorded on this record. 'Thankyou & Goodnight' features guest vocals from Blink 182's Mark Hoppus.

The first single 'Starlight' was released 1 July and played across the nation on local radio stations. The music video for the track was released three days later on 4 July The second single, 'Let It Land' was released along with a music video for the track on 19 September.

Tonight Alive toured the US and took part on the annual Bamboozle festival,, playing the 1 May date on the Zumiez stage alongside New Found Glory, Valencia, Thrice, The Downtown Fiction and more.

The band is featured on the Punk Goes Pop 4 compilation CD, covering 'Little Lion Man' by British indie rock band, Mumford & Sons, which was released on 21 November.

McDougall was also featured in Simple Plan's song "Jet Lag" during the Australian leg of Simple Plan's most recent tour.

What Are You So Scared Of? was originally released under Sony Records Australia, however at the beginning of November 2011, Tonight Alive also signed to Fearless Records and re-released the Consider This EP on 8 November and their debut record What Are You So Scared Of in early 2012.

The band released their Consider This EP in the UK through Banquet Records on 2 April 2012

Tonight Alive appeared on the 2011 Fearless Friends Tour alongside Blessthefall, The Word Alive, and Motionless In White

The band was set to play on the Lucky Street Tour with Go Radio and This Providence and SXSW until they had to pull out due to medical issues. "We're very sorry to announce that we are having to cancel our upcoming tour with Go Radio and SXSW appearances due to serious medical issues" They headed to Japan for the shows with Young Guns and also they had a first headline show at Shibuya AX. Tonight Alive will be playing the entire Warped Tour 2012.

During their time on The Vans Warped Tour 2012, the band began video production of Listening, their third single release from What Are You So Scared Of? Despite the fact that Breaking and Entering had previously been released as a digital download and music video, according to McDougall, Listening will technically be the third single since WAYSSO?'s official release. Listening was used to document the bands final few days on the Summer long tour, in a montage music video, which is available to view on Youtube. As of August 2012, the official video for Listening is still yet to be released.

 

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