SONG: "Surfaced"
ARTIST: The Dangerous Summer
ALBUM: "An Acoustic Performance Of Reach For The Sun"
YEAR: 2011
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Ellicott City, Maryland
YEARS ACTIVE: 2006 - present
WHAT I THINK THE SONG IS ABOUT:
"Surfaced" appears to be a song about losing yourself in the chaos of everyday life and getting overwhelmed, but finding the strength to pull yourself out again and rediscover your identity and realizing that you have to just go day to day, not taking even the smallest things for granted.
THE DANGEROUS SUMMER DISCOGRAPHY (Full length albums only):
2009 - Reach For The Sun (Hopeless Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2011 - An Acoustic Performance Of Reach For The Sun (Hopeless Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2011 - War Paint (Hopeless Records)
* peaked at #149 on the Billboard 200 on 8-6-11
2013 - Golden Record (Hopeless Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2018 - The Dangerous Summer (Hopeless Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2019 - Mother Nature (Hopeless Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2020 - Live In Baltimore 2019 (Hopeless Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2022 - Coming Home (Rude Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
MY THOUGHTS ON THE DANGEROUS SUMMER:
The Dangerous Summer is a Maryland based band that formed back in 2006. In 2007, the band released an EP that caught the ear of Hopeless Records who in turn re-released the EP, beginning what would be a 12 year relationship with the band. Their debut full length studio album was released in 2009, titled "Reach For The Sun". This album hit #42 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart. In 2011, the band released an acoustic version of "Reach For The Sun" as well as releasing their follow up full length, "War Paint". This album peaked at #149 on the Billboard 200 charts, making it the only The Dangerous Summer album to enter that chart. In 2013, "Golden Record" was released. In 2014, lead vocalist AJ Perdomo decided to leave that band as he and bandmate, Cody Payne, just couldn't work together anymore. A few years later, Payne had to serve a year in prison for burglary and in 2017, The Dangerous Summer reunited with AJ Perdomo and Cody Payne posted online that he had left the band. The Dangerous Summer wrapped up their deal with Hopeless Records by releasing 2018's "The Dangerous Summer", 2019's "Mother Nature" and 2020's "Live In Baltimore 2019. The band's most recent album was 2022's "Coming Home", released through Rude Records. The Dangerous Summer is a pop punk/melodic rock/alternative rock type of band. They were highly influenced by bands like Third Eye Blind and Jimmy Eat World. I started listening to these guys in what I call my "Taking Back Sunday years"! This was a period of time from the mid 2000's where I really got on a pop punk/melodic rock trip. The Dangerous Summer falls right in line with that style. I always felt that these guys were closer to the top of that food chain. Very good songs, good vocals. Great to see that their little hiatus in 2014 was short lived and The Dangerous Summer is still going strong.
SIMILAR ARTISTS:
The Starting Line
Transit
The Early November
Acceptance
Armor For Sleep
TEN THE DANGEROUS SUMMER SONGS YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT:
1. Ghosts
2. LA In A Cop Car
3. The Permanent Rain
4. Catholic Girls
5. Where I Want To Be
6. War Paint
7. Bring Me Back To Life
8. Northern Lights (acoustic version)
9. Coming Home
10. Way Down
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