The Academy Is...

Formed in Chicago, Illinois USA, by lead singer William Beckett and guitarist Mike Carden the Alternative-Rock band The Academy Is... also includes Tom Conrad as second guitar+backing vocalist, Adam Siska on bass and Andy Mrotek on drums.

Since Beckett and Carden first came together in 2002, the band have paved their way with lightening speed. After adding Siska on bass and a second guitarist and drummer, the group headed into the studio and recorded an EP for Chicago label LLR Records; it caught the attention of Fueled By Ramen which immediately signed the young band and put them to work recording their full-length debut; in 2004 The Academy Is... underwent a line-up change and set out on the road with bands like Fall Out Boy, Something Corporate, Less Than Jake, Midtown, Matchbook Romance among others.
The band's first album, "Almost Here", was released in February 2005 reaching #7 on The Billboard Top Heatseekers chart.

The Academy Is ... will be releasing their new album "Santi" on April 3, 2007 via Atlantic Records; "We've Got A Big Mess On Our Hands" is the first single released off their forthcoming CD.

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Almost Here

(2005)

1. Attention
2. Season
3. Slow Down
4. The Phrase That Pays
5. Black Mamba
6. Skeptics And True Believers
7. Classifieds
8. Checkmarks
9. Down And Out
10. Almost Here

 

Santi

(2007)

1. Same Blood
2. LAX To O'Hare
3. We've Got A Big Mess On Our Hands
4. Sleeping With Giants (Lifetime)
5. Everything We Has
6. Bulls In Brooklyn
7. Neighbors
8. Seed
9. Chop Chop
10. You Might Have Noticed
11. Unexpected Places

 

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