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who released two EPs and two studio albums.

Background

The band is the brainchild of founding members Alex Sheldon (guitar) and Adam McMillion (drums) back in 2004. McMillion, who had recently graduated from Churchill High School in Michigan, met together in college and started playing together. The band was soon rounded out by the addition of Josh Frost (vocals), Jim Czech (guitar), and Eli Clark (bass). In 2006, their debut EP ''Ghosts'' was released. They were signed to

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and released their new debut album ''A Fire So Big the Heavens Can See It'' on April 1, 2008. ''A Fire So Big the Heavens Can See It'' charted at No. 46 on the '' Billboard'' Top Christian Albums chart. On June 19, 2012, the band released a YouTube video called "Search the City is alive!" in which the band announced a new demo, released on June 27 and a band member change, introducing 21-year-old Travis Bobier (originally from the band Aria Aesthetic) as the new vocalist of the band, taking the place of former vocalist Josh Frost, Chris Jenkins replacing former drummer Adam McMillion, and Joe Marks taking a permanent place of former full-time bassist Jim Baird, and bassists Eli Clark and Brandon James Ellis. Original vocalist, Josh Frost, has begun work on his first solo project Kodiak Jack as well as opening up a recording studio called The Elephant Room, and in 2014, opened a second location in Nashville, Tenn., run by longtime friend Josh Colby. Their second album, ''Flight'', was released on September 3, 2013. Four singles were released from this album: "Light the Fire", "Watch the Stars Fall", "Whispers & Memories" and "One Last Lullaby" including three more singles: "The Runaways", "Heartstrings" and Rewrite the Ending".

Past members

* Josh Frost -

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* James “Jimmy Fullblast” Czech -

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* Alex Sheldon -

* Andy Paonessa -

, backing vocals * Adam Mcmillion - Drums, backing vocals * Jim Baird -

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* Brandon James Ellis -

, backing vocals * Travis Bobier -

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* Eli Clark -

* Chris Jenkins - Drums * Joe Marks - Bass

Discography

* ''Ghosts'' — 2006 EP * ''A Fire So Big the Heavens Can See It'' — 2008 * ''Demos'' — 2012 EP * ''Flight'' — 2013

Albums

Ghosts EP * This Is Your Captain Speaking * Mays Funeral * We Get Along Like A House On Fire * The Holiday Song * Streetlight Diaries *Clocks and Timepieces A Fire So Big the Heavens Can See It * Son of a Gun * To The Moon For All I Care * Detroit Was Built on Secrets * Ambulance Chaser * Talk Is Cheap and I've Got Expensive Taste * The Rescue * Bigger Scars Make Better Stories * The Streetlight Diaries * In This Scene You're Just an Extra * Clocks and Timepieces Flight * My Secrets Have Secrets Too * Syndicated Reality * Heartstrings * Whispers and Memories * The Runaways * Young Hearts * Light the Fire * A Beautiful Mess * Rewrite the Ending * One Last Lullaby * Get A Grip * Watch the Stars Fall

Singles

References

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