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Our Last Night is an American
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band formed in 2004, consisting of brothers Trevor (vocals) and Matthew (guitar, vocals) Wentworth and Timothy Molloy (drums). The band is known for its
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and
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renditions of popular pop songs.


History


Early years (2004–2011)

The band was formed in early 2004 by the brothers Trevor and Matthew Wentworth, Tim and Matthew Valich, and Alex "Woody" Woodrow. They released their first EP, ''We've Been Holding Back''. On October 17, 2005, the group released their second EP, ''Building Cities from Scratch''. After a few lineup changes, the group was complete in 2006 with Trevor Wentworth (vocals), Matt Wentworth (guitar and vocals), Colin Perry (guitar), Alex "Woody" Woodrow (bass guitar) and Tim Molloy (drums). In early 2007, the group signed with Epitaph Records. The day before they embarked on their first tour, Trevor Wentworth was only 13 years old. In August 2007, after having spent some time on the local club scene, Our Last Night was signed to
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, a label owned by
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's Brett Gurewitz, and released their first album, ''The Ghosts Among Us'', on March 4, 2008. It peaked at No. 6 on ''
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The group then toured the United States through late 2008, including a prolonged stop in Los Angeles to record new tracks. ''
We Will All Evolve ''We Will All Evolve'' is the second album by New Hampshire-based band, Our Last Night. It was released on Epitaph Records. It was released on May 4, 2010. On March 23, the band changed their MySpace layout to reveal the album cover and they als ...
'' was produced by Andrew Wade who has worked with
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, In Fear and Faith, and VEARA. The band toured with From First to Last, We Came as Romans, and A Bullet for a Pretty Boy on Asking Alexandria's headlining tour Welcome to the Circus starting in early May and ending in June. On March 23, the band changed their Myspace layout to reveal the album cover, and "Elephants", the first track on their upcoming album. On April 7, the band released "Across the Ocean" on their Myspace and Absolutepunk.net. On April 23, they released the music video for "Elephants" on Myspace and different sites. On April 30, they had their official CD release show in support of ''We Will All Evolve'' at the Adams Memorial Opera House in
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. On February 1, 2011 they traveled to Tokyo for a co-headlining tour of Japan. On March 19, 2011, they embarked on headlining the "Young & Restless Tour" with
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, Arsonists Get All the Girls, A Bullet for a Pretty Boy, Armor for the Broken, and Across the Sun. On June 7, 2011 the band uploaded an acoustic version of "Across the Ocean" on their YouTube channel. This marked the first time frontman Trevor Wentworth provided clean vocals instead of his usual unclean vocals on one of the band's tracks. He has provided clean vocals on every original song and cover the band has released ever since, with the exception of "Ivory Tower". On August 27, 2011 the band uploaded a 30-second clip of a new song they have been working on to their Facebook page. From January 6–27, 2012, the band joined I See Stars on their "Leave It 2 the Suits" tour alongside
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, and Make Me Famous.


Recent years (2012–present)

After parting ways with Epitaph Records, the band announced, on October 9, 2013, that they were recording two EPs. A bonus cover song was promised after the band was late in releasing a cover in August as a part of their A Summer of Cover series, the band then released their version of Miley Cyrus' song " Wrecking Ball". On January 7, 2014, the music video for "Sunrise", from the ''Oak Island EP'', was released. The band teamed up with anti-bullying organization The BULLY Project for the video. On January 27, 2014, they released a full-band cover of Katy Perry's, "
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" on YouTube and iTunes. On February 11, 2014, the band announced that they would record ''Oak Island Acoustic'' after their European tour with
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and Empires Fade, have announced plans to record Oak Island Acoustic after returning to the states from the tour which ends on February 18 in Glasgow, Scotland. They confirmed it will feature all tracks from the Oak Island EP. On May 28, 2014, the band announced that they would unite with Set It Off for a co-headlining tour with support from Heartist and Stages & Stereos. The Come Alive began July 11 in Jacksonville, Florida through August 22 in Boston, Massachusetts. The band also stated that the Boston, Massachusetts show will be their 10-Year Anniversary Show. On June 3, 2014, an acoustic video was released for "Same Old War", taken from the acoustic version of their ''Oak Island EP'', which was released on June 24. On July 9, 2014 the band released their cover of the
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's " Bye Bye Bye" featuring vocals from Cody Carson of Set It Off. On November 4, 2016, the band co-headlined the "Face to Face" two-month US tour On May 20, 2017, the band released a new single, "Broken Lives". On May 30, 2017, the band announced an EP, ''Selective Hearing'', which was released on June 9.


Musical style

The band's sound has been described as a mixture of
post-hardcore Post-hardcore is a punk rock music genre that maintains the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression. It was initially inspired by post-punk and noise rock. Like post-punk, the term has been ...
and alternative rock with some elements of
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. The band's lyrical themes have been compared We Came as Romans and the Color Morale for their positive messages in their songs that deal with "hope and love in face of depression".


Members

Current members * Trevor Wentworth – co-lead vocals, additional guitars, programming (2004–present) * Matt Wentworth – co-lead vocals, lead guitar, piano, programming, keyboards (2004–present) * Tim Molloy – drums, percussion (2006–present) Past members * Tim Valich – rhythm guitar (2004–2005) * Nick Perricone – rhythm guitar (2005–2006) * Colin Perry – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2006–2012, 2015–2017) * Matthew Valich – drums (2004–2005) * Alex "Woody" Woodrow – bass, backing vocals (2004–2022) * Joey Perricone – drums (2005–2006) (currently credited as pianist for some of the band's songs) Timeline


Discography

Studio albums * ''The Ghosts Among Us'' (2008) * ''
We Will All Evolve ''We Will All Evolve'' is the second album by New Hampshire-based band, Our Last Night. It was released on Epitaph Records. It was released on May 4, 2010. On March 23, the band changed their MySpace layout to reveal the album cover and they als ...
'' (2010) * ''
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'' (2012) * ''Younger Dreams'' (2015) * ''Let Light Overcome'' (2019) * ''Overcome the Darkness'' (2019) * ''Let Light Overcome the Darkness'' (2020) * ''Decades of Covers'' (2022) * ''Disney Goes Heavy'' (2022) EPs * ''We've Been Holding Back'' (2004) * ''Building Cities from Scratch'' (2005) * ''A Summer of Covers'' (2013) * ''
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'' (2013) * ''Oak Island Acoustic'' (2014) * ''Decades of Covers'' (2016) * ''Selective Hearing'' (2017) * ''Empires Fall'' (2022) Singles * Same Old War (2013) * Common Ground (2016) Compilation albums * ''New Noise'' (Epitaph) (2010) * ''Worship and Tributes: Volume II'' (Rocksound) (2019)


References

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