You Blew It! was an American
emo
Emo () is a genre of rock music characterized by emotional, often confessional lyrics. It emerged as a style of hardcore punk and from the Washington, D.C., hardcore scene, where it was known as emotional hardcore or emocore. The bands ...
quintet based in
Orlando, Florida
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. The band was formed in 2009 by Tanner Jones, Timothy Flynn, and Matt Messore.
History
In 2012, the band released their debut LP, ''
Grow Up, Dude'' under
Topshelf Records
Topshelf Records is an American independent record label. Started in Peabody, Massachusetts and formerly located in San Diego, California, the label is based in Portland, Oregon as of 2022.
Topshelf Records has been profiled in the '' Pittsbu ...
. Prior to their LP, the band released two EPs: ''EP'' in 2009 and ''The Past in the Present'' in 2010.
Following ''Grow Up, Dude'' the band released a split EP in 2013 entitled ''Florida Doesn't Suck'' with fellow Floridian band
Fake Problems. Their 2014 LP, ''
Keep Doing What You're Doing'', achieved the most commercial success of any of their albums, charting in the
''Billboard'' 200, the ''Billboard''
Top Heatseekers
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and the
Independent Albums
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charts. Later that same year, the band released a cover EP, entitled ''You Blue It'', which features covers from
Weezer
Weezer is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1992. Since 2001, the band has consisted of Rivers Cuomo (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Patrick Wilson (drums, backing vocals), Brian Bell (guitar, keyboards, backing ...
's 1994 album, ''
The Blue Album''. The most recent work by the band was a twelve-track LP entitled ''
Abentrot'' which came out on November 11, 2016.
On October 9, 2017, the band announced their final two shows "for the foreseeable future." The band briefly reunited in August 2018 to play three shows in Florida with the emo band
American Football
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, stating that "passing on the opportunity to play with them would forever rest in the back of our minds," via their Instagram.
The band was inactive from 2018 until early 2022. In September 2021, Tanner Jones formed a band called Couplet with members of
Into It. Over It.
Into It. Over It. is an indie rock band founded in 2007 as the solo project of Chicago, Illinois-based musician Evan Thomas Weiss. It is considered a leading act of the early-2010s emo revival scene.
History
Evan Weiss grew up in Cherry Hill, ...
& Sincere Engineer. The debut album, ''Lp1'', was released on October 1, 2021. On April 25, 2022, the band released four previously unreleased demo tracks from the ''Grow Up, Dude'' sessions.
On July 22, 2022, while Anaya's band
Pool Kids was supporting Jones' band Couplet, the duo performed an impromptu acoustic You Blew It! set.
On February 11, 2023, the band announced they would be reuniting with the original lineup to perform a one-off reunion show on May 12 performing the band's material from 2009-2012 at Nice Guy's Pizza. Two more shows were added due to overwhelming demand.
Members
* Timothy Flynn, drums (2009–2013, 2023)
* Tanner Jones, vocals/guitar (2009–2018, 2022–2024)
* Matt Messore, vocals/guitar (2009–2010)
* Trevor O'Hare, guitar/backing vocals (2010–2018, 2023)
* Andrew Anaya, guitar/backing vocals (2011–2018, 2022, 2024)
* David Fuentes, bass (2011–2012, 2023, 2024)
* Nick Inmann, bass (2012–2013)
* Mark Ispass, bass (2010–2011)
* Matthew Nissley, drums (2013–2018)
* Andrew Vila, bass (2013–2018)
*
Steven Gray, bass
(2012)
*
Randy Reddell, bass
(2008)
Discography
Studio albums
Extended plays
References
External links
*
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Topshelf Records artists
Musical groups established in 2009
Musical groups from Orlando, Florida
Emo revival groups
Emo musical groups from Florida