A Day In The Life

 

A Day In The Life were a post hardcore / emo band from Dayton, Ohio formed in 2001. The band released one full length LP, one EP and one comp / split as a band. They later changed their name to Hawthorne Heights in 2003. formed by JT Woodruff, Jesse Blair, Andy Saunders, Josh Bethel, and Andy Lazier. They took their name from the popular Beatles song "A Day in the Life".

One interesting piece of information I found was that their demo, For Bullets For One Girl is essentially considered lost media. There is legit like no trace of any recordings anywhere even though this demo supposedly sold 500 copies in 2 months which led them to gather the attention of Confined Records. Through Confined Records, A Day in the Life would release their debut full length in 2001, Nine Reasons to Say Goodbye and then later in 2003 EP, Paper Chromatography: The Fade From Dark to Light independently. Once A Day in the Life signed to the infamous Victory Records, the tracks from this aforementioned Paper Chromatography EP would resurface for a 3 way split with bands, The Red Affair & Hit the Lights in 2004. After the release of this split JT would change the band name to Hawthorne Heights and write the first song under that moniker titled, The Transition.

Personally, Hawthorne Heights was never my go to post-hardcore band but it's pretty undeniable how classic their first two records are. I also found this lore to be fascinating since Hawthorne intially seemed like a band that came out of nowhere and blew up from the success of "Ohio Is For Lovers". Cool to see these guys have their roots in DIY and Hardcore.

It's also funny considering one of my more recent posts was on another Ohio band, Clevelands own, Integrity. Crazy to see how just a 10 year difference can drastically change the scope of music within the area. I doubt Mean Steve / Chubby / hell even Dwid would rock w music like this aha. If you look into those 90's Clevo Hardcore bands you'll realize those guys live a vastly different lifestyle than these emo juggernauts.

A Day in the Life Was:

Vocals - JT Woodruff

Guitars - Andy Saunders & Jesse Blair

Bass - Josh Bethel

Drums - Andy Lazier

Nine Reasons to Say Goodbye (2001)

1. The Death of a Dream 

2. Control Alt Delete 

3. Do You Have A Map, Because I'm Lost In Your Eyes

 4. The Girl That Destroyed Me 

5. Candy Canes And Cola 

6. Audrey In Sacramento

7. Photograph 

8. Until Her Heart Stops 

9. I'm Not Crying, My Eyeballs Are Sweating

Paper Chromatography: The Fade From Dark to Light (2003)

1. Angels With Even Filthier Souls 

2. Skyline Fever

3. Apparently, Hoverboards Don't Float on Water

4. Mean Machine

5. The Mild Effects of an MAO Inhibitor

6. The Flux Capacitor

you break my heart... then again, you break everyone's heart.