Relient K
The band has reached critical success with mainstream pop-punk and alternative rock; additionally, their sound incorporates piano and acoustic elements.[13] All Work & No Play caught the attention of dc Talk's Toby McKeehan (tobyMac), who later signed the band to his label, Gotee Records.Soon after, the band released Relient K, the group's first full-length CD, which featured lyrics with a wide range of pop-culture and Christian references.[16] Anatomy landed them in the Christian rock limelight, and Relient K was offered a clothing deal with Abercrombie & Fitch in 2001.The album was dedicated to Jesse Alkire, contest winner and friend of Matthew Thiessen, who inspired the song "The Vinyl Countdown.[21][failed verification] The album had the band experimenting with its sound a bit more, which included incorporating piano, hardcore punk and some pop music.[22] Driven by newfound recognition from Mmhmm, their previous album, Two Lefts Don't Make a Right...but Three Do was also certified gold in spring 2005.[23] Shortly before Mmhmm's release, longtime bassist Brian Pittman left the band, citing that he was tired of touring and wanted to start a landscaping company."[13] Pittman reunited with the band for one final show, which was the release party for "Mmhmm" at the Newport Music Hall in Columbus, Ohio on November 1, 2004.[25] Relient K provided the first track, "Manic Monday" originally recorded by The Bangles, to the various artist CD, Punk Goes 80's, released on June 7, 2005.The music video for the track Be My Escape entered MTV's Top Ten, and landed them an appearance on The Tonight Show and Jimmy Kimmel Live!.[23] The music video for "Who I Am Hates Who I've Been" has also made its way onto the Total Request Live countdown,[27] many top 40 radio stations, and was included on Now!Recording sessions for another studio album, Five Score and Seven Years Ago, started on June 18, 2006, and continued for parts of July and August."Four score and seven years ago" is the first line of the Gettysburg Address, the famous speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.The single received enough airplay to be the fourth most played song on Christian Hit Radio (CHR) stations in 2007 according to R&R magazine.[40] On October 18, 2007, drummer Dave Douglas announced his departure on good terms on the band's website due to a desire to pursue his side-project Gypsy Parade with his wife Rachel.[52] It included the band's first three studio albums with various "EP exclusive" tracks attached to each CD, according to their approximate release year.[56] In several interviews on YouTube, Matt Thiessen and other band members stated that they had planned to enter the studio in November 2011 to write and record an album, which they hoped would be released mid-2012.[82] On September 30, 2015, long-time Relient K producer Mark Lee Townsend posted a short video on his Twitter account with the caption "RK 8 has been serious fun to make... you're gonna dig it.[92] Relient K announced beginning on January 21, 2017, that they would embark on a second tour with Switchfoot, the Still Looking For America 2our covering Western U.S. and Canada.[93][94] In February 2017, the band added an updated photo revealing that Mark Lee Townsend was no longer with them, but Jake Germany had joined on keys.[100] The "Um Yeah tour" itself was deemed highly successful as many shows sold out and lines to attend wrapped around the buildings they performed in.[citation needed] The band performed at the 2023 Furnace Fest in Birmingham, Alabama along with other artists such as Anberlin, Between the Buried and Me, Becoming the Archetype, Project 86, and Hatebreed.The title of the book is taken from the last line of the song "Mood Rings," which is found on the band's third album, Two Lefts Don't Make a Right...but Three Do.[118] The band gives advice on the opposite sex through personal experience, stereotypes (including The Rock Chick and Vanilla Pudding), and Biblical advice—presented in the attitude found in the group's music.The third video podcast was a collection of footage and discussions from the Nintendo Fusion Tour, and a Mario Kart DS Tournament between the five band members.There is a sixth unreleased video podcast including John Warne fulfilling his lifelong dream of walking into a room with the AutoZone Theme Song playing.The last podcast is a short video showing the band playing a game called "Gum Golf" created during the release of Let it Snow, Baby... Let it Reindeer.[122] The band made a cover of the song, "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything" for the soundtrack to the animated film Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie.Matt Thiessen and Jon Foreman (Switchfoot's lead singer and guitarist) wrote a song called "Rebuild" to help raise even more money.
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