Bands don’t succeed. Just statistically. So after the surprise indie success of our album Take This To Your Grave, I was sure there was no way but down from there. I was certain we couldn’t possibly match the success we’d had with that album. So I barely bothered considering it as a possibility, I just went in to write and record an album I enjoyed. I told my parents “I swear, just one more semester off and then I’ll go to college.” When “Sugar, We’re Goin Down,” premiered on MTV’s TRL I could tell that I probably wasn’t going to make it to college after all.
Happy 20th anniversary to From Under The Cork Tree, the album that changed everything. You turned it into something so much bigger than us, and for that we’re forever grateful.
We’re working on some cool things to keep the celebration going later this year, but more on that later. Here’s to the next chapter 🌳🖤.
Patrick, Pete, Andy, Joe
@Profgampo I remember seeing you for the first time in 2011 at the Welcome to Minnesota tour in Rochester. Most of us had never heard of you but your stage presence and the way you controlled the crowd was insane! I remember that's all my friends and I could talk about!
Any trick can be great but what makes it magic is if you can do it twice. In our return after the hiatus this was our second shot- in some ways the true proof that we were together as the four of us again for good….It was written and recorded in hotel rooms and backstage at festivals halfway around the world. Happy belated birthday AB/AP we will always love you.