Taking Back Sunday Recording

April 12th, 2010

Grant Trimboli

Taking Back Sunday have released an official statement announcing the departure of bassist Matt Rubano and guitarist Matt Fazzi and the re-additions of ex-Straylight Run members John Nolan (guitar/vocals) and Shaun Cooper (bass). Both Nolan and Cooper were in TBS before leaving to form Straylight in 2003. The new TBS lineup (the same one that recorded 2002’s Tell All Your Friends) are currently working on new material for the band’s fifth full-length.

Frontman Adam Lazzara explained the reunion by saying, “This crazy idea came up and once we started exploring it and talking on the phone, it was almost like all that time hadn’t passed between us. Given the history and the years that had passed, I don’t think any of us really knew if hanging out again let alone writing and playing together would actually work. For it to feel so comfortable and effortless so quickly made us realize that we had to give it a chance.”

New/old guitarist John Nolan said, “I never would have imagined that this group of people reuniting would be possible. Since we parted ways we all went down very different paths and somehow everything we’ve experienced individually over the past seven years has brought us back to a point of genuine appreciation and love for each other as people and musicians. There’s a shared excitement and enthusiasm within this group that I haven’t experienced since the early days of the band.”

In regards to the departures of Rubano an Fazzi, a statement on the band’s site says, “Sometimes it takes some time to remember where you were headed in the first place and the people you intended to go there with. There are no hard feelings, just the future.”

Taking Back Sunday will be recording their fifth studio album in Los Angeles this summer with producer Eric Valentine, who worked on their previous album Louder Now. Plans are in the works for a handful of exclusive preview shows in the near future and extensive touring as soon as the album is finished. “I’m so glad this is happening,” says guitarist Eddie Reyes, “because I can already hear something in the songs that reminds me of why all of us were so passionate about this band to begin with.”

via AltPress