Taking Back Sunday

Pop-punk icons Taking Back Sunday recently released a self-titled album with all five original members. The new album, combined with the achievement of celebrating the 10year anniversary of their debut album Tell All Your Friends, has given them a new breath of life. They’re better than ever and kicking off an Australian tour tonight.

Since forming in 2002 they have had many lineup changes but the shift that happened in 2010 would be the most unexpected. In 2010 Taking Back Sunday announced that the original bassist Sean Cooper and guitarist John Nolan would be returning. This was not only exciting and unexpected news for the fans but also for the members of the band. “We definitely had no idea that this would happen,” explains Cooper. “When I left the band in 2003, I was very, very comfortable with that being the end. I was never longing to be back in the band when I wasn’t in it, but when my old band ended and Taking Back Sunday asked me to come back it was one of those things that of seemed to make sense at the time. When we all got in the room and started talking as friends again and we all started working on music it all seemed completely natural which is shocking to all of us. It’s a huge blessing to be able to do this, this much time later.”

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