Straylight Run

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Baldwin, New York, United States (2003 – present)

Straylight Run is the project of ex-Taking Back Sunday members John Nolan and Shaun Cooper. The band formed in May 2003 shortly after John and Shaun left Taking Back Sunday due to personal differences with lead singer Adam Lazzara. John and Shaun had been writing songs while still in the old band that they felt didn’t fit in with Taking Back Sunday’s style, and the freedom of starting a new band gave them a chance to experiment with this new sound. The band is based in Baldwin, New York, United States, the hometown of most of the members. The band’s name is taken from a chapter of William Gibson’s novel “Neuromancer.”

The band gained popularity early on through word of mouth after they released 6 demos available for download exclusively on their website. They then went on to release a self-titled full-length and more recently a 6 track EP Prepare to Be Wrong. The band currently consists of John Nolan (vocals, guitar, piano), his sister Michelle DaRosa (vocals, guitar, piano), Shaun Cooper (bass) and Will Noon (drums). The band recently added a new song titled “The Miracle That Never Came” on its myspace.

Straylight Run’s latest album, The Needles The Space, was released on June 19, 2007.

On June 3, 2008, Michelle DaRosa announced on the band’s myspace that she was officially leaving to pursue her own solo projects. Shortly after leaving Straylight Run, DeRosa formed the band Destry which includes Shaun Cooper from her former band and Sam Means of the defunct indie rock band The Format

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1	Existentialism on Prom Night	1,422
2	The Tension and the Terror	585
3	Mistakes We Knew We Were Making	566
4	Another Word for Desperate	469
5	The Miracle That Never Came full track	393
6	The Perfect Ending	386
7	The Words We Say full track	356
8	Soon We'll Be Living in the Future full track	345
9	Your Name Here (Sunrise Highway)	332
10	Tool Sheds and Hot Tubs	308
11	Hands in the Sky (Big Shot)	289
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rachelleTHRASH wrote:
Wednesday evening

Hands in the sky is so well written.

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JordanthesuckeR wrote:
12 days ago

still say 'a slow descent' is their best.

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maahs_ wrote:
20 days ago

Hah! SoA brought me here too after Googling the lyrics. [2] hands in the sky (big shot)<3

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seattletaylor wrote:
21 days ago

beautiful music

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mutiilator wrote:
23 days ago

Hah! SoA brought me here too after Googling the lyrics.

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buckscar wrote:
24 days ago

i used to love this band...

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vdg007 wrote:
last month

Hands In The Sky is great @@

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qlacs wrote:
last month

soa brought me here...

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rachelleTHRASH wrote:
last month

just as good as 2004 =]

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koolaidparty wrote:
last month

It wasn't a new song. It was "Hands in the Sky (Big Shot)". This is on their album "Prepare to be Wrong" released in Oct. of 2005. It was a good finishing song for Sons of Anarchy, though.

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tylerstravis wrote:
last month

hmm... New song in sons of anarchy tonight.

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Katecrack wrote:
last month

Pssssh, you guize. They're /ALL/ /amazing/. I would pay so much money to see them again.

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DecsterB wrote:
last month

How Do I Fix My Head is great

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lenadecember wrote:
last month

existentialism on prom night is so fucking good

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HomestarDrummer wrote:
October 2009

News Flash: These guys can still rock without Michelle. Saw them live in Anaheim - best live performance in terms of quality and stage presence I've ever seen, and I've seen Brand New, mewithoutYou and, hell, not even Paul McCartney puts on a show as engrossing as these guys. Don't count them out just yet.

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volumeOut wrote:
October 2009

Those new songs aren't great. I will miss their old, emotional style.

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TsunamiBombX wrote:
October 2009

michelle's new band is great.

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Manuel_Y wrote:
October 2009

nimityaka, you're soo right!

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Lord_Krichian wrote:
October 2009

not that good but acceptable

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onitorment wrote:
September 2009

New old pics galore! Vote up! http://www.last.fm/music/Straylight+Run/+images?sort=date

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