Endless Summer is the first album from The Midnight. It was released independently by the band on August 5, 2016. The instrumental version of the album was released on August 13, 2016. Two singles were released from Endless Summer prior to the album's release: Sunset, which was released on May 13, 2016 and Vampires, which released on June 10, 2016. BACKGROUND AND COMPOSITION Endless Summer is the first full-length album from The Midnight, arriving two years after the band's debut EP Days of Thunder. The band announced on social media in January 2015 that new material was being worked on, and a clip of what would become the song Endless Summer was posted. Previews of new songs continued to be shared over the remainder of the year. In February, Tim McEwan posted a photo of himself and Tyler Lyle in the studio, and an early snippet of Vampires was shared on the same day. In March, early clips of Sunset and Daytona (then titled Daytona Beach) were shared. In May, several new clips were posted, including another one of Endless Summer, another one for Sunset, and one for Nighthawks. Also in May, a snippet of a new song presumably called She Was Dreamin' of Boys (featuring vocals by McEwan) was posted, but the song did not make the final album. A small snip of the album artwork (done by Taylor Allen) was revealed in July, and at that time the release was referred to as an EP. It was announced in August that the release of the EP/album was still several months away, with McEwan ci