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The Last Sleepless City
12+ albums
pop punk
about
The Last Sleepless City is an American pop-punk/electronic band formed in 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, under the name Autumn Under Fire. Former Faze22 and A Turnaround Life vocalist/guitarist Dylan James formed Autumn Under Fire with screamer/keyboardist Allen Niles, and they started playing shows together. They described their style as "screamotronic", blending electronic music with the vocal style of screamo and making use of live instruments. After releasing an EP called "Time To Take Cover", they recruited guitarist/keyboardist Mitchell Willard, so Dylan could sing without playing the guitar. With this three-member lineup, the band released their second EP, called "Crash The Scene", and their first music video for their song "Birth of a Hero" featuring J-Dub. Mitchell left Autumn Under Fire in late 2010. To replace him, Allen and Dylan found lead guitarist Tim Howell, rhythm guitarist Tae Kim, bassist Collin East and drummer Jake Smith. The band changed its name to The Last Sleepless City. Their style was more pop-punk-oriented than Autumn Under Fire's, but kept the influences from electronic music and post-hardcore. They released a CD in 2011 and gave away copies at live shows. The Last Sleepless City went through a large number of members over the years. Allen, Tim, Collin and Jake left the band, and were replaced by guitarist Vinnie DeRise, bassist Harley Marcel and drummer Mike Battista, who was Dylan's longtime friend and bandmate. Shortly after, Vinnie DeRise wa
