Started back in 2008, The Endless Summer banded together to try and make something of themselves and pursue a career in doing what they loved the most: music. It didn’t take long for them to gain a level of success, playing for large concert venues and large crowds around the Midwest and throughout the Eastern United States. The band’s new EP, Fairweather, is out today as well. 
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How did the band come together? How have you grown since you guys started? 
Well, if you’re asking when The Endless Summer started, it was officially in April. “TES” was brought about as a continuation and “rebirth,” in a sense, of our old band Highland Fall. We had been a band since late 2008, and after a few member fall outs and the need for some stylistic changes, we decided to re-launch the project under a new name, and some new faces. It was really a relief for all of us. We had run into about every problem that a young band could barrel into when they’re trying to get noticed: crappy music, inside drama, the works, and it just wasn’t working out. A couple guys decided to opt out and from there we created a new sound under The Endless Summer. Since then we’ve not only grown musically, writing stuff that’s more mature and catchier, but we’ve also grown as friends. We’ve been through a lot through this whole year long process, and we go through more and more everyday. Hurdles are part of the process and they’ve really only heightened our sense of wanting to make a career out of this thing we love, music. 
 
What do you have to offer that other bands don’t? What sets you apart from a lot of the other newer bands out there today?
We are trying to bring our own unique sound to the music industry. We are going to combine some rocking guitar solos with all the pop that we’ve got going on. It’s no secret that I’ve been told I have a unique voice, and I’m trying to really exploit it in a way that shows we aren’t just your typical pop band. It’s new, it’s different, and we hope people bite on it!
 
How is the live show compared to the general sound of material that’s been released?
We really try and put everything we can into our live show to make it as close to the recorded stuff as possible. I take a lot of pride in being able to transfer some of the higher or crazier notes in my vocal range from the recordings and nailing them live. We pay a lot of attention to our sound in order to truly capture what we accomplished on the CD. After all, the CD is what familiarizes people with our sound and our music, so that is what they want to hear. Now with that being said, we can’t just be boring either. We put on a live show, I promise. We move around a lot, I love to engage the fans who put their all into our shows, and we make sure they have a good time. We promise them an experience outside of just listening to our songs in their car.
 
More times than not, influences tend to bleed through. What bands are currently inspiring the music that you’re making?
 I wouldn’t say it is so many bands that inspire us at this point, rather a genre. We struggled with what we wanted to do with this band stylistically in the beginning, and eventually Tyler [Long, guitarist] snapped one night and started writing the catchiest stuff that we had achieved to that point. It has almost a 90’s throwback feel, and at least musically that’s what’s going to be conveyed. Vocally, I’m just trying to sing some things that people are going to sing a long with but at the same time I’m really not afraid to show of the aggressiveness, the emotion, and the power that I’ve been given here. I’m doing what I love, as are we all, and we are having fun while doing it!
 
What would you say the band has already accomplished and what do you have your eyes set on next?
 The hardest part for us is out of the way for now, and that’s writing. We don’t so much struggle with writing songs; it’s more that we always seem to get something better a few days later. There comes a point where you have to stop yourself, stop over thinking and maybe save some stuff for the next record. We’ve overcome adversity in so many ways, and we can’t wait to promote our EP, Fairweather all over the place. It starts here, and what we make of it is up to us. There are millions of people out there, so what’s next? We make sure every one of them hears it.
 
Thus far, what’s a favorite memory or something quirky that’s taken place with the band (in-studio, onstage, or elsewhere)?
 It’s always a load of fun and jokes with us. It’s hard to take anything seriously, which I guess can be a bad thing if we don’t watch it. I mean we’ve had everything from harmless pranks to Tyler being unable to keep a straight face during an interview and laughing non-stop to me trying to do a flip off the drum riser and landing on my ass. We’re fun dudes, or at least we like to think so, and I really hope our fans can buy into that. We are all big Twitter junkies, and I spend half my day talking to kids. That’s what it’s all about, making a few friends throughout this thing and maybe getting a few bruised tailbones, you know?
 
Is there anything in particular that you’d like people to take away from listening to your music?
We named this band The Endless Summer for one reason. We weren’t trying to create a super poppy image; we were trying to create a retro, washed out and blissful scene. The endless summer, think about it. It’s the perfect life, and if you could chase summer around the world then wouldn’t you? That’s what we are ultimately trying to convey through our music. We are trying to get people to their favorite summer memory and we are trying to keep them there with us.

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