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I’ve never heard of Ellicott City, Maryland, but if the guitar opening of "The Permanent Rain" (If You Could Only Keep Me Alive) is any indication, the sounds in the Ellicott City heads are just fine, thank you.

The Dangerous Summer is composed of AJ Perdomo, Cody Payne, Bryan Czap and Tyler Minsberg. Wanna catch ‘em? Try the Recher Theatre in Towson, Maryland or go to Vienna, Virginia on May 24 for Jammin’ Java with The Friday Night Boys. On June 21, The Dangerous Summer will be at the Penn Monster Factory in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.

The group members cite Name Taken, Third Eye Blind, Bright Eyes, U2, Jimmy Eat World, Phil Collins and others as influences. Not bad for a learning process. It is interesting that in addition to Sub City Records, the name Hopeless Records shows up here. That label was the home of the ska group Mustard Plug, a group this listener experienced some years ago in Danville, Illinois.

"Wake Up," is a rock anthem from If You Could Only Keep Me Alive, while the song with an interesting title on the collection is "Disconnect feat Alex of ATL." I don’t get it either, but it is good listening.

The Dangerous Summer on MySpace

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