A Loss for Words
| A Loss for Words | |
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Lead vocalist Matty Arsenault live in 2009
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Last Ride (1999–2003) |
| Origin | Abington, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Genres | Pop punk |
| Years active | 1999–2015 |
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| Associated acts | Lions Lions, Snakes in Suits |
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A Loss for Words on Facebook A Loss for Words on Myspace |
| Past members | Matty Arsenault Mike Adams Marc Dangora Christian Mullen Kreg Dudley Chris Murphy Evan Cordeiro Adam Souza Steve Delaney Danny Poulin Jack McHugh Lee Preston Nevada Smith |
A Loss for Words (formerly Last Ride) was an American pop punk band from Abington, Massachusetts.
Matty Arsenault and Danny Poulin from Lions Lions started a new band, Last Ride, in 1999, it would soon feature Kreg Dudley, Chris Murphy, and Evan Cordeiro. The band had five names listed in a notebook before they changed it, and one of the names was A Loss for Words. The band would change its name to A Loss for Words after attending a minister's service. Mike Adams was soon drafted to play bass after the original bass player had no desire to play in front of people. Marc Dangora, from Mommy a Fly Flew Up My Pee Hole, joined in 2004.
By April 2004, several tracks were posted on the band's PureVolume account: "Bullets Leave Holes", "Death or Glory", "Rose Colored Lens", "Shoot for Seven", "Faze 3", and "Warren's Eyes". The band recorded 3 songs with Matt Squire in College Park, Maryland, in January 2005. A track listing for a release called Coming Soon to a Theater Near You, released in 2004, was put up in February. In March, it was announced the band were in a studio recording six songs that would be released on an EP, to be released by Rock Vegas, with a planned release month of May. The tracks were finished being mixed by April, and a new release month set, June. Unmastered versions of two tracks, "A Theme for Your Ego" and "Bullets Leave Holes", from the EP were posted online in May. "A Theme for Your Ego" featured guest vocals by Brendan Brown from The Receiving End of Sirens. The band released their first EP on Rock Vegas on 1 July, called These Past 5 Years (2005). The EP sold over 1,000 copies in under two months. On September 23, Rock Vegas revealed the EP sold out in 4 weeks, and that they were repressing it with new disc art.
In February 2006, the band posted "Half Step Down" on their MySpace profile. In April, the band mentioned they were writing some new songs for a new release later in the year. In December, Rock Vegas said the band had finished recording four songs a split release with They Sleep the Dream. By 2007, the band would become an active touring band. The split was released in March 2007. The band released a cover of Boyz II Men's "Water Runs Dry" on December 5.
Jack McHugh and Nevada Smith would join in 2007.
From December 14, 2007 to February 2008, the band would be recording their first full-length album. On December 27, 2007, it was announced that the band would record their first album with Nik Tyler and Matt Robnett, at Play/Work Productions. The decision to record at the studio was, as Arsenault comments, "we wanted to record [...] in a studio that would give us a good sound." Recording cost the band $16,000 and as a result, they had to take out a loan. Several guest were announced to be featured on the album: Dan O'Connor and Alan Day from Four Year Strong, Vinnie Caruana from I Am the Avalanche, Sweet Pete from In My Eyes, and Kenny Vasoli from The Starting Line.
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