Amber Pacific

Amber Pacific
Amber Pacific at Warped Tour, July 12, 2007
Background information
Also known as	Follow Through
Origin	Federal Way, Washington, United States
Genres	Pop punk,emo
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Hopeless, Victory, Digitally Sound, Straight 8 Entertainment
Website	www.myspace.com/amberpacific
Members	Matt Young Will Nutter Dango Justin Westcott
Past members	Jesse Cottam Davy Rispoli Ben Harper Greg Strong Rick Hanson Tyler Peerson Blake Evans

Amber Pacific is an American band that formed in 2002 in Federal Way, Washington. The band released four full-length albums, The Possibility and the Promise in 2005, Truth in Sincerity in 2007, Virtues in 2010 and The Turn in 2014.

Amber Pacific began as group of high school juniors that performed locally in their hometown near Seattle, under the name Follow Through. The band consisted of Will Nutter, Tyler Peerson, and Blake Evans. In late 2002, vocalist Matt Young also joined the band with Justin Westcott. In the summer of 2003, Tyler and Blake left the band to pursue other interests and were replaced by Greg Strong and Dango. In 2005, after changing their name to Amber Pacific, the band released their debut album,The Possibility and the Promise, under Hopeless Records. In 2005 Justin Westcott left the band.

Ben Harper (originally in Yellowcard) joined Amber Pacific before the recording of their second studio album, Truth in Sincerity. Recording started in October 2006, but Harper left the band before the end of the year to be replaced by Rick Hanson. The band released the album on May 22, 2007, selling around 10,000 copies in America in its first week and landing on the Billboard 200 at number 64. The first song released as a single from the album was entitled "Fall Back Into My Life" and appears on the TMNT soundtrack. A video was made for the song and a second single, entitled "You're Only Young Once", was released as well.

In February 2008 the band left Hopeless Records, lead vocalist Matt Young and Rick Hanson left Amber Pacific, Matt left to pursue a career in public education as a principal, in "hopes that [he] can better prepare future generations for what lies ahead." The band has since found a new vocalist, Jesse Cottam. Jesse was formerly the lead vocalist of the Canadian band Sevens Angel, as well as a contestant on Canadian Idol. Guitarist/singer Davy Rispoli, a frequent touring member, was officially announced to have joined the band along with Jesse in the band's video blog (see Amber Pacific MySpace).