Close Your Eyes (hardcore band)

Close Your Eyes
Close Your Eyes in 2013 with former vocalist Robinson
Background information
Origin	Abilene, Texas, United States
Genres	Hardcore punk, post-hardcore, pop punk
Years active	2005–2015
Labels	Victory
Website	closeyoureyesmerch.com
Past members	Ben Clinard Chris Coltman Brian Escochea David Fidler Tim Friesen Sonny Vega Mikey Sawyer Sam Robinson Andrew Rodriguez Shane Raymond Alex Whitten Brett Callaway Bobby VaLeu Jordan Hatfield

Close Your Eyes was an American melodic hardcore Christian band from Abilene, Texas.

Signed to Victory Records, the group released its debut album in 2010, We Will Overcome, and a second album Empty Hands and Heavy Hearts in October 2011. The third album, Line in the Sand was released on October 29, 2013. The video for the first track from it, "The End", was released on YouTube on October 8, 2013.

The music video for their first music single, "Song for the Broken", became a viral internet video and gathered over two million views in a short time.

The band began in 2005 at Hardin–Simmons University in Abilene, where Shane Raymond and Brett Callaway met and started searching for other musicians to join them. After several line-up changes, they recruited Andrew Rodriguez, Sonny Vega and David Fidler. In 2008, they released their self-titled EP independently and in 2009 were signed to Victory Records to record their debut studio album.

In 2011, they played live two new songs from their upcoming album, Empty Hands and Heavy Hearts, which released on October 24, 2011, through Victory Records. The label released a series of video previews of the upcoming album in their YouTube account.

Their song "Valleys" was the theme song for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's 2011 Turning Point pay-per-view. A music video featuring TNA professional wrestler Jeff Hardy and centered around his redemption storyline has been released through the wrestling promotion's YouTube account.

On March 2, 2012, it was announced on the band's Facebook page that long-time vocalist Shane Raymond had left the band due to personal reasons. On May 17, 2012, Brett Callaway released a statement to "Alternative Press" announcing that Mikey Sawyer would be touring with the band as the new lead vocalist. Just two months later, on July 10, 2012, Close Your Eyes announced via its official Twitter account that they would be parting ways with Sawyer, as they felt he was not a good fit for the band. In November 2012, the band announced to their Facebook page that they had begun writing songs for their next album. On July 23, 2013, it was announced that the former vocalist of Blessed by a Broken Heart, Sam Robinson, would be joining the band as they began work on their upcoming album, Line in the Sand.