Emarosa

Emarosa
Emarosa performing in late 2008.
Background information
Origin	Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Genres	Post-hardcore alternative rock metalcore (early)
Years active	2006–present
Labels	Hopeless Rise StandBy
Associated acts	Like Moths to Flames Rosaline Sea of Treachery Agraceful Dance Gavin Dance Slaves This or the Apocalypse
Members	Bradley Walden ER White Marcellus Wallace Jordan Stewart
Past members	Madison Stolzer Chris Roetter Jonny Craig Jonas Ladekjaer Lukas Koszewski Will Sowers

Emarosa (/ɛməˈroʊsə/ EM-ə-ROH-sə) is an American post-hardcore band from Lexington, Kentucky. Formed in 2006, they released one EP in 2007 titled This Is Your Way Out, and shortly after, the group underwent significant lineup and sound changes, dropping their heavy metal influence and leaning toward a rock inspiration. The band went on to release Relativity, which features vocalist Jonny Craig and new guitarist Jonas Ladekjaer. Their eponymous second album was released on June 29, 2010 meeting their highest critical acclaim yet. After undergoing a vocalist change and a slight style change, they released their third album Versus on September 9, 2014 which peaked at #61 in the top 200. They released their fourth studio album, 131, on July 8, 2016 through Hopeless Records. The band has undergone several line-up changes throughout its career, with lead guitarist ER White and keyboardist Jordan Stewart being the only two remaining founding members.

Emarosa began with keyboardist Jordan Stewart, drummer Lukas Koszewski and guitarist E.R. White having the decision of either attending college, or staying in their hometown of Lexington, Kentucky to start a new band. Stewart stated that "There's too much of an itch to do this," regarding the band he helped start in February 2006. The band origins date back to early high school, which was said by keyboardist Jordan Stewart on Indiestar.tv. Stewart states some of the members had been playing in high school before "taking it serious," referring to four of the original members on the current lineup (ER White, Will Sowers, Lukas Koszweski, Jordan Stewart). Emarosa, formed in 2006 as Corsets Are Cages, recorded a three-song demo during with vocalist Chris Roberts and rhythm guitarist Mike Bryant, however they left the band. The band recruited Chris Roetter and Madison Stolzer as replacements for the lost members and changed their name to Emarosa. They were signed to StandBy Records to record their 7 track EP This Is Your Way Out, which included a re-recording of the demo of "Utah, But I'm Taller", renamed just "Utah". It was released on May 1, 2007, by StandBy Records through Thriving Records because StandBy had no distribution at the time.