Into It. Over It.

Into It. Over It.
Evan Weiss performing live in January, 2013
Background information
Origin	Chicago, Illinois, United States
Genres	Emo, indie rock
Years active	2007–present
Labels	Triple Crown Records, No Sleep Records, Topshelf Records, Storm Chasers Ltd.
Associated acts	The Progress, Damiera, Stay Ahead of the Weather, Their / They're / There, Pet Symmetry
Website	intoitoverit.com
Members	Evan Weiss

Into It. Over It. is the indie rock solo project of the Chicago, Illinois-based musician Evan Thomas Weiss. It is considered one of the leading acts in the emo revival scene of the 2010s.

Evan Weiss grew up in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Weiss' first exposure to the genre of emo was hearing the band Sunny Day Real Estate in the seventh grade while browsing a record shop. He continued his interest in music through buying Jade Tree and Polyvinyl records and going to local shows in Philadelphia. In the "fourth or fifth grade", Weiss started the band J.A.R. with school friends which eventually became The Progress, garnering modest local success. Weiss was unable to convince his bandmates to play in the band full-time and after their breakup in 2008, Weiss started a solo project under the moniker Into It Over It. Weiss first released music through two unorthodox concept projects: 52 Weeks, entailing the writing, recording and release of one song each week for a year (later released as a compilation record); and Twelve Towns, a twelve song project initially released over six separate splits with several different bands and each song being named after a town. In 2011, Weiss released Into It Over It's first studio album, Proper on No Sleep Records, which was produced by Ed Rose. This was followed up in 2013 with Intersections, released on Triple Crown Records and on Big Scary Monsters in UK/Europe.

In January 2015, while on break from touring, Evan Weiss and current touring drummer Josh Sparks lived in a secluded cabin in Craftsbury, Vermont for one month to write the third Into It Over It album. Built for the specific purpose of allowing musicians to work in isolation, Weiss said of the location: "we were an hour from the nearest gas station, an hour from the nearest grocery store. Totally isolated, four feet of snow on the ground, negative 20 degrees outside. The whole thing was run on solar or generator power, so no phone, no Internet." He and Sparks spent 13 hours a day writing music. After completing a solo tour alongside Kevin Devine and Laura Stevenson, a stint in the UK with Modern Baseball and several Spring support dates for Minus the Bear, Weiss officially wrapped up touring for the Intersections album—which by that time had consisted of "well over 250 shows in a little over 15 countries" since 2013—to begin recording Into It Over It's third studio album with John Vanderslice. Weiss and Sparks entered Vanderslice's Tiny Telephone Studio in June to record the album entirely to tape; Weiss recalled that "we couldn't sweat the small stuff, you're not able to go in and tweak or micromanage little sections of the music. It helped me accept chaos in a way I couldn't before." Into It Over It continued to play shows into the end of 2015 after Weiss completed a tour with his side project Pet Symmetry in support of Dan Andriano in the Emergency Room and . Notable dates included Riot Fest Chicago, Weiss' solo set at The Fest, a tour in support of The Get Up Kids in December (with Weiss and Into It Over It touring member Rodrigo Palma playing bass for The Get Up Kids at one show), and The Promise Ring's New Year's Eve reunion show.