Artist of the Week: Jack's Mannequin

Here's the deal, as most of you know, for most artist of the week, I like to pick bands that have something going on at the time. Whether it be a concert, a new single, or in this case a new album. Well last week one of my favorite bands released a new album. It's their first album in three years, with so much time between albums, lets hope they haven't skipped a beat. But before we get to that, lets get to know the band a little. The band was formed in Orange County in 2004 as a side project of Andrew McMahon, when he was also the singer for the band Something Corporate. It all started when Andrew wrote a song that he didn't see fitting in with the Something Corporate sound. So while the band decided to take a break, Andrew started writing more songs. He eventually started recording the songs, and scored a deal with Maverick Records. He formed a band with Bobby Anderson(Guitar), Jonathan Sullivan(Bass), and Jay McMillan(Drums). Then in August of 2005, they released their first album Everything in Transit. The album would reached #37 in the billboard 200 to date selling over 250,000 copies thanks to singles like "Dark Blue" and "The Mixed Tape". After the release of the album, the band schedule a tour but was sadly cancelled when Andrew was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and had a bone marrow transplant. Andrew would eventually make a full recovery and finally go on tour. The band began recording their second album in the summer of 2007. They had planned to release the album in April of 2008, but was pushed back to June and then pushed back again. But eventually, on September 30 the band release The Glass Passenger.

After giving the album a listen, I've found that it's the same great band that we love. I wished the album would've gotten a little more promotion, but what can you do, but plug it yourself. That being said, this week's artist is Jack's Mannequin with their video and first single The Resolution, enjoy.