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[1]
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 Chicago musician Evan Thomas Weiss. It is considered one of the leading acts in the emo revival scene of the 2010s.[2][3]

History

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 full 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.[4] 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.

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.[5][6] 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."[7] He and Sparks spent 13 hours a day writing music.[6] After completing a solo tour alongside Kevin Devine and Laura Stevenson,[8] a stint in the UK with Modern Baseball[9] and several Spring support dates for Minus the Bear,[10] 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[11]—to begin recording Into It Over It's third studio album with John Vanderslice.[7] 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."[7] 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 Jeff Rosenstock.[12] Notable dates included Riot Fest Chicago,[13][14] Weiss' solo set at The Fest,[15][16] a tour in support of The Get Up Kids in December[17][18] (with Weiss and Into It Over It touring member Rodrigo Palma playing bass for The Get Up Kids at one show[19]), and The Promise Ring's New Year's Eve reunion show.[20]

Into It Over It first revealed the upcoming release of their third album Standards through an article on SPIN,[7] a teaser on their Facebook page,[21] and an interview with Noisey which was accompanied by a stream of the first full song from the album, "No EQ".[6] Standards was released on March 11 through Triple Crown Records, and the band is touring the US in support of the album alongside The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die from March to May.[22]

Related acts

Weiss has been a notably active figure in underground punk and emo music as far back as 2001, and has played in numerous bands from Chicago as well as around his hometown of Cherry Hill, New Jersey. He currently fronts Their / They're / There alongside Mike Kinsella of Owen and Matthew Frank of Loose Lips Sink Ships,[23] and Pet Symmetry with Erik Czaja and Marcus Nuccio of fellow emo band Dowsing.[24] He plays bass in the latter two bands despite having gained notoriety as a guitarist in Into It Over It, bass being the first instrument he learned and hence what he usually played in his earlier bands.[25]

The initial members of Into It Over It's full live band also formed a separate project named Stay Ahead of the Weather[26][27] in which members Weiss, Nick Wakim, Matt Jordan and Owen Mallon assume the same instrumental roles that they occupied for Into It Over It. They released an EP in 2010 as well as a split with The Wonder Years[28] but despite having begun work on a full-length album, there have been no updates regarding the activities of the band since May 2013.[29] Weiss confirmed the band's inactivity in a Reddit AMA in 2016 when prompted about whether they would be releasing a new album; Weiss responded "probably not unfortunately. everyone is doing their own thing now. [sic]"[30]

Weiss' first band was The Progress[31][32][33]—initially named J.A.R.—who released a full-length album and two EPs before breaking up in 2008. The Progress have since reunited sporadically to perform one-off live shows. He was also previously a member of Damiera,[32] and Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start,[32][34] as well as a large number of much smaller bands from his high school years including Labour,[35][36] Map the Growth,[35][36] The Funeral Bird,[36][37] Hiroshima Mon'Amour,[35][36] Sleeper Agents,[36] The French Connection,[36] Emergency,[35] and Forgive Her Choke Her.[35]

In mid-2015, Into It Over It's current drummer Josh Sparks and Evan Weiss' Their / They're / There bandmate Matthew Frank announced that they had formed a side project called Recreational Drugs,[38] subsequently signing to Count Your Lucky Stars Records to release their debut self-titled EP.[39]

Members

Touring members

Discography

Albums
Compilations
EPs
  • Life is Suffering (2013)
Split releases
Miscellaneous
  • Covers Cassette (2010)
  • Chicago Cassette (2011)
  • Snug EP (2011)
  • Daytrotter Session (2011)
  • Daytrotter Session (2012)
  • Polyvinyl 4-Track Singles Series single (2014)
  • Keep In Touch: June 2015 flexi-postcard 7" (2015)
  • Daytrotter Session (2015)
Compilation appearances
  • Arbor Christmas: Volume 8 (Arbor Christmas Collections), "30 Ft. Spirit", "Assassination on X-Mas Eve" (Archers of Loaf cover) (2007)
  • Arbor Christmas: Volume 9 (Arbor Christmas Collections), "Freezin'; Turnup Thermometerdrive" (2008)
  • No Sleep 'Till Christmas (No Sleep Records), "Jingle Bell Broke" (2008)
  • No Sleep 'Till Christmas 2 (No Sleep Records), "Westmont, NJ" (2009)
  • Arbor Christmas: Volume 11 (Arbor Christmas Collections), "For Agnes" (2010)
  • No Sleep 'Till Christmas 3 (No Sleep Records), "For Agnes" (2010)
  • Xtra Mile High Club, Vol. 3 (Xtra Mile Recordings), "The Bullied Becomes the Bully (live on WKDU)" (2011)
  • A Tribute to Alkaline Trio (Pacific Ridge Records), "Message to Kathlene" (Alkaline Trio cover) (2011)
  • Arbor Christmas: Volume 13 (Arbor Christmas Collections), "A Curse Worth Believing (demo)" (2012)
  • A Comp for Mom (No Sleep Records), "For Agnes" (2014)
  • While No One Was Looking: Toasting 20 Years of Bloodshot Records (Bloodshot Records), "Deep Red Bells" (Neko Case cover) (2015)
  • Polyvinyl 4-Track Singles Series Vol. 1 (Polyvinyl Records), "Arsenic" (2015)
Music videos
  • "22 Syllables" (2010)
  • "Batsto" (2010)
  • "No Good Before Noon" (2012)
  • "Embracing Facts" (2012)
  • "P R O P E R" (2012)
  • "No Amount of Sound" (2013)
  • "The Shaking of Leaves" (2014)
  • "Spinning Thread" (2014)

References

  1. ↑ "Into It. Over It. information". Facebook. May 25, 2009. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
  2. ↑ http://www.chartattack.com/features/2013/11/27/handicapping-emo-revival/
  3. ↑ http://www.stereogum.com/1503252/
  4. ↑ http://noisey.vice.com/blog/i-went-to-high-school-with-the-leader-of-the-so-called-emo-revival
  5. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/yiCYgDkTEP/
  6. 1 2 3 http://noisey.vice.com/blog/into-it-over-it-no-eq-standards
  7. 1 2 3 4 http://www.spin.com/2016/01/into-it-over-it-standards-new-album-interview/
  8. ↑ http://www.guitarworld.com/acoustic-nation-it-over-it-announce-2015-acoustic-tour-kevin-devine-and-laura-stevenson
  9. ↑ http://diymag.com/2014/11/17/into-it.-over-it.-and-modern-baseball-announce-2015-uk-eu-tour
  10. ↑ http://propertyofzack.com/post/109214716948/minus-the-bear-into-it-over-it-announce-spring
  11. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/2612F4kTNP/
  12. ↑ http://asianmanrecords.com/dan-andriano-in-the-emergency-roomjeff-rosenstockpet-symmetry-tour/
  13. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/3NgPNjkTAb/
  14. ↑ http://aestheticmagazinetoronto.com/2015/09/12/photos-riot-fest-chicago-2015-no-doubt-alkaline-trio-faith-no-more/untitled-66-copy/
  15. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/219YdLETIg/
  16. ↑ http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=3734960
  17. ↑ http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/into_it._over_it._rozwell_kid_added_to_the_get_up_kids_20th_anniversary_tou
  18. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/intoitoverit/photos/a.10150710541284402.457136.102825839401/10153770002259402/
  19. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/-9DOEfkTBq/
  20. ↑ http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/promise-ring-into-it-over-it/Event?oid=20718809
  21. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/intoitoverit/videos/vb.102825839401/10153856825194402/
  22. ↑ http://substreammagazine.com/2016/01/into-it-over-it-announces-new-album-u-s-tour-with-the-world-is-a-beautiful-place/
  23. ↑ http://www.polyvinylrecords.com/artists/index.php?id=1057
  24. ↑ http://asianmanrecords.com/bands/pet-symmetry/
  25. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sYiwggHl_Q
  26. ↑ http://www.alterthepress.com/2010/12/interview-evan-weiss-into-it-over.html
  27. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/stayaheadoftheweather/
  28. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/artist/2074443-Stay-Ahead-Of-The-Weather
  29. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/stayaheadoftheweather/posts/654413981250975
  30. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/48ttro/iama_evan_weiss_intoitoverit_ama/d0mg9r3
  31. ↑ http://www.last.fm/music/The+Progress
  32. 1 2 3 http://www.punknews.org/bands/intoitoverit
  33. ↑ http://noisey.vice.com/blog/starting-something-new-how-evan-weiss-the-progress-made-progress
  34. ↑ http://www.gradwellhouse.com/merch/
  35. 1 2 3 4 5 http://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Evan_Weiss/354552
  36. 1 2 3 4 5 6 http://www.washedupemo.com/2013/08/episode-23-evan-weiss-into-it-over-it.html
  37. ↑ http://funeralbird.bandcamp.com/
  38. ↑ http://substreammagazine.com/2015/08/members-of-into-it-over-it-and-their-theyre-there-form-recreational-drugs/
  39. ↑ http://substreammagazine.com/2015/08/into-it-over-it-side-project-recreational-drugs-signs-to-count-your-lucky-stars-records/
  40. 1 2 3 https://www.facebook.com/intoitoverit/posts/10201861147707400
  41. 1 2 http://nosleeprecords.tumblr.com/post/62064776271/the-language-that-we-speak-by-former-thieves
  42. ↑ http://nocountryfornewnashville.com/2015/05/18/review-minus-the-bear-w-into-it-over-it-5-9-15-3rd-lindsley-photos/
  43. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/2pTniXETH2/
  44. 1 2 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5BqYZVnKjg
  45. ↑ http://www.muzikdizcovery.com/2011/09/album-review-into-it-over-it-proper.html
  46. ↑ http://musicalmathematics.co.uk/album-review-into-it-over-it-intersections/
  47. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/intoitoverit/photos/a.405780949401.198077.102825839401/10153276055604402/

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