To say that Saves the Day has had its ups and downs in their ten year existence is an understatement. The California transplants from New Jersey have persevered through record label downsizing to come back with a strong release and more new material on the way later this year.

Formed in 1997, the band had a string of well received records and the major buzz started to gain momentum when the group signed to Vagrant Records in 2001. The major labels came calling a few years later and the group signed with Dreamworks Records. As the band was preparing to promote the album In Reverie, the band’s label was bought by Universal Music Group, and the group was left in limbo.

The band came back with a strong record from their once and current label, Vagrant, in 2006,titled Sound the Alarm . Lead by singer Chris Conley, the band sounds angry and in the mood for war with the cut “The End.” Guitarist David Soloway rips his way through tracks like “Head to the Hills” and “Say You’ll Never Leave.” The cuts from this record will set up the band for their next record quite nicely.

The band spent most of last summer on the Warped Tour, playing both an acoustic and electric during each show. As the band prepares to release their new album this fall, they are getting out on the road for a tour with Say Anything starting April 10^th.

But until their upcoming Under the Boards album is out, the band will probably be mixing in a few new cuts with the fan favorites when they invade Clutch Cargo’s tonight (April 27^th).