While their self-titled EP displayed a fair mix of hardcore punk and pop punk, Mutiny! leans more towards the latter genre with elements of the former. Set Your Goals are influenced by older melodic hardcore bands such as Lifetime and CIV, with elements of newer acts like the Movielife, New Found Glory, Rufio and Bodyjar. Jones mixed the recordings, before they were mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side studio. In addition to their regular instruments, the band members provided additional roles: additional bass guitar by Brown on "Mutiny!", "To Be Continued." and "Don't Let This Win Over You" backing vocals by Yoha on "Mutiny!" and Ambrose on "To Be Continued." and additional gang vocals by the band. Jones played keyboards on "An Old Book Misread" and "Echoes". Brown was previously aware of him through his work on I Am the Avalanche's self-titled (2005) the band lived in an apartment in Washington. The sessions were co-produced by Barrett Jones, who also acted as engineer. Mutiny! was made at the Laundry Room in Seattle, Washington, between February 20 and March 11, 2006. Set Your Goals went on a brief West Coast tour in February 2006 leading up to recording sessions of their debut. After a few months of re-working the contracts, they formally signed in December 2005. Eulogy first contacted them in June 2005, and sent them their contracts in September 2005. The Warriors A&R person worked for Eulogy around this time, Set Your Goals were talking to other labels, such as Abacus Recordings. The label announced they would re-issue the band's self-titled EP and release their debut album later in the year. On January 3, 2006, it was announced that the band had signed to independent label Eulogy Recordings. In August 2005, they went on a cross-country US tour with the Warriors and Summer's End, and then toured with Animosity, Turmoil, and Wait in Vain. Set Your Goals posted a demo of "This Very Moment" on their Myspace profile in May 2005 shortly afterwards, they toured the US with Life Long Tragedy. The band then demoed five songs and shopped them round to record labels when the demos leaked, the band was persuaded to play the songs live after receiving a positive reaction from fans.
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The group supported the release with a full US tour, then two separate east and west coast tours later in the year. Set Your Goals released a self-titled EP through local label Straight On Records in July 2004. It has since appeared on a few best-of album lists by Big Cheese, Kerrang! and Rock Sound. Mutiny! received a positive reaction from music critics, with a few commending the band's constant energy. The release charted on the lower reaches of the Billboard Independent and Heatseekers component charts. While firmly a pop punk album, Mutiny! showcases influences from Lifetime and CIV. A deluxe edition of Mutiny! was released before the second stint on the Warped Tour. Another round of touring followed, throughout Australia and the UK, before the release of the music video for "Echoes". After appearing on that year's Warped Tour, the group toured across Europe before closing out the year with another US tour.Īt the end of 2007, guitarist Dave Yoha left the band and was replaced by Dan Coddaire. The band subsequently toured the US, either as a supporting act or headlining, into mid-2007. Before releasing Mutiny in July, the album was preceded by the single release of the title track. Immediately following recording, the band embarked on two tours across the United States. Within the first three months of 2006, the band signed to independent label Eulogy Recordings and recorded the album with Barrett Jones in Seattle, Washington. Mutiny! is the debut studio album by the rock band Set Your Goals.
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