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The idea of killing a cliché may be offensive to those who prefer their music spoon fed as a mere means of background supplementation, simple entertainment or whatevers catchy as a radio sing-a-long. While Tracing Days' debut disc Control overflows with accessibility, its members have an underlying desire to shake up listeners' most obvious perceptions and misconceptions of rock n roll, diving to stylistic and lyrical depths sure to inspire, empower, educate and shake off the safe holds of anyone's comfort zones. "I dont like clichés because they dont challenge my own thinking," explains front man, founder and keyboardist Lonnie Bos. "I love hanging out with people who ask tough questions and Tracing Days is all about working through issues, asking hard questions and searching for honest answers."
Tracing Days can thank a damaged carpet for their first band invitation, "My wife and I had a carpet cleaner going thorough our house and he saw band equipment and wound up asking me about it," the singer says with a smile. "It turns out he was promoting a youth event at a nearby church, was looking for a band and asked us if we were interested. That lit the fire under us to really pull together some songs and we settled on ten that we wound up playing for the youth concert, which really gave us the push we needed."
"I had some friends, including a fiddle player who's toured with [country stars] Sara Evans and Pam Tillis," he shares. "Through that connection I met some contacts, one being Ainslie, a straight talking producer from Australia who now lives in Nashville." Tracing Days and Ainslie tag teamed on Control, leading to a razor sharp modern rock record packed with thick riffs, mature messages and catchy conventions sure to appeal to Switchfoot, Green Day and U2 fans. The resulting eleven tunes have already resonated on concert stages, which have built steady momentum for the disc's September 19 release on Full Color Records under the Infinity Distribution umbrella (Lifehouse, Kevin Max)
Amongst the many standouts is the robust rippler Control, which focuses on the single trait everyone is afraid to lose, but one that must be given up in order to truly live. It's met by the equally explosive Life Outside, which chronicles a real life meeting Bos had with a man on a plane who was burnt out in the business world seeking something deeper in life. The emotional Inside of Me talks about sorting out a painful bout with pride, while the energetic Monochrome is an ode to finding ones ultimate creativity and fulfillment when they are plugged into the Creator.
Bos sums up. "Connection with our audience has always been key, but more than just entertaining them through the music, we hope to get them thinking and considering the most important issues."

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Member Since: 11/7/2005
Band Website: tracingdays.com
Band Members: Lonnie Bos - Vocals, keyboards
Logan Schelvan - Guitars, Vocals
Jonathan Skillman - Drums
Influences: U2, Soundgarden, Switchfoot, Collective Soul, DC Talk
Sounds Like: Switchfoot, Green Day, Sound Garden, U2, Collective Soul, Relient K, Kevin Max

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Record Label: Full Color Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Masquerade video in the works

yes, believe it or not, we're almost ready to shoot the new video for our new single "Masquerade".it should be something worth waiting fori really don't want to let to much out of the bag yet, but I w...
Posted by Tracing Days on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:37:00 PST

Seattle, Portland, Spokane, Missoula Radio trip

I just got back from a great trip to the Northwest taping interviews, and meeting some neat people at radio stations in all of the above. Had a fun time at the Blaze, in Missoula, MT, and got to meet...
Posted by Tracing Days on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:40:00 PST

Nashville, Atlanta TV tapings

I wanted to give you a quick look at a fun trip Tracing Days recently had.Logan and I got to hop on a plane, fly to Nashville, and do TV tapings for 3 different shows.The first one was for Control Tra...
Posted by Tracing Days on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:40:00 PST

Miracle or Medicine?

Here's the amazing story about how a baby shows up in our life, unexpected, undeserved, and right on time.You probably need a little background here, if you're new to Tracing Days.  I'm Lonnie, l...
Posted by Tracing Days on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:40:00 PST

A New Single Is Born:)

.. I just wanted to give you a heads up on our new single, Monochrome.  It was released Nationally this moday, 3 days ago, and we're really excited.  I wanted to let you see the story behi...
Posted by Tracing Days on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:40:00 PST

Radio/TV Tour

Wow- what a whirlwind the last few weeks.I landed in Nashville a week ago, and had three groups lining up dates for me on radio and tv outlets all over the southeast.I'm now in Florida, having finishe...
Posted by Tracing Days on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:40:00 PST

National Distribution Deal

Hey everyone.Just a quick note.We now have a deal for national distribution with Infinity/Central South, out of Nashville, TN.I don't want to give all the details yet, since we also got a deal with 2 ...
Posted by Tracing Days on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:40:00 PST

February Concerts

Thanks to everyone who made our 4 Concerts in February a great time. We did a quick trip around the state, and met a lot of neat people- and got to rock with some great guys from Pivitplex and Cut S...
Posted by Tracing Days on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:39:00 PST

Tracing Days Show - Feb. 21st in Bozeman

Hello friends - We're playing w/ Pivitplex on Tues. February 21st @ the Emerson Cultural Center in Bozeman, MT (111 S. Grand) - time TBA... Be there! Also, there's another February show in ...
Posted by Tracing Days on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:39:00 PST

Tracing Days Blog is Up!

We finally got with the times and set up our Tracing Days MySpace page / blog. So, now.... you should write stuff and help us get this thing started! By the way, if you haven't checked out our websit...
Posted by Tracing Days on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:39:00 PST