* En anglais uniquement
New Jersey's
Socratic featured vocalists/guitarists
Duane Okun and
Kevin Bryan, percussionist
Tom Stratton, bassist
Adam Swider, and pianist
Vincent D'Amico. The band issued the EP It's Getting Late through No Milk in 2002, then jumped to Drive-Thru for the September 2005 full-length
Lunch for the Sky. The album was filled with
Socratic's earnest take on emo-pop, a piano- and vocal-heavy sound in the vein of acts like
the Early November or
the New Amsterdams. Shows were played with acts like
Small Towns Burn a Little Slower,
Tokyo Rose, and
the Forecast before the guys released the EP
Just Turn for free online download in late 2006. The band returned to the studio in 2007 to work on Spread the Rumors, which was released in May 2008. ~ Johnny Loftus