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“We're extremely excited about the album,” says Jagmin. Billboard 200 at #89 and #16 on the Alternative Albums chart.

All the sweat clearly paid off: Identity captures the group truly coming into their own, at a pivotal stage in their career.

With the sophomore pressure behind them, ASD re-entered the studio in the fall of 2010, after a summer of 10-hour days spent writing new material in a blistering warehouse, to record Identity On Fire. The band then joined the Fearless Records family, with their label debut coming in the form of 2009’s Adelphia, which peaked at #64 on the Billboard 200. Billboard 200, as well as #9 on the Top Heatseekers Chart and #20 on the Top Independent Albums chart, setting the stage for a much-anticipated follow-up. The album marked the group’s first proper full-length album and the entrance of Jagmin to the fold.

We feel like that's what we've done with this album.”Ī Skylit Drive - comprised of vocalist Jagmin, guitarists Nick Miller and Joey Wilson, bassist/screamer Brian White, drummer Cory La Quay and keyboardist Kyle Simmons - officially burst onto the scene in 2007 with the She Watched The Sky EP, followed by 2008’s Wires And The Concept Of Breathing. “It’s about creating your own identity, and being who you want to be. “This record has everything to do with setting fire to the things that you don't want and don't need, and are only slowing you down,” notes Michael “Jag” Jagmin. Marrying the defining, intrinsic elements of A Skylit Drive’s signature sound with a bold new palette of tones, textures and song structures, the aptly named Identity On Fire serves up a double meaning, not only standing apart from the band’s prior works but also defining the band from this point forward. That’s exactly what Lodi, California’s A Skylit Drive achieved with the sextet’s third full-length album, Identity On Fire. ASD is Michael "Jag" Jagmin (Vocals), Nick Miller (Guitar), Joey Wilson (Guitar), Brian White (Bass/Vocals), Kyle Simmons (Synthesis/Keys), and Cory La Quay (Drums/Vocals).It takes great vision for a band to refuse to rest on their previous successes and instead focus on what they need to become. They released their first EP, titled She Watched the Sky with Tragic Hero Records in January 2007 and their follow-up full length album Wires and the Concept of Breathing May 2008. A Skylit Drive is a six-piece post-hardcore band from Lodi/Galt California.