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Notability|date=January 2010Refimprove|date=January 2010Infobox musical artist | name = Self Against City| image =| caption = (L-R) Trombley, Michael, O'Connor, Matranga| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Sacramento, California , USA | genre = Rock music|Rock , indie rock , pop rock | years_active = 2004& ndash;2009| label = Drive-Thru Records | associated_acts =| website =| current_members = Jonathan Michael Jack Matranga Jeff LaTour Blake Abbey Justin Barnes| past_members = Patrick O'Connor Chris Trombley Kyle Pesely| notable_instruments = Self Against City is a pop rock rock band|band from Sacramento, California best known for their single "The Process." They formed in 2004 and were the first band to sign to Rushmore Records . The five-piece has an EP out (2005's Take It How You Want It ), as well as the most recently released full-length album Telling Secrets to Strangers (2007).
History
Self Against City formed in April 2004 in Sacramento, California, when singer|vocalist Jonathan Michael, guitarist s Jack Matranga and Jeff LaTour, bassist Patrick O'Connor and drummer Chris Trombley decided to record songs together.
The quintet pooled their cash and recorded three songs at Fat Cat Studios in Sacramento, California. The songs were uploaded to their PureVolume profile, a link to which was forwarded to Drive-Thru Records owner Richard Reines by a fan of the band. He soon approached the band and asked for more material. Upon hearing the songs, Reines invited the band to play a showcase in Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles for him and Drive-Thru co-owner Stefanie Reines. That same night over dinner, the two offered the band a record deal. On November 6, 2004, Self Against City officially became the first band to sign to Rushmore Records, only a few months after their formation.
Their first act as a signed band was to record a cover of Darlene Love 's "Alone on Christmas" for the Drive-Thru Christmas compilation Happy Holidays from Drive-Thru Records and a sixth song for their debut album|debut Extended play|EP , advance copy|advance copies of which had been given out at a show at the Boardwalk in Orangevale, California on October 28, 2004. Take It How You Want It finally hit music store shelves on April 5, 2005, while the band embarked on their first nationwide co-headlining tour with Houston Calls the same month. They hit a total of 32 cities across 18 states. Upon returning home in July, LaTour left the band. Though initially the band made efforts to replace LaTour & mdash; Blake Abbey of the Daytona Beach, Florida band Abagnale sporadically filled in as a rhythm guitarist & mdash; they soon decided to continue on as a four piece and began writing songs for their first full-length record. Two days before the band left for recording in March 2006, LaTour decided to rejoin.
Self Against City began recording their full-length album Telling Secrets to Strangers in April 2006 with record producer|producers Steve Haigler and Mike Watts in Long Island, New York . According to Jack Matranga, the album was written as an upbeat pop-rock album.cite web|title=PlayPro.com|url= http://www.playpro.com/? p=951|work=Lyric Feature - Telling Secrets To Strangers by Self Against City After two weeks of tracking and one week of mixing the album was completed. In June 2006, a month after returning home from recording, O'Connor and Trombley left the band. Drummer Justin Barnes (formerly of Simplistic) officially joined the band in August 2006, two days before the band left for tour with Houston Calls and Quietdrive , while Hunter MacDonald (whom the band met while on tour with JamisonParker temporarily filled in on bass. Towards the end of the year, in search of a new permanent bassist, the group once again recruited fellow vocalist/bassist Blake Abbey, who was announced an official member in December 2006.cite web|url= http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php? t=200829|title=Self Against City - 01.02.07|work= Absolutepunk.net |accessdate =January 3, 2007
In January 2007 Self Against City hit the road with Boys Like Girls and We The Kings on a nationwide tour across America. Later that year the "SAC Pack" went out on the road with Valencia and Forever the Sickest Kids.
2008-Present
Self Against City posted on their latest blog on their MySpace page July 6, 2008 "Self Against City will be taking a break from touring and performing together but all of us are still playing together and we all have new material recorded and ready for release there is a bidding war that has gotten semi- brutal over the past couple weeks so we are trying to play it cool and be smart about our futures as individuals and as a group."
Guitarist Jack Matranga is now part of the duo Jack and White with singer-songwriter Brooke White . The band released their debut EP "Gemini" in August 2011, and their second EP "Winter" in January 2012. http://www.sacbee.com/2012/02/10/4249760/singer-songwriters-jack-and-white.html
