mike sapone

Taking Back Sunday Happiness Is Happiness Is is kind of a big deal for Taking Back Sunday: It’s their first record on an independent label in a decade; it’s the first time they’ve worked with Mike Sapone (best known as Brand New’s longtime engineer/producer), who produced five of Happiness Is’ 11 tracks; and most importantly, it’s […]

Sainthood Reps Headswell On the surface, you can’t help but notice the obvious influence fellow Long Islanders Brand New have had on Sainthood Reps; after all, SR feature BN touring member Derrick Sherman on guitar, and both bands regularly collaborate with LI producer/creative guru Mike Sapone. That influence is apparent again on Headswell, Sainthood Reps’ […]

Taking Back Sunday have entered the studio with producer Mike Sapone in Long Island, to begin pre-production for the second round of recording of the band's upcoming sixth album. As we learned last month, when we checked in with vocalist Adam Lazzara and guitarist/vocalist John Nolan, Sapone will produce five tracks, in addition to the […]

Altpress.com has exclusively learned that Queens, New York-based Daytrader has signed to Rise Records. The band will enter the studio later this year with producer Mike Sapone (Taking Back Sunday, Brand New) to begin work on their debut full-length and follow-up to 2011's Last Days Of Rome EP, with a release tentatively planned for spring […]