Congratulations to Ben Jorgensen (Armor For Sleep) who recently got married.

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The Vantage (ex-Safety Word Orange) have released their first single, "On My Way," here. The track was recorded by Rob Freeman and features Nash Breen from Armor For Sleep on drums.

Armor For Sleep recently sat down to talk about their past, reunion, and where the scene is now.

From the Interview

There will always be kids passionate about it, but between 2003 and 2007 or 2008 is when this scene had it’s time that was going to be something that was going to stay or be a fad. Based on certain factors and certain people’s decisions who are in certain taste-maker bands, it just went sour and went the wrong way. I don’t think it’ll really have that same kind of effect on as many people as it did on that time. It was almost the mainstream form of music then, and it changed a lot of people’s lives and then it went sour because it did. I think it’ll be there and...

Listen to a previously unreleased Armor For Sleep demo entitled "Always a Wish" in the replies. Download it here.

Statement

As a celebration of our quickly approaching reunion/farewell shows, and as a gift to all of you who will be coming to the final shows (the NY show being less than a week away!), we are posting one final unreleased (demo) track for you called "Always A Wish" which was recorded as one of the first demos for Smile for Them and which ultimately did not make the record. You can download the track from the Mediafire link below, and also listen on soundcloud. FIVE DAYS LEFT! Who will be joining us? Thank you all for making this whole experience truly amazing. We...

Armor For Sleep has announced two more reunion shows - July 20 at The Glasshouse in Pomona, CA and July 22 at House of Blues in Chicago. The first announced show still stands for July 14 at Irving Plaza in New York City.

In this interview, Armor For Sleep's Ben Jorgensen quiets rumors of a new AFS album surrounding the band's reunion shows.

From the Interview

We’re not going to make another Armor for Sleep album. I can 99.99% say we’re not going to do it. Everybody has their own things going on in their lives, and people’s priorities change, and everyone is really busy with what they’re doing. And another thing is, that [while] we could all do different creative things, I feel like AFS is very attached to a certain time, and to do anything to dishonor that would be unjust in some ways. So, if we do other things – when we do other things – it will be outside AFS.

Bamboozle was a pretty great time this past weekend, and we've got some fan-shot videos from the festival for you guys to check out. In the replies, you can check out performances from Brand New, Less Than Jake, Armor For Sleep, The Receiving End of Sirens, The Dear Hunter, He Is We and Boys Like Girls.

Armor For Sleep will be playing a headlining show at the Irving Plaza in NYC on July 14th.

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Armor for Sleep have posted up an unreleased song. Check the replies.

Armor for Sleep's lead singer recently talked with Gunz about reuniting for Bamboozle.

From the Interview

“There was a long time when I would have sworn on anything we would never play again, and then we did… we don’t have any plans to play any other shows. I will say it has been fun to jam out with the guys again, and to get in a room and play Car Underwater. But there’s nothing planned, we’re not going to say, “We’re going on a world tour.” Bamboozle’s going to be it. We’re not going to do anything major. I don’t want to say, “no,” but we don’t have any plans for it. We want this to be our last show.”

Armor For Sleep will reunite at Bamboozle.

Update: Read a blog from frontman Ben Jorgensen regarding the reunion here.

Excerpt

We ended things a number of years ago and didn’t really talk that much. At the end there was a lot of disappointment and it was a weird situation for all of us and we just kind of walked away from it and didn’t actually stay in touch with each other that whole time. It was kind of like “we” were a sore subject for all of us. I was hanging out with Anthony [DiIonno] who was our bass player, and we both live in Manhattan now and he was talking about how Bamboozle is going back to Asbury Park this year. That has a lot of value for us because that was the...

Nash from Armor For Sleep has started a new band called New York Rivals and they just shot a music video (in the replies) and recently finished recording two EPs. One was produced by Machine and Jon Kaplan and the other by J. Robbins (Hey Mercedes).

Armor For Sleep frontman Ben Jorgensen is engaged to actress Katrina Bowden (30 Rock). Congratulations to the happy couple!

Love Automatic have posted a new track, "Electric Sin," on soundcloud. Their debut EP, Organ Donor, is now available.

Love Automatic (ex-Senses Fail and Armor For Sleep) have a new website. Their forthcoming debut EP, Organ Donor, will be available this Wednesday, April 20th, through SectionZ Records.

Nash Breen, formerly of Armor For Sleep, is now playing in Follower.

Head to the replies to check out Love Automatic's (ex-Senses Fail and Armor For Sleep) new song, "Never Sleep." The track comes from their forthcoming debut EP, Organ Donor, which will be available April 20th through SectionZ Records.

Head to the replies to check out Love Automatic's (ex-Senses Fail and Armor For Sleep) new song, "Save My Soul." The track comes from their forthcoming debut EP, Organ Donor, which will be available April 20th through SectionZ Records.

Love Automatic (ex-Senses Fail and Armor For Sleep) has posted the first single, "Nightmare," off their debut EP Organ Donor on soundcloud. The EP hits iTunes 1.11.11.

Ben Jorgensen (ex-Armor For Sleep) is giving the first 100 online orders a hand numbered and signed lyric sheet. Check out the merch store here.

God Loves A Challenge (ex-Armor For Sleep) will be performing as a special guest at Maxwell's in Hoboken this Saturday, May 8th.

PJ DeCicco (Ex-Armor For Sleep) has filled the guitarist void in Love Automatic.

Ben Jorgensen, former frontman of Armor For Sleep, has a new band called God Loves A Challenge.

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Armor for Sleep have posted "The Way Out is Broken" on myspace.

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Armor For Sleep have been playing a new song entitled "This Abyss" on the Projekt Revolution tour. Check it out in the replies. It will be on their soon-to-be-released EP titled The Way Out is Broken.

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Armor For Sleep will be releasing a new digital EP this Summer.

Armor for Sleep's new music video for "Hold the Door" can be seen in the replies.

The Boozler Podcast have posted new blogs regarding interviews with The Maine and Armor For Sleep. If anyone has questions for the bands, please send questions for the bands to see. The first episode will be posted shortly.

Fear Before The March Of Flames have been added to the bill for the upcoming Saosin, Armor For Sleep and Meriweather tour. See when and where in the replies.

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Click here to read my interview with Ben from Armor for Sleep.

The first batch of tour dates for the upcoming Armor For Sleep tour featuring Saosin, The Bled, and Meriwether can be seen in the replies.

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I Surrender and Punk the Clock are bringing you the "Festivus for the Rest of Us" Tour, featuring Armor for Sleep, Valencia, Four Year Strong, and The High Court. Dates can be found below along with links to get tickets. Rumor has it that these tickets will be selling out faster than Tickle Me Elmo and the Nintendo Wii, so get them while you can.

Tour

Dec 27 2007 Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero Get Tix
Dec 28 2007 South Hackensack, NJ @ School Of Rock Get Tix
Dec 29 2007 Worcester, MA @ The Palladium Get Tix
Dec 30 2007 Scranton, PA @ Tinks Get Tix

Videos of Armor For Sleep performing some acoustic songs can be seen here.

Armor for Sleep canceled their show in Toronto due to a bus accident. Everyone is safe, but their equipment is strewn across the highway.

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Armor For Sleep's new record, Smile For Them, hits stores today so we've got a special video message from lead singer and guitarist Ben Jorgensen giving a "behind-the-music" commentary on the album and its meaning. Check it out in the replies.

Armor for Sleep premiered their music video for "Williamsburg" today. You can view it here.

Armor For Sleep's new album Smile For Them can be heard in its entirety at the band's myspace.

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Ben from Armor for Sleep posted a bulletin regarding their upcoming video for "Williamsburg". Read it below. A preview of the video can be seen in the replies.

Bulletin

Hey slugs... so we got some pretty crazy news a couple days ago that we are very excited about and want to let you in on as well as give you the first sneak peek at it. As you may or may not know, we shot a video for "Williamsburg" about a month ago in LA. It was an amazing time and we had so much fun doing the whole thing. It came out better than we could have ever imagined, to say the least. Seriously, this thing rules. We were trying to think of the best place to premiere the video for you guys when MTV came...

Don't forget, we've posted a new ABSOLUTExclusive track from Armor For Sleep's soon to be released Smile For Them. Head to the band's AP Profile to stream "Run Right Back In," track five off the new album, out next Tuesday, October 30th.

We've posted a new ABSOLUTExclusive track from Armor For Sleep's soon to be released Smile For Them. Head to the band's AP Profile to stream "Run Right Back In," track five off the new album, out next Tuesday, October 30th.

I will be sending in a questionnaire to Armor For Sleep later this week, so if you have any questions for the band, leave them in the replies.

The vinyl versions of Armor For Sleep's new album Smile For Them and their new single "Williamsburg" are available for pre-order here and here.

Armor for Sleep's new single, "Williamsburg," is now available for purchase via iTunes. The track is taken from the group's forthcoming, full-length release, Smile for Them, which is due out on October 30th courtesy of Sire Records.