The Escape Engine

The Escape Engine were a band from New Jersey, active from their formation in 2002 until 2006. They were a post-hardcore\emo pop outfit, purveyors of the mainstream-oriented branch of post-hardcore that was popular at the time. What differentiates them from many of their peers are the rougher edges of their music, maintaining a little more hardcore influence than is usual, as well as the surprising amount of midwest emo that they carry over from the 90s— 'The Curse (The Gift and…)' is one or two layers of production removed from being an almost pure midwest emo song.

This is less surprising when you consider the band's background. Some of The Escape Engine's members were part of an emo pop outfit called Two Weeks From Tomorrow, which formed in the late 90s and was active until shortly before The Escape Engine's formation in 2002. I've made a partial discography for this band available as well, which is missing only the band's 2000 LP\Demo If That's The Kind Of Person You Are, which shares a lot of tracks with the band's unreleased second album, Gloria Lane.

The Escape Engine's first release was their LP Celebrity Role Model, put out in 2003. The band recorded an unreleased track called 'The Dance of Abandon' in 2004, and a second album, When You Dance With The Devil, in 2005 which went unreleased as multiple lineup changes eventually led to the band calling it quits. The unreleased LP drops the midwest emo in favor more straightforward post-hardcore.

The Escape Engine Discography

Two Weeks From Tomorrow Partial Discography