Three Summers Gone were a band who formed in South Carolina but ended up being based in San Francisco. They came together after the breakup of a band called Blue In The Face, a project I can't find any additional information on. They were active from 1998 to at least 2001 and possibly some time after that, though 2001 saw their first and only album release. The band shared members with Box The Compass, Under A Dying Sun, and With Eyes Like Static.
Based on the opening notes of Three Summers Gone's sole album, 2001's Time Well Spent, you would reasonably expect a late-90s style fusion of pop punk and emo pop, but the song will quickly change to prove you wrong. All the bands that Three Summers Gone shared members with are some form of emocore\screamo, and that influence bleeds into their work in a substantial way. I actually think their sound is really interesting, a melding of emo pop, emocore, and screamo, ending up with something similar to melodic hardcore, what I guess I would call emocore-pop, if there is such a thing. Depending on the song, it's either rough, emocore-edged pop punk, or poppy emocore, the ratio always in swing.
Prior to the album, the band contributed two tracks to a compilation on their label, Substandard. If they ever released anything else, I can't currently find it. The album is available on streaming platforms, but the first song is corrupted.
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