Based out of Oceanside, California, the Drowning Men are purveyors of sweeping, dramatic, indie rock with a gruff, blue-collar sensibility. The band's sound feels both carefully orchestrated and straight from the heart, striking a fine balance between the overblown and the down to earth. They released the Kill the Matador EP in 2007. Their full-length debut, Beheading of the Song Bird, followed in 2009, and afterwards the band set out on the road, spending the next couple of years supporting bands like the Airborne Toxic Event, Flogging Molly, and Alkaline Trio. The band eventually signed on with Flogging Molly's label, Borstal Beat Records, which released the Drowning Men's sophomore album, All of the Unknown, in 2012. ~ Gregory Heaney