And Their Name Was Treason

Released in 2005 on Indianola Records, And Their Name Was Treason serves as the debut full-length from A Day to Remember. Recorded before the band achieved mainstream success on Victory Records, the album is a seminal example of the post-hardcore and pop-punk fusion that would later be dubbed 'easycore.' The production is notably raw, handled by Andrew Wade in a way that emphasizes the band's hardcore roots over their pop sensibilities. The tracklist includes several songs that would later be re-recorded for their follow-up releases, most notably 'You Should Have Killed Me When You Had the Chance.' The album is characterized by its use of cinematic samples from films like Donnie Darko and Boondock Saints, which helped establish the band's identity within the alternative subculture. Despite its modest initial sales of 8,000 copies, it became a word-of-mouth phenomenon that fundamentally shifted the trajectory of the Florida heavy music scene.