BREATHE CAROLINA

Breathe Carolina is an electro-pop band from Denver, Colorado. The group's blend of synth-based beats and melodic screaming, first appeared on the public radar in 2007. The band members are Kyle Even and David Schmitt. Eric Armenta (lights), Joshua Andrew (keytar), and Luis Bonet (synth) play with them occasionally. Kyle Even was born on September 21, 1985, in Littleton, Colorado. Dave Schmitt was born on March 25, 1988. Kyle played in a band called Rivendale,while in high school. Dave played in a band called As the Flood Water Rose. Both bands played together many times. As the Flood Water Rose opened for Rivendale at their CD release. The bands members went their separate ways. Most headed for college. In 2007, Kyle and David started the band Breathe Carolina, recording songs with their friend, Keegan Cuellar, on GarageBand.

Their first EP, GOSSIP, was self released as an i-Tunes exclusive in November 2007. In 2008, Breathe Carolina appeared as a MySpace band. They got over 10,000 plays. In 2009, they hit over 30 million plays. David Schmitt came up with the name for the band after a dream he had in 9th grade. His dream was about calming down a hysterical woman named Carolina. Hence the name, Breathe Carolina. Kyle soon gave up his job as a photographer so he could tour with the band full-time.

Breathe Carolina recorded their first album with GarageBand but changed before it's release with Rise Records. A few of the songs on this album were "The Introduction", "No Vacancy", "Show Me Yours", "Classified", "That's Classy", and "You Wish". The album was released on September 16, 2008. A tour followed to promote the album. Breathe Carolina headlined with Brokencyde and The Morning Of. They announced, while on The Delicious Tour, that they would be making a music video for "Diamonds". Josh White from Umbrella Clothing and This City Is Burning Records along with The Millionaires made appearance's in the video.

After completing the 2009 "Take Action Tour", they announced they had left Rise Records and signed with Fearless Records. They would be in the studio recording their upcoming album, "Hello Fascination" along with Mike Green. "Welcome to Savannah", the first song, was released on June 29, 2009. This was a featured song on the Fearless Records Summer Sampler 2009. "Hello Fascination" New songs were also played during Vans Warped Tour 2009. These songs include "I.D.G.A.F." and "Hello Fascination". On July 27, 2009, the second song from Hello Fascination was released, the title track of the album. Hello Fascination was released on August 18, 2009. They were featured on the cover of Substream Music Press, along with an interview by Dave and Kyle. "Hello Fascination" was released in Japan at the end of October 2009. this album had a bonus song,"have You Ever Danced",which featured Jeffree Star, Austin Carlile and David Strauchman.