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Breathe Carolina

Breathe Carolina is an American electronic music duo from Denver. The duo formed in 2007 consisting of David Schmitt and Kyle Even. They later expanded to a full band whose best-known lineup was Schmitt, Even, drummer Eric Armenta, keytarist Joshua Aragon, and DJ Luis Bonet. In 2013, Even left the group, while Tommy Cooperman joined that year.

Breathe Carolina is composed of Schmitt and Cooperman. The band has released five studio albums: It's Classy, Not Classic (2008), Hello Fascination (2009), Hell Is What You Make It (2011), Savages (2014) and Dead: The Album (2019). Their hit single "Blackout" was certified platinum in the United States.

Kyle Even, born on September 21, 1985, and David Schmitt, born on March 26, 1988, spent their early years playing in various local Colorado musical groups. After being introduced to alternative rock by an older stepbrother, Even moved towards vocals as a teen. Before joining Breathe Carolina, Even performed in the band Rivendale. They produced an extended play called Portrait of Shadows. Schmitt, on the other hand, started on bass at the age of 12 and then branched out to guitar performing in Colorado with As the Flood Waters Rose (later called the Autobiography).

Both bands played together often. As the Flood Waters Rose opened for Rivendale at Rivendale's album release at Grandpa's Music Box in Thornton, Colorado. After leaving As the Flood Waters Rose, Schmitt started recording his own song on GarageBand, which he later asked Even to participate in creating. As both bands broke up for the members' departure for college, Even and Schmitt began Breathe Carolina.

Breathe Carolina started in 2007 with Even and Schmitt recording songs on the music-creating software GarageBand for fun. They created a MySpace profile, gaining over 10,000 song plays in 2008 and accumulating over 30 million plays during 2009. The name Breathe Carolina came from a dream which Schmitt had in 9th grade, about calming down a woman named Carolina. Soon afterwards, Even quit his job as a photographer to tour with the group full-time. Their first EP, Gossip, was released via iTunes on November 26, 2007. In May 2008, the duo signed with Rise Records and announced the release date of their debut studio album, It's Classy, Not Classic. Breathe Carolina performed at the Bamboozle Left in April 2008.

Breathe Carolina recorded their first album using GarageBand. The album introduced a few new songs that were not featured on Gossip, including "The Introduction", "No Vacancy", "Show Me Yours", "Classified", "That's Classy", and "You Wish". The album was written, recorded and produced by Schmitt in his home studio in Denver. The album was available for streaming on their PureVolume page on September 1, 2008, before it was officially released on September 16. It's Classy, Not Classic debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 186. Breathe Carolina headlined their fall 2008 tour with Every Avenue, Brokencyde, and The Morning Of. They also supported Pierce the Veil on their "The Delicious Tour" in November 2008. Breathe Carolina released the lead single from the album, "Diamonds" on February 4, 2009, along with its music video. The video features appearances made by Millionaires, as well as Josh White from Umbrella Clothing and This City Is Burning Records. In February 2009, they embarked on the Take Action tour with support from Cute Is What We Aim For, Meg & Dia, Every Avenue, and Anarbor. Breathe Carolina was featured on Punk Goes Pop 2 performing the track, "See You Again", which was released in March 2009.

In April 2009, Breathe Carolina left Rise Records and signed with Fearless Records. The duo began working on their second studio album that same month with producer Mike Green. According to Even, the album describes their "vision of everything we are." On June 29, 2009, the first song from Hello Fascination was released: "Welcome To Savannah". The duo premiered the lead single from the album, "Hello Fascination" on their MySpace page on July 25, 2009. Hello Fascination was released on August 18, 2009. The album peaked at number 43 on the Billboard 200 and sold 11,000 copies in its first week. They performed on the Vans Warped Tour in 2009 and Breathe Carolina also joined Family Force 5 on their Dance Rawr Dance 3 tour from September to October 2009.

Breathe Carolina toured in the UK in January 2010. The deluxe edition of Hello Fascination was released on July 6, 2010. On June 23, Schmitt and Even launched a clothing line called Blush. "I.D.G.A.F." was released as the second single from the album, with the music video being released on July 30, 2010. The duo performed at Vans Warped Tour in 2010. In the fall of 2010, they joined Mayday Parade on the Fearless Friends tour. They covered the song "Down" by Jay Sean for the compilation album Punk Goes Pop 3 that was released on November 2, 2010. Their cover peaked at number 31 on the US Rock Digital Song Sales chart.

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