Five college students begun writing music in a Chicago basement during the summer of 2009. Over the next year the quintet went on to win AT&T’s Midwest College Battle of the Band and 3rd place at Columbia College Chicago’s Biggest Mouth competition. Over the next few years the band faced member changes along with their van and equipment getting stolen after a show. During this time, the band refined their sound and shared the stage with Cold War Kids, Russian Circles, Maps & Atlases, Chance The Rapper, Maritime, Biffy Clyro, Walk The Moon, and more. During the summer of 2013, Carbon Tigers started recording their third release, The Wars at Home, with Jon Alvin in Crystal Lake, IL. Since the November EP release, the band made a SXSW ’14 appearance with five performances including the Audiotree, Big Picture Media/Glamour Kills, and AEMMP Records showcases, along with several sold-out shows in the midwest. Carbon Tigers is set to perform at multiple festivals throughout the United States and will be hitting the studio again with Zak Jablow (Chance The Rapper, Kids These Days) and Matt Hennessy (Jay-Z, Beyonce) for a Spring 2015 release.

Songs about life, love, loss, and finding the strength to do it all again tomorrow. Anthemic rock arrangements with female vocals, enhanced by ambient synth and orchestral sounds.

We are four best friends who love playing music together. We just finished creating our debut EP “Sea Bears”. Its available for download on Bandcamp for however much you’d like to pay. We love all of you, see you soon.

The Summer Pledge was made on December 21st, 2007 in Detroit, MI. We’ve grown, evolved, transformed and transfigured. We play music that pushes and moves us in a positive direction and we hope that it has the same effect on others. We fully embrace the DIY mentality and a solid work-ethic, believing that all of our visions will become reality with enough drive, hard work, tenacity and patience.