2011, Portland, Oregon's Across The Sun has been recording and touring for over seven years since their inception in 2004. They have recorded and released three EPs during that time. Their performance, coupled with Castleman's stellar mixing/mastering, produced a ´big` sounding album. Everything from Davis' clean vocals, Hafer's guitar solos, and Murray's keys have an engrossing and epic breadth. Lyrically, BEFORE THE NIGHT TAKES US deals with coming to terms with one's own demons, confronting them, and the process of moving past them. Brandon Davis draws on his own personal experiences and past hardships to create an album full of honest and heartfelt lyrics.