Sever Your Ties, also known as SYT, was a

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and band from

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. Their first

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, '' Safety in the Sea'', was released on July 8, 2008, through

Solid State Records Tooth & Nail Records is a record label founded by Brandon Ebel in California in November 1993. The label later moved to Seattle where it is today. History Brandon Ebel and Michael Knott conceived the label as a joint venture, before Knott backe ...

and

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. Band members included Dustin Peterson, Sean Marnul, Justin Coyle, Patrick Lemley, Michael DiDia and Philippe Gutierrez. The band had been working on a comedy album and live action tour when on June 4, 2010, they announced that they were disbanding, due to the new found friendship between singer Sean Marnul and film director, Porter Min. After disbanding, singer Sean Marnul formed the comedy duo Gravy Brothers with friend Caleb Chial of

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while working with Porter Min on the set of

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''Safety In The Sea''

The band's debut album, ''Safety in the Sea'', was released on

, a division of Tooth & Nail, on July 8, 2008. The album charted at No. 49 on the

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chart.

Track listing

# "Voice Like A Nova" - 3:16 # "After A Storm" - 3:01 # "Hand In Hand" - 2:54 # "This Is What You Get" - 4:06 # "Captive" - 3:48 # "Drifting" - 2:57 # "Things Are Better (Left Unsaid)" - 3:00 # "To The Pacific" - 2:38 # "Here I Am" - 2:41 # "Ashamed" - 2:38 # "

(Don't Fear) The Reaper "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" is a song by American rock band Blue Öyster Cult from the 1976 album '' Agents of Fortune.'' The song, written and sung by lead guitarist Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser, deals with eternal love and the inevitability ...

" (

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References

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