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'200 shows a year, every year' is how singer D2e (pronounced Double E) used to respond when asked by friends and family the conventional question "What have you been up to?" Late for the Sky is a reinvention of sorts, of the former DIY act 'RUMBLE Syndicate'. RUMBLE Syndicate was a touring staple on the east coast for many years before disbanding in 2002. D2e elaborates: "We all rented a run-down house right in the city. We would rehearse in the basement during the week and tour on weekends. When we were back home to play locally we would have huge after parties at the band house. Our landlord was a drug dealer who was apparently under investigation. One night our house was raided by State Police the night before we were leaving for four days to do dates in New York, New Jersey & Pennsylvania. We came home with no place to live AND no jam room!" With their rigid self-imposed touring schedule, futile label showcases, botched management deals and increasing legal fees, the implosion of the band RUMBLE Syndicate was eminent. In 2004 D2e was in pre-preproduction for a 3 song demo and recruited former bandmate Skunk to track guitars. After a few sessions the 2 began a songwriting stint that lasted 6 months. Wes Sanford, a former Mike Mangini (Steve Vai, Extreme) drum protegé was added to the fold shortly after. Estranged Bass player Gutterboy completed the lineup in 2005. 'The primary goal of this band is to take everything we learned from touring and pair it with great radio-worthy songwriting' elaborates D2e; 'Songs that translate to radio and an album that holds it's own through every track. The energy and live element were very important to us going in.' The band wrote and rehearsed for a year then road tested the material for a few months before going in to record the new album. Very uncharacteristic of their typical 'record in between tour dates' approach of the past. Entering the studio with acclaimed producer Anthony J. Resta, (Collective Soul, Duran Duran, ...