Set Your Goals are a San Francisco, California based
pop punk band with
hardcore influences and dueling vocalists formed in 2004. The band name comes from
melodic hardcore band
CIV's first album,
Set Your Goals.
Set Your Goals released their first EP,
Set Your Goals, on
Straight On Records in May 2004. After signing with
Eulogy Recordings, they re-released the EP under the name
Reset on April 11, 2006 with vinyl released by
Panic Records. Their first full length album,
Mutiny was released on July 11, 2006. Set Your Goals released an
acoustic version of their track
Echoes on the
Punk Goes Acoustic 2 compilation.
A cover of
The Police's
Message In A Bottle can be found on their
MySpace and a cover of
Lil' Jon's
Put Yo Hood Up can be found on
Punk Goes Crunk, released on
Fearless Records. In May 2008, they released a new song called
The Fallen.
Set Your Goals performed as the backing band for
Vinnie Caruana for a select number of
The Movielife shows in the
US and
UK.
Set Your Goals reached a buy-out agreement with
Eulogy Recordings in August of 2008. The band parted on bad terms, with co-vocalist Jordan Brown issuing the following statement on
AbsolutePunk.net:
"These were not sent as bragging rights. Please do not buy Eulogy records, do not buy Set Your Goals merch from Eulogy's e-store. John has made an untraceable amount of money off of SYG's music and will continue to do so. We have never seen a dime. I have always said from day one that i don't do any of this for money, and i do not. But it does not sit well with me the amount of money he has kept from us (and many other bands). I could care less [sic] about seeing any of that money for myself, but i would rather it be with somebody or another band who deserves it more than John Wylie does. We cannot regain control of our Mutiny cd; the reset songs we will get back in another 3 years. For now he continues to milk Set Your Goals for what he can."
Following the previous statement, co-vocalist Matt Wilson hinted that their upcoming album may be self-released. However, in March 2009, the band announced their signing with
Epitaph Records. Their second album,
This Will Be the Death of Us, will be released on July 21, 2009.
http://www.myspace.com/setyourgoals.
Set Your Goals