With its earnest lyrics and breezy power pop-punk in the vein of Fall Out Boy, The Academy Is. found themselves a perfect home in the mid-aughts signed to emo-punk stalwart Fueled By Ramen Records. Fronted by William Beckett with intense vocals that recall the quaver of new romantic and the theatrics of goth, the five-piece Chicago band's 2005 debut, ALMOST HERE, featured mostly straightforward three-chord punk. However, subsequent recordings would reveal an outfit embracing a more complex indie-rock sound.

Listen to The Academy Is... at Finetune.

• (2008)  About A Girl
• (2008)  Fast Times At Barrington High
• (2008)  Winter Passing
• (2007)  We've Got A Big Mess On Our Hands
• (2007)  Santi
• (2006)  From The Carpet

• We've Got A Big Mess On our Hands
• Black Mamba (Three In The Morning Party Mix) (Explicit)
• Neighbors
• Phrase That Pays (Nashville Version)
• Everything We Had

• Panic! At The Disco
• Fall Out Boy
• My Chemical Romance
• New Found Glory
• Taking Back Sunday
• Paramore
• The Used
• Boys Like Girls
• Cute Is What We Aim For
• The All-American Rejects
• Green Day
• Linkin Park
• Gym Class Heroes
• BLINK 182
• Cobra Starship
• Yellowcard
• The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
• Hellogoodbye
• Dashboard Confessional
• Death Cab for Cutie

• warlordxero
• kanakoala
• lil_curly
• xoashleymariex3
• claytonperkins
• rainstar
• lee182
• andi_mit_i
• david18
• rustyshell
• erndogg2424
• AiYiYiDuDe
• sweettallgurl
• snapple1011
• Ohtoh
• imherhollywood
• Shelbyspalding1
• Virtue
• kmm5538
• Camtogo15
• JennyxBones
• dudeitsdel
• xHeatherWx
• shadow_havoc
• mariofreak55
• MurrDogg4
• Morg5050
• JadeXShadows
• MusicXLover
• jruthyjag
• Evalunna
• Nunzio42
• VampireGlow
• MrsWay22
• alyssa_rexford2007
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• annab7
• rosesandradios
• belmorbm
• Beegee
• bayleesmith5992
• steph12

• imation on 2008-12-05 15:44:28.277:
  My favorite band.
• theoffspring on 2008-08-10 11:29:34.360:
  LAX to O'hare and We've Got a Big Mess on Our Hands are my favorite songs
• Here_Me_ROAR on 2007-10-08 16:57:38.810:
  I cried the first time I saw them. They totally make life worth living. (Besides Fall Out Boy)
• Jessicore on 2007-09-29 18:15:58.123:
  i've seen them live 3 times, each time they were great :D i love 'em