The foundation of Ocala, FL's A Day To Remember was built on a drive to reinvent a genre that was desperately seeking creativity. The music and lyrics performed by vocalist Jeremy McKinnion, guitarists Neil Westfall and Kevin Skaff, bassist Joshua Woodard and drummer Alex Shelnutt are based off true, deep-seeded emotion. ADTR masks over the genres, with a wingspan stretching from the pop-punk genre to metal core, without settling on one single interpretation.

2010's What Separates Me from You is A Day To Remember's fourth studio effort and third for Victory Records following For Those Who Have Heart (2007) and Homesick (2009). Marking the debut of new guitarist Kevin Skaff, the 10-song set peaked at No. 11 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and hit the No. 1 spot on several others including the Top Hard Rock Album and Top Independent Album charts. Outburn hailed What Separates Me from You as "their best and most passionate work yet" while MTV named A Day To Remember "Favorite Breakthrough Band of 2011."