When it came time to create their second album, L.A.-based band R5 spent months holed up in the garage of their shared home building a summery yet sharp brand of groove-heavy, guitar-driven pop-rock. Lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist Ross Lynch, his siblings Riker(bass/vocals), Rocky (lead guitar/vocals), and Rydel(keyboard/vocals), and drummer/vocalist Ellington“Ratliff” had recently wrapped up nearly two years of globe-wide touring in support of their debut album LOUDER, a 2013 release that climbed to No.1 on iTunes in ten countries. But instead of putting out the follow-up they’d originally completed (an album mostly made up of songs authored by outside writers), R5 decided to start from scratch, write on their own, and push the band into a new direction completely in line with their singular musical vision.