The collection – produced by Sam Hollander and Dave Katz (Gym Class Heroes, Metro Station) in New York City – features the first single, "About A Girl," now impacting at Alternative, Triple A, and Top 40 radio outlets nationwide, with its companion video premiering the week of September 22nd. The band's viral video for "Summer Hair = Forever Young" will receive a "First Look" on MTV's TRL this Thursday, August 21st.

Having just wrapped their summer co-headlining the Vans Warped Tour, The Academy Is… will next hit Australia and New Zealand for a long-awaited series of late-August dates with labelmates Panic At The Disco and Cobra Starship. From there, the band heads to Japan for a pair of Decaydance Fest shows alongside Cobra Starship, The Cab, and The Hush Sound. In September, The Academy Is… will cross the Atlantic for a number of UK dates with We The Kings and The Maine.

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