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The Sun Cans (Band)
The Sun Cans, is a pop/rock band out of Asheville, North Carolina that was founded in 2013. The band consists of two sets of brothers, Ethan and Micaiah Liner (founders of the band) and Casey and Sam Young, who make up the group's rhythm section. As of January, 2014, the band's published works include a digital single titled "I Don't Know Why", and an EP titled "Far Too Late"; both of which were interdependently produced and distributed.

Yesterdays Brew
In 2008, brothers Micaiah and Ethan Liner began writing music together under the band name, Yesterdays Brew. Soon afterward they were given some basic recording equipment by their father. The brothers continued to refine their songwriting, producing and performing skills under that name until 2011 when both brothers took a hiatus from songwriting.

Apanas Music
In 2012 Micaiah and Ethan began writing together again, this time with the intent of selling their songs to other artists. These songs fit into a wide range of genres including, R&B, Country, Hip-Hop and Pop. The name through which these works were to be published was, Apanas Music; named after a village in Nicaragua where Ethan had done missionary work.

Burton & Company
After producing a number of songs to be sold off, the Liner brothers redirected their combined efforts toward composing material they could perform themselves. These songs would largely reflect the pop music of the 1960's - 1970's, featuring brass and strings arrangements. After several months of writing songs and arranging backing orchestrations Micaiah and Ethan scheduled to record four of their new compositions. The new works were copyrighted under the band name "Burton & Company". However, soon after the songs were recorded, the brothers discovered that another band was using the name "Burton & Company".

Liner & Company
In an effort to keep up momentum with the production of their new project, Micaiah and Ethan quickly switched the band's name to "Liner & Company". Both brothers agreed on the name because they had decided against the route of partnering with other musicians as equal members. Instead, they would contract musicians for recordings and performances. Unfortunately for the Micaiah and Ethan, this name was already in use by a questionable entertainment company. To make things worse, much of the recoring project's schedule was off course and the brothers were out of money. This turn of events ultimately revealed to Micaiah and Ethan how expensive orchestral recordings can be. It would be several months before they decided on what course to take next.

The Sun Cans
In 2013 the Liner brothers resolved to change their musical direction once again; this time out of necessity. Although Micaiah and Ethan would continue writing songs that were reminiscent of "golden era pop", their arrangements would now be intended for smaller, more affordable ensembles. The name under which these new works would be published and performed was, The Sun Cans (a name Ethan thought of as he was eating breakfast one morning). By the end of 2013 the brothers had recorded nearly a dozen demos for the new band, six of which would be selected for the group's debut record.

Open Mics
On January 1st, 2014 The Sun Cans performed their original music for the first time at an open mic outside of Asheville. They would perform at open mic nights frequently throughout the first half of the year. All of these performances featured Micaiah playing acoustic guitar and Ethan playing electric guitar with both of the brothers switching lead vocals.

I Don't Know Why
As The Sun Cans' following grew, the Liner brothers felt it necessary to release a recording. They had already made plans to record an EP later in the year but it wasn't scheduled to release until fall of that year. They eventually decided to give away one of their recordings from the Burton & Company project. The track was titled "I Don't Know Why", it was the only song from the Burton & Company project that didn't feature brass/strings accompaniment. The Sun Cans promoted the song heavily on social media.

Far Too Late
Over the late spring and Summer of 2014, The Sun Cans recorded a six song EP. The project was titled "Far Too Late" after the EP's third track. Apart from drums and trumpet, all of the instrumentation on the project was performed by Micaiah and Ethan. The project was released digitally on October 20th. Almost exactly one month later, a music video was released for the title track "Far Too Late".

The Young Brothers
Just after the release of the Far Too Late music video, the Liner brothers started rehearsing with Sam Young as their bassist. As the band was still in search of a drummer at the time, Sam referred them to his brother Casey. Two weeks after Casey's first rehearsal and just over a month after Sam's, The Sun Cans performed their first live set with a full, four piece band. Sam and Casey Young soon became official members of The Sun Cans, making up the band's current line-up.