When The Drowning Men formed, the product of a childhood friendship between Bardeen, Dolan and Eisenkerch, the idea wasn't to make a career, but to make music. The band, who added Messer and Smith into the mix, musicians who were equally instrumental to the formation of the group, practiced at least three days a week and a self-released an EP, Kill the Matador. The group's debut album, The Beheading of the Songbird, was released on their own. Bardeen, a prolific songwriter who is always penning new tunes, was ready again with new music, encouraging the band to begin work on what would eventually become their second full-length, All of the Unknown.
In the studio it became clear that The Drowning Men were actually crafting tracks for their second full-length, but before they had time to write and record additional songs touring opportunities poured in. The group spent time on the road, opening for Alkaline Trio, Airborne Toxic Event and, most notably, Flogging Molly, who liked the band's music so much they signed the group to their brand new label Borstal Beat Records. The label re- released The Beheading of the Songbird and sent them back into the studio to finish its follow-up.
Now it's clear that by making music The Drowning Men actually did make a career. Their gritty, thoughtful tracks revel in originality, something that is simply the product of five musicians creating something as one. All of the Unknown inflates this further, evolving the music from the group's past releases to embody grander choruses and involve bigger musical payoffs..

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