Biography

Long before "emo" was a dirty word associated with painted faces and skinny jeans, Time Spent Driving was playing their own brand of emotive post-punk, literally. Based out of Santa Cruz, California (located an hour south of San Francisco), the melodic, influential and hard-working indie rock band originally formed in 1999 featuring members of Fury 66, Reliance, Good Riddance and Black Label. After solidifying their line-up, they released a well-received 6 song debut CDEP entitled "Walls Between Us,” in 2000 followed by their phenomenal full length "Just Enough Bright" (Produced by J Robbins) in 2002. 
 They’ve shared stages over the years with The Promise Ring, Mock Orange, Rocky Votolato, Three Mile Pilot, The Casket Lottery, Hot Rod Circuit, Shiner, Pop Unknown, The Life and Times, Happy Body Slow Brain, The Stereo, Brandtson, Sunday’s Best, Liar’s Academy, Kind of Like Spitting, Gameface, Moneen, The Velvet Teen, Fairweather, Onelinedrawing and many others. 
 Their music has been released and distributed on Sessions Records, Doghouse, Deep Elm, Unfun, Rise Records, Lorelei Records and others; in addition to being featured nationally on MTV (The Real World, Sorority Life, Fraternity Life, etc.), as well as Microsoft XBox video games Amp'd Snowboarding, Transworld Surf and more. 
 Passed & Presence (Deluxe Edition) was released in 2016 on Cardigan Records.