as [Phantoms] first single," spyware being bundled with the album (as well as other releases by Columbia Records) and a lengthy court battle that resulted in Phantoms being permanently recalled. Acceptance have announced they are recording a second studio album, Colliding by Design, which is scheduled for a February 2017 release. A track from the album, "Diagram of a Simple Man", was released early to fans who backed the album financially via Pledge Music. On January 26, an official lyric video for the song "Haunted" was released on the Rise Records YouTube channel. On May 17, 2019, Acceptance confirmed that they were working on and recording new material. On June 10, 2020, Acceptance announced their new Wild EP would be released on July 24. On June 18, they released the song "Cold Air". The band released their third album, Wild, Free on October 2, which included all tracks from the Wild EP. Musical style AllMusic biographer Neil Z. Yeung described the band's sound as "catchy melodies, big choruses, and arena-sized singalongs, incorporating a harder rock edge into their sound," reminiscent of Jimmy Eat World, the Juliana Theory, and Anberlin. Phantoms has been described as pop punk fused with alternative pop, pop, pop rock, and rock. Band members Current members Jason Vena – lead vocals (1998–2006, 2015–present), keyboards (2000–2006, 2015–present); bass (1998–2000) Kaylan Cloyd – lead guitar (1998–2006, 2015–present) Garrett Lunceford – drums, percussions (2000–2003, 2015–present) Christian McAlhaney – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2000–2006, 2015–present) Ryan Zwiefelhofer – bass (2002–2006, 2015–present)Former members Nick Radovanovic – drums, percussions (2003–2006, 2015 (reunion shows)) Peter Pizzuto – drums, percussions (1998–2000) Chris DeCastro – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (1998–2000) Christopher Camp – bass (2000–2002)Touring musicians Kyle Flynn – bass (2006); keyboards (2005–2006) Timeline Discography Studio albums'''Phantoms (2005)Colliding by Design (2017)Wild, Free'' (2020) References External links Official website Acceptance at Purevolume Chat with Jason Vena post-Acceptance at AbsolutePunk.net Musical groups established in 1998 Musical groups disestablished in 2006 Musical groups reestablished in 2015 Pop punk groups from Washington (state) Columbia Records artists Musical groups from Seattle 1998 establishments in Washington (state)