Gabriel the Marine was an American rock band from Long Island, New York. The band was composed of guitarist and vocalist Mike Desmond and guitarist Dominick D'Agostino, bassist Tom Costa, and drummer Tom Davis. Following its inception into the independent rock scene in 2008, the band embarked on their first U.S. tour in the summer of 2009 with A Love Like Pi and Asteria, and later opened for artists such as Taking Back Sunday, Mew, Glassjaw, Jack's Mannequin, The Sleeping, As Tall As Lions, Bayside, Mae, Anberlin, I Am the Avalanche, The Dear Hunter, and many others. The band was known for its leanings towards jazz and classical orchestrations. History Formation and Self Titled Demo The newly formed project recorded their self-titled demo in 2008. Shortly following the recording process, Craig Kleila and John Leibold left the band to move away to college. Once the demo was released, it attracted the attention of Neil Rubenstein, a Long Island musician who had performed with the Glassjaw precursor Sons of Abraham and sung on the first two Taking Back Sunday albums. Rubenstein first helped the band secure radio play on K Rock (92.3 FM), and began booking the band soon after through Sons Modern (a booking agency created by Rubenstein and Justin Beck of Glassjaw). In May 2009, the band announced that they would perform at the Bamboozle Festival at the Meadowlands in New Jersey with artists such as No Doubt, Taking Back Sunday, The Get Up Kids, and many others. They were also featured in Spin Magazine as "One of 15-Must Hear Bands at Bamboozle Fest". Spin Magazine called them "Jimmy Eat World meets The Decemberists". Your Friends and Loved Ones EP In May 2009, after the band played the Bamboozle Festival, they retreated to VuDu Studios in Freeport, New York to record their follow up EP with producer Mike Watts (As Tall As Lions, The Almost, As Cities Burn). They announced that the album would be called "Your Friends and Loved Ones" due to the fact that family and friends are what supported and continue to support the band through its endeavors. After the recording process was over, the band embarked on two small tours; one with Destry and The Narrative, the other with The Forecast. In August, the band completed their first United States tour with the pop-punk tinged bands Asteria and Theatre Breaks Loose and the indie-electro tinged