Loses Control is the second and final studio album by American rock band Hey Mercedes. Following the release of Everynight Fire Works, guitarist Mark Dawursk left the band was replaced by Michael Shumaker in May 2002. Between then and the end of the year, the band spent time writing new material. They recorded Loses Control in April and May at Camp Street Studios in Cambridge, Massachusetts with producers Sean Slade and Paul Q. Kolderie. Loses Control is an indie rock, pop-punk and power pop record that used bigger and thicker guitar sounds, and Nanna double-tracking his voice. Preceded by a co-headlining national US tour with Sense Field, Loses Control was released on October 7, 2003, through Vagrant Records. It received a generally positive reaction from music critics, with some praising the guitar tones, and finding it a worthy follow-up to Everynight Fire Works. It was promoted with a North American trek and a music video for "Quality Revenge at Last". Subsequent touring consisted of supporting or headlining stints with the likes of Wheat, the Early November and Saves the Day. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loses_C...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)