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When we caught up with Orlando punk-pop quintet There For Tomorrow last month, the former PUSH Artist of the Week discussed how they wanted to get back to basics and "be ourselves" for the band's recently released third album, The Verge. Judging by the video premiere of "Hunt Hunt Hunt," it looks like this ethos extends to the band's visual style.

The band's latest video is an exercise in minimalism -- just five guys in a room with their instruments. Aside from the occasional flash of the word "Hunt," it's a straightforward piece emphasizing the accompanying song. Directed by Robby Starbuck, who has helmed videos for Smashing Pumpkins, Metric and The Sounds, among others, the video favors quick cuts and frenetic pacing to underscore the song's jittery, hard-rock foundation reminiscent of a poppier Mars Volta.

"Hunt Hunt Hunt" is the lead single off The Verge, an album written over the course of one busy week. The band is currently touring this summer as part of the Vans Warped Tour.

+ Watch There For Tomorrow's "Hunt Hunt Hunt" video below.

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Orlando punk-pop quartet There For Tomorrow have been recording music since 2004, but as our MTV Push Artist of the Week admits, their new album, The Verge, is the first in which the band has shown who they really are. "I don't think we've ever been able to show our true colors until now," says guitarist Christian Climer. "We've always been doing stuff that we thought we needed to do to be successful, when the whole time, all we needed to do was just be ourselves."

The group put out their first album, the self-released Point of Origin, as teenagers in 2004, and they signed to Hopeless Records four years later. While 2009's A Little Faster earned the band a mtvU Woodie Award for Breakout Artist of the Year, The Verge is the clearest distillation of the band's vision and sound, balancing catchy hooks with grinding guitars.

We've got some interviews and live performances below to get you up to speed on There For Tomorrow. In the first few clips, the band discusses why The Verge was an appropriate album title and how the writing process differed on this album from past releases. Then check out live performances of "Get It," "The Joyride" and "Nowhere Blvd," shot at Orlando's Paint It Black Studios earlier this year.

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According to Orlando-based foursome There For Tomorrow, their band name is a proclamation of how strongly they want their music to make an impact. That's quite a lofty goal, but we're digging the ambition. And actually, the "Deathbed" singers are making it happen -- these four rockers have been in the game since 2003.

In the live video, There For Tomorrow perform in a dimly lit studio, adorned with glowing paper lanterns and stacks of studio speakers. You know, kinda like an Urban Outfitters catalog. Flickering white lights radiate off the band as "Nowhere BLVD" lead singer Maika takes total control of the mic and showcases his powerhouse vocals, which remind us of a cross between Freddie Mercury and Patrick Stump. As the chorus hits, he sings with the kind of perfectly emo conviction only a true rocker boy can, "Now it's you and I...going nowhere, nowhere tonight."

There For Tomorrow's forthcoming album The Verge is out June 28. And with a little luck, we'll not only be hearing it today, but tomorrow as well.

+ Watch There For Tomorrow's live performance of "Nowhere BLVD" below and check out more There For Tomorrow videos here.

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Behold the video for "Deathbed," the second single off There For Tomorrow's A Little Faster.  Though the album put up very successful sales figures, the recession seems to have hit the Orlando band right where it hurts: its video sets. Playing in this rain-logged warehouse, the foursome have to make do with less; the microphones are held up by duct tape, broken televisions are lying around ... it's chaos!

Just kidding, you guys. Video director Jonathan Bregel is simply cooking up what we in the biz like to call "atmosphere." And this clips has loads of it.

The band is pretty much left to its own devices, performing the song amid some dramatic lighting until the very end, when There For Tomorrow begins breaking what little the warehouse has in the way of creature comforts.

Check out the mayhem below. A Little Faster is out now.

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There For Tomorrow is currently melting faces in Japan, but never fear. The group returns to the States on June 11 for the Rock Yourself To Sleep Tour alongside Every Avenue, Sing It Loud and The Secret Handshake.

Lucky for us, before they left for the Land of the Rising Sun, they stopped by MTV HQ to smile pretty for the camera. Check out our exclusive MTV photo gallery with the 2008 mtvU Woodie winners for Breakout Artist Of Year.

Plus, in case you missed it, watch There For Tomorrow get hooked on phonics during our Pop Punk Spelling Bee. Can you spell "adorable?"

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In the first round of MTV's Pop Punk Spelling Bee, we saw members of Mayday Parade, A Rocket To The Moon and There For Tomorrow experience the thrill of victory (like when Maika from There For Tomorrow spelled "adagio" correctly) and the agony of defeat (pretty much everything else).

Round 2 starts out ... well, with an absolute car crash of an attempt at spelling "hypocrisy." Derek Sanders from Mayday Parade proves himself to be an expert at spelling the names of dairy products and condiments, and we also get a little bit of behind-the-scenes deliberations between the bandmates.

The winner of the first-ever MTV Pop Punk Spelling Bee is owned, but you'll have to watch to find out who takes home the trophy.

Check out the pre-bee deliberations and the first round here, and watch Round 2 below.

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Nobody likes to be judged on their intelligence, but everyone likes judging other people on their intelligence. With that in mind we've assembled a little battle of the minds between some of our favorite pop-punk outfits.

Mayday Parade, There For Tomorrow and A Rocket To The Moon are some of the finest purveyors in pop punk on the scene. We could listen to them all day long, but not this day. Today we're going to put them through an intellectual obstacle course, of sorts, with MTV's Pop Punk Spelling Bee.

In the first video, the members of the three bands go through a rigorous deliberation to determine who will represent their group in the competition. We see some chilling moments, like when Mayday guitarist Brooks Betts is stumped when asked to spell "suspenders."

The next video is Round 1 of the spelling bee. Jay from There For Tomorrow does battle with the word "genre," and loses, while Eric from Rocket engages in some banter.

Check out the deliberations and Round 1 below! And stay tuned for Round 2 tomorrow!

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The plus side to eating at Waffle House: SMOTHERED AND COVERED! As well as the likelihood that you'll see Kid Rock serve up a piping-hot knuckle sandwich.

The drawback: You probably won't get a chance to pick up a hot AND intelligent-looking waitress (portrayed by Jennifer Heiny), like the girl Maika Maile slips his number to in There For Tomorrow's brand-new video, "A Little Faster," off their full-length album of the same name. Because remember, kids -- in movies, on TV, and in videos, despite what Dorothy Parker said, girls wearing glasses are usually covering up some heat. (You did see She's All That, right?) By the way, the diner There For Tomorrow shot at is the Bendix Diner in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey.

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Anarbor, you may have a challenge on your hands. In their episode of "The 5," Orlando alt-rockers There For Tomorrow (who kinda look like bad-ass Jonas Brothers) go into great detail about their love of sports. They've found that the only way to stay sane on tour is to be constantly engaged in athletic activities.

Last week, on another episode of "The 5," Arizona band Anarbor claimed to be masters of all sports. All of them. They went so far as to claim that they could kick any band's ass at any game.

Neither squad of gangly rockers looks particularly athletic, which makes the whole idea even more interesting. Can you imagine these shaggy mopers sweating it out in a half-court press? I promise you that I will do everything in my power to make that happen.

In the meantime, know this: There For Tomorrow have a secret weapon that just may exploit Anarbor's Achilles heel. One of them used to be a cheerleader. To find out which one, and to get the buzz on A Little Bit Faster -- There For Tomorrow's debut album, due out any minute -- just click play below. I'll get to work on renting a gym.

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There For Tomorrow's recipe for the not-so-perfect prom includes:

+ Sir-Mix-A-Lot
+ Some chick named Alexa
+ Losing some chick named Alexa
+ Fergie's "Glamorous"
+ Lemonade shots in the eye
+ Possibly T-Pain
+ Trainwreckedness
+ A Batman outfit

Watch Maika Maile, Christian Climer, Chris Kamrada, and Jay Enriquez share their prom and non-prom memories, do's, and don'ts in this exclusive There For Tomorrow prom video. Plus, get more celebrity prom stories, and stay tuned for There For Tomorrow's next album, A Little Faster, out soon, and catch TFT on Warped Tour this summer.

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