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Sumerlin

American Christian rock band

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ19881962
Source-derived summary

Sumerlin are an American Christian rock band from Wilmington, North Carolina. The band is currently composed of Dan DiGiovanni, Logan Tudor, Chris Taylor, Joshua Mace, Hunter Klein, and Tyler Klee.

History

The band formed in 2009, however their first release was 2010's, Forfeit the Compass EP. Two years later, the group released, Motives EP, through Mosaic Artistry. Their first ever Billboard charting was for "Just a Dream" that reached No. 14 on the Christian Rock songs chart. This EP would see the band chart "The Fallback", their second single, on the Christian Rock songs chart at a peak of No. 2. Their debut studio album with Dream Records was released on February 4, 2014, Runaways. This debut album saw the band chart twice more on the Christian Rock songs chart with "Breaking Out" at No. 1 and "Heartbeat" at No.

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The public source identifies “Sumerlin” as american Christian rock band. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Sumerlin, American and Christian.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2009, 2010, 2014—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2009. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Sumerlin, American and Christian providing the first useful test.
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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q19881962. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2009, 2010 and 2014.

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This entry incorporates text from Sumerlin” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.