In July 2007, the members of Cavo had an epiphany. They were opening for hard-rock band Staind at a resort in Lake of the Ozarks, MO, and decided to use their moment in front of the large crowd to play some of their new material live for the very first time. The band's frontman, Casey Walker, began to sing "Let It Go," a stirring song from the St. Louis quartet's upcoming album Bright Nights * Dark Days. "At the end of the song, I sang the lyric 'I need to let it go,' over and over and the crowd started singing the words back to me," Walker recalls. "It was the first time that had ever happened and it was just surreal. We walked offstage and were like, 'What just happened?' This crowd had never heard of us. They didn't know any of our songs, but the response we got from them was just amazing."

That pivotal moment is when Walker realized that Cavo, after nearly nine years together, had a good shot of getting where they are today: releasing their major-label debut album, Bright Nights * Dark Days, this summer on Reprise Records. With songs like the propulsive first single "Champagne," the uplifting power ballad "Let It Go," the blistering "Cry Wolf,"and the strutting "Blame," the album is a passionately played collection of hard-hitting rock and roll with keenly felt lyrics about life, love, and the acceptance that comes with realizing that all we can do is to try and be the best person we can for those we love. "I think it's amazing when a songwriter can open up a piece of themselves and let the whole world see it," says Walker, who writes Cavo's lyrics. "It may not be beautiful, in fact it may be really ugly, but great art comes from an honest place. It has to. And that's what we try to do with our songs."

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PCM's Kristyn caught up with Cavo, while out on the road for CrueFest 2! Click below to listen to the interview!

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