Artist · chart history
Armor For Sleep
Band Teaneck United States Formed 2001
Armor For Sleep formed in 2001 in Teaneck, United States. Armor For Sleep has 4 chart appearances on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations on RockLists, spanning 2005–2008. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Car Underwater”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #89. The station that charted Armor For Sleep most often is 91X (San Diego, CA / Tijuana), with 1 appearance. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2005.
Armor for Sleep came out of Teaneck, New Jersey, in 2001, with Ben Jorgensen singing, playing guitar and writing the songs, PJ DeCicco on lead guitar, Anthony DiIonno on bass and Nash Breen on drums. Their demos got them signed to Equal Vision Records, the New York indie, and they made their name with concept records: Dream to Make Believe in 2003, then What to Do When You Are Dead in 2005, which carried "Car Underwater".
Their sound was emo with its head in the clouds, alternative rock guitars drifting into dream pop haze while Jorgensen poured raw feeling into every line. The move up to Sire and Warner Bros. produced Smile for Them in 2007, home of "Hold The Door", and then the band went quiet, announcing their breakup in October 2009.
They reconvened briefly for tours in 2012 and 2015 before reuniting for good in 2020, and the second act has already produced two albums, The Rain Museum in 2022 and There Is No Memory in 2025. Jorgensen and Breen remain at the core, now joined by guitarist Erik Rudic and bassist Chad Sabo of the Cold Seas, a band Breen plays in too.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Armor For Sleep on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Car Underwater | 2 | #89 | – | 2005 | |
| 2 | Hold The Door | 2 | #85 | – | 2008 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 100 | Hold The Door | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2008 |
| 2008 | 85 | Hold The Door | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2008 |
| 2005 | 89 | Car Underwater | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2005 |
| 2005 | 347 | Car Underwater | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 |
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