The Material is an American rock band from San Diego, California. Colleen D'Agostino moved to San Diego to pursue a music degree at San Diego State University. In her third year, she began playing with Jon Moreaux and Noah Vowles. The three added bassist Kevin Falk, formerly of Every Time I Die and Between the Buried and Me, and started writing songs for their first demo. Kevin was replaced by Brian Miller, and Roi Elam joined shortly after. With the permanent line up, The Material went into the studio to record their 6-song debut EP Tomorrow, which was co-produced by Brian Grider and was released on September 1, 2007. They placed in the top three of the Dew Circuit Breakout of 2007, losing to Seattle band The Myriad.
The Material has been featured on MTV and MTV2 and their song "Moving to Seattle" is available to download for the video game, Rock Band. They have toured the entire United States and in September 2009, headlined the coast-to-coast Everlasting Sound Tour with the bands Blameshift and And Then There Was You.
The Material released 3 brand-new songs on June 16, 2009. Their To Weather The Storm EP is provided as a download on iTunes and Amazon.