The Dangerous Summer is an alternative rock band from Ellicott City, Maryland. The band formed in the summer of 2006 to write their first EP, There Is No Such Thing as Science, which drew the attention of Hopeless Records and other labels in 2007. After signing with Hopeless Records in April 2007 The band re-released their debut EP under a new name, If You Could Only Keep Me Alive, with new songs included. In the fall of 2007 the band decided to take a break from touring and writing music, though they played a few shows during that time and released a demo of the song "This Is War", and it wasn't until the fall of 2008 that they reformed to write their next studio album Reach for the Sun.

In April of 2009 the band played The Bamboozle.

The band's debut studio album, Reach for the Sun, was released on May 5, 2009, and reached #42 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.

The band's name is taken from the novel of the same name. The band has stated influences from Third Eye Blind, Bright Eyes, U2, Phil Collins, Explosions in the Sky, Jimmy Eat World, and Andrew McMahon.

Their song "The Permanent Rain" was recently used in a trailer for the movie Love Happens, starring Jennifer Aniston and Aaron Eckhart.

The Band is currently writing their 2nd full length album which will be released in 2011.