Before You Exit

Before You Exit is an American pop-rock band formed by three brothers — Connor, Riley, and Toby McDonough — who started out posting acoustic covers on YouTube before Orlando, Florida gave way to a base in Los Angeles as their profile grew. Their family-band setup and early online-first approach place them alongside a wave of 2010s pop-punk and pop-rock acts who built an audience through social media and covers before moving into original material.

Musically, the band leans into radio-friendly pop-rock and pop-punk with electronic-tinged production, anthemic choruses, and close vocal harmonies that reflect their sibling dynamic. Songs like «Clouds», «The Butterfly Effect», and «Silence» showcase emotionally direct lyrics about relationships and self-discovery, while tracks such as «Soldier» and «Strangers» lean into a heavier, more driving rock energy, and «Model» and «Settle For Less» show a poppier, more polished side of their sound.

As a self-contained sibling act writing and performing their own material, Before You Exit occupies a niche between teen-pop accessibility and pop-punk grit, with a career shaped by the same digital-native path — covers, streaming platforms, and direct fan engagement — that defined many of their contemporaries.