The Friday Night Boys’ lineup was finalized in early 2008 with fellow DC musicians Mike Toohey, Robby Reider, and Chris Barrett.

Shortly after, the band self-released their debut EP “The Sketch Process,” which sold over 45,000 digital tracks and quickly drew the attention of Absolute Management.

[2] Later that month, The Friday Night Boys joined Hit the Lights, Fireworks, and A Rocket to the Moon on the AC Slay Tour, covering the Midwest and mid-Atlantic.

The band relocated to a shared apartment in Harrisonburg, VA while Goldstein completed his last semester at James Madison University (JMU) to earn a psychology degree.

The tour covered the full U.S. and included a stop at Bamboozle Left on April 4 in Irvine, CA where the band performed on the Saints & Sinners stage.

The tour ended on May 2, 2009 in East Rutherford as part of the Bamboozle Festival at the Meadowlands Sports Complex where the band performed alongside No Doubt, Fall Out Boy, Demi Lovato, Third Eye Blind, Kid Cudi, Taking Back Sunday, and more.

The band moved to Los Angeles in January 2009 to begin work on their debut full-length album “Off the Deep End” with producer Emanuel Kiriakou at Chalice Studios.

While working on their album, MTV dubbed the band “Rock Rookies of 2009,”[6] and invited them to their Los Angeles studio for an interview to promote the upcoming LP.

In late May, The Friday Night Boys partnered with Jonathan Bregel to film a music video for their first single “Stuttering” at an overnight shoot in Connecticut.

The day after the release of “Off the Deep End”, the band began the eight-week long “Let's Make a Mess Tour” in Phoenix, AZ with Hey Monday and This Providence.

On September 19, 2009, the band partnered with Steve “Stev-o” Jocz of Sum 41 in Los Angeles to film a music video for their single “Stupid Love Letter,” which was co-written with Benny Blanco.

[10] Following their co-headlining UK run, The Friday Night Boys supported Sum 41 and AFI on the Give it a Name tour in mainland Europe and performed several shows in Germany with Story of the Year.

He has written and produced for such acts as Britney Spears, Linkin Park, Demi Lovato, Fifth Harmony, 5 Seconds of Summer, Ne-Yo, Celine Dion, Jason Derulo, Selena Gomez, and more.