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Merchant Ships was an American midwest emo and Screamo band from South Bend, Indiana.
In May 2009, Merchant Ships parted ways for the first time. In the summer of the same year, Senff and Stutsman formed Midwest Pen Pals alongside Garrett Cabello and Mike Kenway and self-released their only official EP Inside Jokes. They ultimately broke up in September, 2009. In 2010, Merchant Ships reunited and released their single "Better Days Ahead" featuring "Sentinel" and "Good Weekend". They later signed with Count Your Lucky Stars Records and released their second EP (first on the label) titled For Cameron in July 2010.
In July 2010, Merchant Ships broke up for good, releasing their full discography for free via their Myspace page along with a compilation entitled "Shipsography". The band was featured in Funeral Sounds article titled "Five Emo One-Release Wonders". Jack Senff went on to play in William Bonney with Gerstein, Kenway, Josh Miller, and Ethan Bonney. After William Bonney, Jack started North Folk, Sailor Heart, Boy Rex and Knola and began to release acoustic folk music under his full name "Jack M. Senff" on Skeletal Lightning Records. Michael joined East Lansing based band Lucy. Nick Stutsman went on to form emo band Park Jefferson, as well as the band Jingwei while Dwayne Robinson joined the Bloomington based bands Hive Mind and House Olympics.
The band had planned a reunion show in late 2016 alongside longtime friends Sleep Patterns, but dropped the show shortly after.
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