Release Date: August 5, 2008
Genre: Post-hardcore, Emo
Track Listing
1.
The Business Of Paper Stars
2.
Rescue Me
3.
Until The Judgement Day
4.
Somewhere In Between
5.
Sugar In The Engine
6.
Desperation
7.
Four Became One
8.
321
9.
Disaster
10.
Let Go Of Everything You Know
11.
Corps of Corpses
12.
Come Back Home (Reprised)
On this CD, Hawthorne Heights is:
JT Woodruff- vocals, guitar
Micah Carli- guitar
Matt Ridenour- bass, backup vocals
Eron Bucciarelli- drums
About Hawthorne
Heights: I don't really know a ton about them, but there are some important things I should talk about. They released their first CD, The Silence In Black and White, in 2004. Their first single off of this CD is also probably their most well-known song, Ohio Is For Lovers. Then, in 2006, they released If Only You Were Lonely. Their third album, Fragile Future, was released in 2008. These are the only 3 CDs I have by them, although they have released 2 CDs since- Skeletons in 2010, and Zero last month. There was a very abrupt lineup change between albums 2 &3, which I'll talk about in the "About The CD" bit, because it had an impact on the CD.
My opinion about
Hawthorne Heights: I’m not a huge Hawthorne Heights fan, although I have 3
of their CDs. It’s kinda odd, but the bands that are more mainstream, as in
regular people who listen to top 40 stations (bands like Fall Out Boy and
Panic! At The Disco) often aren’t ones I like A LOT. While I may enjoy their
music, I’m usually not a devoted fan. I think I may have mentioned this in a
previous post. It’s like this with Hawthorne Heights. While I like this CD and
a lot of the songs on it, I only really like their singles on their other CDs.
About The CD: One thing that had a big effect on this CD was the sudden death of band member Casey Calvert. Casey did the guitar and unclean vocals for the band. While they were on tour in 2007, he was found dead in the tour bus. He died in his sleep of an accidental drug overdose. Two songs on the CD (Four Became One, Sugar In The Engine) were inspired by his death, and it brought the band closer together, and lead to this being, in my opinion, their best CD.
IMHO: This is my
favorite CD by them. But it also holds a special place in my heart for another
reason. I bought this CD back in 2009 when it was fairly new. When I opened the
case, I realized that there was a second CD inside. This CD had a random
selection of music videos by other artists on Victory Records (the label HH was
on). I was really interested in listening to some new music, so I popped it
into my DVD player. I really liked a lot of the songs, and still have a lot of
them on my iPod now. These included “I Didn’t Mean To Interrupt…” by Jamies
Elsewhere, a “Since U Been Gone” cover by A Day To Remember, “Still Dreaming”
by Silverstein, and some songs by a band named 1997, a band that I never
researched much further… but the songs on the CD are great! Anyway, among these
songs, I found the music video for a song called “Warm Me Up” by The Audition.
I had never heard of The Audition, but I really liked this song. The Audition
is now one of my top 5 favorite bands ever, and I never would have found them without this CD.
Favorite Songs: Somewhere In Between is definitely my favorite song on the CD.
Other Gems: Sugar In The Engine, Desperation, Four Became One, 321
Video!
Rating: 7.5/10. There are a lot of songs on the CD that I really like, and the rest I just never really listen to.
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