House of Heroes’ Album Gets Sent Out Early • Page 2

Yeah, this record is really good. Dude sounds like the love child of Dustin Kensrue, Andy Hull and the dude from Lovedrug. That's a good thing.

 

Yeah, his vocals (not to mention his lyrics, my goodness) lend a degree of authenticity to Citizens and Join the Triumph that their peers simply can't match. Can't wait to dig into this solo record!

 

His voice reminds me of the guy from The Gaslight Anthem. Sometimes I can't tell them apart

 

If I were to make a list of my favorite vocalists on the planet, the guys we're comparing Zach Bolen to - Brian Fallon and Andy Hull and Dustin Kensrue - are all on it. I really like that record through three or four listens, and it may be one that I spend a ton of time with this year. It's really good.

On the HoH record - it's getting better with each listen. I will say - without a real great grasp on the whole of the story - that I sorta wish it ended with track 12. I feel like there's a natural ebb and flow of emotions that ends with 'Shots Fired' and 'Get Away' that makes sense to my brain. Aaaannnndddd..... then there's another loud rock song. It's sort of jarring and I feel like it's out of place. I mean, I get I'm complaining about an extra song from a band I love and that's like complaining about whipped cream on chocolate cake. But still. Tracks 11 and 12 would have been a perfect 1-2 punch of an ending, I think.

 

This is why "The Young and the Brutal" and "Galveston" never made sense to me at the end of their respective albums. Not terrible songs, but strangely anti-climatic. Still, the more music, the better, generally.

I hope the band makes liner notes available for digital copies, especially since it's a concept album. Confident I would enjoy this more if I could really dig into the lyrics and extended artwork.

 

"The Young and the Brutal" and "Galveston" are actually both bonus tracks. "Field of Daggers" and "Burn Me Down" are both technically the last songs on TEINtE and Suburba. I always thought "The Young and the Brutal" was a weird song to end on too until I realized it was a hidden track. Both are on the b-side album "The Knock Down Dragouts" which is one of the better collections of b-sides I've ever heard if you haven't listen to it yet.

Also agreed about liner notes. I need to know the story to appreciate this fully. I feel like it's probably similar to Mae's "The Everglow" in that regard.

 

Ian Zandi! Your presence is making me homesick for Indie Vision Music. Do you post here a lot and I just haven't noticed?

 

Ah, that's a helpful clarification. I have heard TKDDO, but it must have slipped my mind that those tracks were officially released on it. Shout out to Indie Vision Music! I used to spend some time over there.

 

Just on news stuff I like haha. I do read this site a lot though. That house of heroes interview was one of the last things I did for IVM. Brandon and co are supposed to be bringing it back sometime this year. I'm willing to contribute again on a smaller scale. Got a bunch of other writing gigs since then. I wish the forums would come back at the least haha

 

Yeah, the forums just disappeared without notice! Psyched for the reboot.

 

If they don't make them available (or if you just want a peek now), someone scanned and posed them in the HOH subreddit

 

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