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August 31, 2021 – Dayton, OH – Hawthorne Heights have released their heavy-hitting yet emotionally-driven new single “Thunder In Our Hearts” today. Reminiscent of some of their most iconic hit singles with soaring melodies, punching screams and non-stop guitars, “Thunder In Our Hearts” (see video below) puts words to the feelings that come with panic attacks that front man JT Woodruff experienced while writing the band’s forthcoming studio album.
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He shares, “During the ‘Rain Sessions’ I developed panic attacks that kept me up until 4am every night, and I just couldn’t shake them. So most nights, I was laying in the bed shaking til 4am, then waking up at 7am to get ready for the recording session. Every night, my heart felt like it was going to explode, and there were moments that truly scared me. During one of my shakedowns, I wrote these lyrics about how the darkness that I feel always happens between the nightmare and the dream, and it just seemed to hit right. It all started to make sense. I needed to be home. I wanted to be home. But I just couldn’t get there.” The 11 tracks stand as some of Woodruff’s most resonant writing to date, as he unravels themes of both physical and emotional distance from his wife and daughter in Ohio as well as personal identity as the front man of as one of the most iconic emo acts of the new millennium.
Fans can watch “Thunder In Our Hearts” in the embedded video below :
The most unbelievable part of this story is that this entire album was written and recorded BEFORE the pandemic,” singer JT Woodruff shares. “All of this darkness and turmoil is basically a summation of the coldest and loneliest nights I’ve tried to reconcile for the past 17 years.”
Eager to hit the studio again as soon as possible after their 2018 release Bad Frequencies – and probably a bit naive about how much they could physically take – the writing sessions for LP8 took place in unusual places: in sound checks and dressing rooms, in far-flung rehearsal studios after marathon overnight drives. Hawthorne Heights weren’t just burning the candle at both ends; they were splitting it in two, then letting the flames engulf the smaller pieces completely.
The Rain Just Follows Me drops on September 10, 2021 and can be pre-ordered at smarturl.it/hawthorneheightsoh it will also be released in stores with limited edition vinyl variants on October 22, 2021.
The Rain Just Follows Me Track List:
01. Constant Dread
02. The Rain Just Follows Me
03. Holy Coast
04. Tired And Alone
05. Thunder In Our Hearts
06. Spray Paint It Black
07. Dull Headlights
08. Palm Canyon Drive
09. Seafoam
10. Words Can't Hurt
11. Bambarra Beach (The End)
Hawthorne Heights are currently on the road with Bayside, Senses Fail and The Bombpops on the 21 Years of Bad Luck Tour. A full list of tour dates are available below with tickets are on sale now at HawthorneHeights.com/tour.
Upcoming Hawthorne Heights Tour Dates:
August 31, 2021 at New Brookland Tavern in Columbia, SC*
September 1, 2021 at Cat's Cradle in Carrboro, NC
September 2, 2021 at Rams Head Live! in Baltimore, MD
September 3, 2021 at Franklin Music Hall -in Philadelphia, PA
September 4, 2021 at Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, NJ
September 5, 2021 at House of Blues Boston in Boston, MA
September 7, 2021 at Terminal 5 in New York, NY
September 8, 2021 at Buffalo Riverworks in Buffalo, NY
September 9, 2021 at Spirit Hall in Pittsburgh, PA*
September 10, 2021 at Agora Theater and Ballroom in Cleveland, OH
September 11, 2021 at Brooklyn Bowl Nashville in Nashville, TN
September 12, 2021 at Pop's in Sauget, IL
September 14, 2021 at Bogart's in Cincinnati, OH
September 15, 2021 at The Crofoot Ballroom in Pontiac, MI
September 16, 2021 at The Village Theater of East Davenport in Davenport, IA
September 17, 2021 at First Avenue in Minneapolis, MN
September 19, 2021 at Concord Music Hall in Chicago, IL
September 21, 2021 at Gas Monkey Bar N' Grill in Dallas, TX
September 22, 2021 at Emo's Austin in Austin, TX
September 23, 2021 at Rockhouse Bar in El Paso, TX*
September 24, 2021 at The Van Buren in Phoenix, AZ
September 25, 2021 at Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas in Las Vegas, NV
September 26, 2021 at The Wiltern - Los Angeles, CA
September 28, 2021 at House of Blues Anaheim in Anaheim, CA
September 29, 2021 at The UC Theatre in Berkeley, CA
October 1, 2021 at Showbox SoDo in Seattle, WA
October 2, 2021 at Crystal Ballroom -in Portland, OR
October 3, 2021 at The Alpine in Reno, NV*
October 4, 2021 at The Union Event Center in Salt Lake City, UT
October 5, 2021 at Gothic Theatre in Englewood, CO
* Indicates Hawthorne Heights headline date
Hawthorne Heights is composed of JT Woodruff (Vocals, Guitar), Mark McMillon (Guitar, Backing Vocals), Matt Ridenour (Bass, Backing Vocals), Chris Popadak (Drums).
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