April 3, 2012

HOUSE OF HEROES TO RELEASE 19 SONG COMPILATION TITLED

THE KNOCK-DOWN DRAG-OUTS

FEATURING NEW SONGS, B-SIDES, COVERS, REMIXES AND MORE

AVAILABLE ON APRIL 30

APRIL AND MAY DATES WITH FIVE IRON FRENZY

Gotee Records band House of Heroes is set to release a 19-song compilation titled The Knock-Down Drag-Outs on April 30. The album features new songs, b-sides, covers, remixes, acoustic versions and more. It will be available at all digital outlets while physical copies will be only be available exclusively at the band’s shows and at gotee.com/store

The compilation combines all the songs from the band’s digital EPs, such as “The Acoustic End EP” and “Meets the Beatles EP”, with digital singles, bonus tracks and more. There are also 3 brand new recordings and 2 new remixes, including one by Soul Glow Activatur of Family Force 5. Take a listen to one of the new songs, “Choose Your Blade” here http://youtu.be/16j0uD91X0cListen and to the Family Force 5 remix of “Remember The Empire” here http://youtu.be/OhSqllp-2bY You can view the full track-listing below.

“Throughout our many years with Gotee Records we have been fortunate enough to record many “extra” songs in addition to the 4 full length albums that we released. This is a collection of all those songs. We are also super excited to get some of the extra songs we wrote for ‘Cold Hard Want’ out to our fans. They were some of our favorites.” – explains Tim Skipper

Two pre-order options are available today at: gotee.com/store . You can purchase the 19-song CD for only $10 or the CD with an exclusive t-shirt for $20.

The band has also been playing shows with the reunited Five Iron Frenzy and will continue to do so in April and May.

House of Heroes is—Tim Skipper (lead vocals, guitar), Colin Rigsby (drums, vocals), A.J. Babcock (bass, vocals), and Eric Newcomer (guitar, vocals).

The Knock-Down Drag-Outs track-listing:

1. Dead - from the “Touch The Light” digital single

2. Choose Your Blade*

3. Hide*

4. Your Casualty*

5. Lovesick Zombie - from the “Lovesick Zombie” digital single

6. Galveston - digital bonus track on Suburba

7. Patient - digital bonus track on Suburba

8. The Young and the Brutal - digital bonus track on “The End Is Not The End”

9. New Moon - from “The Acoustic End” digital EP

10. Ghost - from “The Acoustic End” digital EP

11. If (Acoustic) - from “The Acoustic End” digital EP

12. Serial Sleepers (Acoustic) - from “The Acoustic End” digital EP

13. Can’t Buy Me Love - from the “Meets The Beatles” digital EP

14. It Won’t Be Long - from the “Meets The Beatles” digital EP

15. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - from the “Meets The Beatles” digital EP

16. Day By Day - from FREAKED! A Gotee Tribute to DC Talk’s 'Jesus Freak’

17. Remember The Empire (Family Force 5 Phenomenon Remix)*

18. Suspect (McSwagger Remix)*

19. The Voices Of Suburba

*New Songs

House of Heroes dates:

April 6 - SLAM Jam @ Bryan High School - Bryan, OH

April 11 - The Gramercy Theater - New York, NY w/ Five Iron Frenzy

April 27 - The 86 Club - Cincinnati, OH

April 28 - The Pontifex - Fremont, OH

May 17 - The Bluestone - Columbus, OH w/ Five Iron Frenzy

May 18 - The Chameleon Club - Lancaster, PA w/ Five Iron Frenzy

May 19 - Winchester, VA

May 20 - Tidewater Central Church of the Nazarene - Virginia Beach, VA

May 21 - Kings Christian Academy - Callaway, MD

May 24 - Good Shepherd United Methodist (Lower Sanctuary) - Huntsville, AL

June 30 - Freedom Celebration at The Church on Strayer - Maumee, OH

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