Description
The self-titled, sophomore album album of the American alternative rock band House of Heroes was released on Gotee Records in 2005, distributed in the US by EMI CMG Distribution. (The album has a quite similar tracklisting with House Of Heroes’ 2006-album Say No More, which was released on Mono vs Stereo, another Gotee Records imprint, with a few new tracks added.) The album was produced by Oran Thornton of Johnny Q. Public.
The first time I listened to House Of Heroes’ eponymous début CD it sounded like my stereo had been turbocharged to race down the streets at 120 mph. The second time someone, no doubt wearing a black suit and shiny hat (don’t ask me, ask the video that comes on the CD), snuck in and boosted the performance to 140 mph. Ready for a third play? Oh yes, because this is energetic, heady stuff. From the intensity of «Buckets For Bullet Wounds» to the nine-minute tear jerker «Angels In Top Hats», House Of Heroes deliver a fast paced slice of the best bits of every song you’ve ever heard. Harmonies sit with crashing drums, elaborate bridges, operatic interludes and more energy than you could get out of a glass bottle of still blue sports drink (there’s that video again). Occasionally the lyrics veer into the realm of teen melodrama, with «Suicide Baby», «Make A Face Like You Mean It (Vampires)» and «Angels In Top Hats» aiming to resonate on an overly melancholic or confrontational level but it’s all done with such verve and imagination that you can’t help but enjoy. [Paul Kercal, Cross Rhythms, July 2005]
CD tracklist:
01. Buckets For Bullet Wounds
02. Fast Enough
03. Friday Night
04. Mercedes Baby
05. Serial Sleepers
06. Make A Face Like You Mean It (Vampires)
07. Metaphor In Parentheses
08. Pulling Back The Skin
09. The Bois D’arc Circus
10. Suicide Baby
11. Angels In Top Hats, Cups Full Of Blood
Say No More, Mono vs Stereo, 2006
“Serial Sleepers” (MUSIC VIDEO)
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