On Warped Tour All Summer Long
The pop
infused rock band, Sleeping With Sirens', new acoustic album, If
You Were A Movie, This Would Be Your Soundtrack, debuted at #17 on
the Billboard Top 200 charts, selling 17,486 in the first week
via Rise Records. If You Were A Movie, This Would Be Your Soundtrack also
hit #4 on both the Independent charts and Hard Music charts and #5 on the
Current Alternative charts. You can purchase If You Were A Movie, This
Would Be Your Soundtrack, here: http://bit.ly/NwtfkM.
Sleeping With Sirens released If You Were A Movie,
This Would Be Your Soundtrack on June 26th via Rise
Records. Produced by Mark Trombino (Jimmy Eat World, Finch,
Blink-182), the result was five rich, stripped-down cuts loosely presented
in the structure of a film, with each song title starting with a scene
number.Featuring three new cuts as well as two previously recorded songs
radically re-arranged for the acoustic setting, the EP showcases the group in a
different venue than their usual, high-volume environment, while also giving
new subtlety to the re-recorded tracks. Sleeping With Sirens are famous for
their informal acoustic shows-usually performed outside venues for fans after
gigs-and now that magic has been captured for listeners everywhere to enjoy.
"We wanted to put out a record you can listen to
while chilling at night and kind of winding down, or while doing your homework,
or if you want to have some quality time with your girl or your guy. We wanted
to give fans an album to listen to then, instead of just something that's
always in your face and heavy," explains vocalist Kellin
Quinn. "We don't want our band to be defined to a certain sound or
theme; we want to be able to dabble in everything and accomplish different
styles of music. This acoustic album was a way for us to grow up and show
people that."
Sleeping With Sirens-which also includes guitarists Jesse
Lawson and Jack Fowler, bassist Justin Hills and
drummer Gabe Barham-was formed in 2009 by ex-members of bands For
All We Know, Broadway and We Are Defiance. The
Grand Rapids, Michigan-based group's first album for Rise Records,With Ears
To See And Eyes To Hear, debuted in March 2010 at #7 on Billboard's
"Top Heatseekers" chart, and at #36 on "Top
Independent Albums." Released in May 2011, the record peaked at #78 on Billboard's
"Top 200" chart, as well as #13 on "Top
Independent Albums" and #5 in"Hard
Rock." The band has toured extensively, most recently selling out
a headlining US tour right before this years Warped Tour stint.
Quinn utilizes the moody, dynamic textures of If You
Were A Movie, This Would Be Your Soundtrack to reach new heights of
lyrical depth and intimacy, tackling topics like love and relationships with a
more nuanced approach than past recordings. The constant amorous tug-of-war
that most couples inevitably face is given particular emphasis in the
previously unreleased "Scene Four: Don't You Ever Forget About Me."
Fans will also be pleasantly surprised by the two stripped-down rearrangements
of prior recordings that appear on If You Were A Movie, This Would Be
Your Soundtrack. Both "With Ears To See And Eyes To Hear" and
"James Dean & Audrey Hepburn" take on a new life on the EP, and
in the process, convey entirely different emotions as acoustic recordings.
Quinn says the new version of "James Dean & Audrey Hepburn" which
was written in a moment of homesickness, is even more powerful than the
original.
The remainder of 2012 and all of 2013 promise to hold even
more exciting new developments for Sleeping With Sirens, who were just featured
on the cover of the June 2012 issue of Alternative Press Magazine, and
who are currently on the entire Vans Warped Tour this summer.
After more touring in the fall, the group also plans to head into the studio in
winter 2013 to begin work on their forthcoming third full-length. Until then, If
You Were A Movie, This Would Be Your Soundtrack will serve as the
latest reminder of the dazzling directions in which Sleeping With Sirens are
headed.
"Get excited for 2013: There are a lot of big things
coming, and this acoustic album's something to tide you over. Listen to it and
enjoy," says Quinn. "Get ready for the new [full-length]
record, because it's going to be insane. It's going to be the best thing we've
ever done. We're going to go 100% into next year. We're excited for our band,
and our fans, to be part of it. We're making music that is still going to be
the Sleeping with Sirens that everyone loves, but we're definitely also growing
and maturing. We're always moving toward bigger and better."
Sleeping With Sirens are managed by Mark Mercado and
John Youngman / Fly South Music Group.
For updates, please visit:
Website: www.SleepingWithSirens.net
Facebook: www.Facebook.com/SleepingWithSirensBand
Twitter: www.Twitter.com/swstheband
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