thePULSEIn addition to the cinematic-lyric video, the band also announces that Understanding What We’ve Grown To Be will be a digital deluxe release featuring 3 new songs
By Staff
Detroit, MI’s We Came As Romans has teamed up with Hot Topic for the exclusive premiere of the band’s innovative new video for “Let These Words Last Forever.” Offering a full cinematic storyline with simultaneous lyrical representation of the song through animated typography, the video displays a creative hybrid of a lyric video and traditional music video.
Lyricist/guitarist Joshua Moore elaborates on the release of new material, stating, “We are really excited to be releasing new, original music for the first time in over a year, and we thought the best way to do this was to release a song that combines the best elements of To Plant A Seed and Understanding What We’ve Grown To Be. ‘Let These Words Last Forever,’ along with two more new songs we will be releasing, shows the direction we are headed in for our next album. We’re striving for the best combination of progression and staying true to our original roots.”
“Let These Words Last Forever” was recorded with producer Machine (Chiodos, Lamb of God, Armor For Sleep) and mixed/mastered by John Feldmann (The Used, All Time Low, Panic! At The Disco). The single premiered Monday night on Detroit, MI alternative rock station 89X and is now available through retailers such as iTunes and Amazon. The song will also appear on We Came As Romans’ upcoming digital deluxe release of Understanding What We’ve Grown To Be, available on January 8.
The expanded version of the band’s sophomore full-length release will feature three new songs. Accompanying the aforementioned single will be “Hope” and “The King of Silence” ~ both of which were recorded with Feldmann earlier this year. We Came As Romans is set to re-enter the studio with Feldmann in March 2013 to record their third full-length album, following their run on the 2013 Take Action Tour with The Used.
A physical deluxe version of the album will be released in March 2013 and will also include a DVD of new, never-before-seen behind-the-scenes tour footage, exclusive band interviews, and live performance clips. More details on a release date and pre-order packages for the physical version will be announced soon.
We Came As Romans has appeared on the covers of Alternative Press and Substream Music Press magazines and on the front pages of the NJ Star-Ledger and Asbury Park Press newspapers, been featured on video displays in 850+ Journeys stores, written about in Revolver Magazine, Guitar World, Rock Sound, Kerrang!, Outburn Magazine, AMP Magazine, and on RollingStone.com, Nikon.com, MTV Buzzworthy Blog, Axe Body Spray Sites, and Sirius XM Liquid Metal. Earlier this year, band vocalist Dave Stephens appeared in Hot Topic’s massive back-to-school campaign, with his photograph featured in all 650+ Hot Topic retail stores throughout North America. The band spent much of 2012 on the road, including touring throughout North and South America, Japan, Europe/UK, and the Philippines, and they’ll continue to tour heavily in both the States and internationally throughout 2013.
Understanding What We’ve Grown To Be was originally released in September 2011 and debuted at No. 20 on the Billboard Current Top 200. The deluxe digital version tracklist is:
1. Hope
2. The King of Silence
3. Let These Words Last Forever
4. Mis//Understanding
5. Everything As Planned
6. What I Wished I Never Had
7. Cast The First Stone
8. The Way That We Have Been
9. A War Inside
10. Stay Inspired
11. Just Keep Breathing
12. Views That Never Cease, To Keep Me From Myself
13. What My Heart Held
14. I Can’t Make Your Decisions For You
15. Understanding What We’ve Grown To Be
Catch We Came as Romans w/The Used, We Came As Romans, Crown The Empire and Mindflow Jan 29 at The House of Blues in Boston!
Photo by Tom Barnes
Special thanks to Natalie Bisignano of Equal Vision Records
