| Suburba | ||||
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| Studio album by House of Heroes | ||||
| Released | August 3, 2010 | |||
| Recorded | s-s-Studio in Spring Hill, TN | |||
| Genre | Alternative, Christian rock | |||
| Label | Gotee Records | |||
| Producer | Mark Lee Townsend | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| IndieVisionMusic | [1] |
| AbsolutePunk | [2] |
| Christian Music Zine | [3] |
| Jesus Freak Hideout | [4] |
| Nothing Sounds Better | [5] |
Suburba is the fourth full length album by the band, House of Heroes. They went into Dark Horse Recording Studio on February 1, 2010 to record it with producer, Mark Lee Townsend.[6] It was released on August 3, 2010 through Gotee Records. On April 5, the band premiered two songs on the Eastern American Radio Network titled "RadioU." The songs that were premiered were "Elevator" and "Constant." On April 18, the mixing for the album was completed.[7]
House of Heroes commented about the album on their Facebook page, "Just south of 5th Ave. on Riverside Dr./33 in Columbus, OH is the Suburban Building. The N fell off the end of the word... This is what inspired the title of our new record. A record about growing up in the suburbs of middle class America, and having big dreams. There are triumphs and failures, and sometimes letters fall off the ends of words... " [6] The song "Burn Me Down" was inspired by the British band Muse of whom Tim Skipper is a big fan.[8] Suburba also debuted at #48 on the Billboard 200, which is House of Heroes' highest position to date.[9]
On May 24, they released a lyric video for the song "God Save the Foolish Kings",[10] and on July 20, a similar one for "Love Is for the Middle Class" was released.[11] On July 27, they also released a music video for "God Save the Foolish Kings".[12]
The album was nominated for a Dove Award for Recorded Music Packaging of the Year at the 42nd GMA Dove Awards.[13]