Halos for Heros, Dirt for the Dead

Halos for Heros, Dirt for the Dead
EP by A Day to Remember
Released 2004
Recorded Skylab Recording Studios, Gainesville, Florida
Length 18:00
Label Self-released
A Day to Remember chronology

Halos for Heros, Dirt for the Dead
(2004)		 And Their Name Was Treason
(2005)

Halos for Heros, Dirt for the Dead is the debut EP by A Day to Remember.

Recording and release

The EP was recorded at Skylab Recording Studios in Gainesville, Florida.[1] The material on the EP was written in vocalist Jeremy McKinnon's garage, and was recorded all in one day live-in-studio.[1] Samples of tracks titled "Camo", "Second Guess" and "Heartless" were posted online[2] around the same time.[3]

The band self-released the EP,[4] it was limited to 2,000 copies.[5] The EP helped the band get signed[4] to Indianola. The cover art was adapted for the 2008 re-release of the band's For Those Who Have Heart (2007) album. In 2012, guitarist Neil Westfall said the band had no plans to re-release the EP. A music video for "Breathe Hope in Me" was directed by Daniel Harrison[6] and filmed during the band's high school days.[7] The video was leaked onto the internet in April 2011.[7][8]

Track listing

  1. "Breathe Hope in Me" – 4:08
  2. "If Looks Could Kill... Then You'd Be Dead" – 3:22
  3. "Last Request" – 3:46
  4. "This Sun Has Set" – 2:40
  5. "Westfall" – 4:04

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Personnel

A Day to Remember

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Loudwire (December 10, 2013). "A Day To Remember Talk 'Common Courtesy,' Dating Kate Upton + More". YouTube. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
  2. ↑ "The Wade Studio: Music". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on October 16, 2004. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Welcome to the Wade Studio!". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on December 4, 2004. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Sharpe-Young, Garry (2005). New Wave of American Heavy Metal (1st ed.). New Plymouth, N.Z.: Zonda Books. p. 9. ISBN 9780958268400.
  5. ↑ Mesecher, Andy (October 9, 2010). "Q&A with A Day To Remember". Music Connection. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  6. ↑ On screen caption during the music video.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Common, Tyler (April 22, 2011). "Old A Day To Remember music video surfaces - Alternative Press". Altpress.com. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  8. ↑ DiVincenzo, Alex (April 23, 2011). "A Day to Forget - News Article". AbsolutePunk.net. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
  9. ↑ Allegra, Anthony (November 30, 2009). "More Than Sound Collective :: A Day To Remember - Demo 2004". Mtscollective.com. Retrieved August 13, 2013.