10/1/08
Thanks!
We just want thank everyone that participated in our "Free CD" deal! We hope that everyone enjoys the music!
8/22/08
Our first album...FOR FREE!
I think you all will enjoy it.
So.
We have this new album coming out soon, but we'd like you all to hear our first album to get you hyped for the new release (which I must say we are infinitely proud of).
To celebrate this we are going to send you our first album for FREE in physical, polywrapped, packaged form.
All you have to do is send us an email with your name and address to hishideousheart@yahoo.com
THE CATCH:all submissions must be no earlier and no later than the hours of 12:00 am and 11:59 pm one week from today, on August the 29th, CENTRAL TIME (chicago time). All addresses must be in the continental united states.
We hope many of you take advantage of this free give away. We hope you enjoy the new album and keep your ears out for the new steez.
Thanks, and much love,
-mike, his hideous heart.
8/10/08
congratulations
hey dudes
two great local bands that we've had the pleasure of sharing the stage with, Annabel and The Promise Hero, have been recognized as part of the The Absolute 100 in 2008 on AbsolutePunk.net. we love it when good bands from our area get recognized on a wider scale so we just wanted to say CONGRATS to both these bands and to keep doin' the damn thing.
- brian
two great local bands that we've had the pleasure of sharing the stage with, Annabel and The Promise Hero, have been recognized as part of the The Absolute 100 in 2008 on AbsolutePunk.net. we love it when good bands from our area get recognized on a wider scale so we just wanted to say CONGRATS to both these bands and to keep doin' the damn thing.
- brian
8/9/08
new song omigodicantwaaaaaaaaaait
hey dudes, it's BRIAN! how are you today?
enough small talk
we posted a live, acoustic rendition of a new track on our myspace page today. it's called 'nine month calendar' and, in my opinion, it's one of the best things we've written. there will be a full band version on the record we just finished, but this should be a little nice teaser.
on another note, i'm sorry i haven't been keeping up with this as much. i will make sure you keep you guys all updated and informed.
love all of you,
brian
enough small talk
we posted a live, acoustic rendition of a new track on our myspace page today. it's called 'nine month calendar' and, in my opinion, it's one of the best things we've written. there will be a full band version on the record we just finished, but this should be a little nice teaser.
on another note, i'm sorry i haven't been keeping up with this as much. i will make sure you keep you guys all updated and informed.
love all of you,
brian
8/7/08
Interview Part II
RJ- Lets get back to Casey. How was it recording with him?
Ben- He was a goof.
Brian- I don't care how much anyone wants to fellate Casey for being a prog rock story telling god, the man's true talent is being fucking hilarious.
Ben- I felt like he was Wayne and Andy was Garth.
Aaron- Casey reminded me of the god Zeus, when he spoke it was like he was spitting lightning bolts.
Brian- He's just a really dynamic individual. He's not really the type of person you can ever relax around, but in a good way. You're always on your toes and I think that definitely helped us work hard.
RJ- Any funny stories he wouldn't mind you telling?
Brian- Well there's the Tim and Eric part...
RJ- The tv show?
Brian- Casey does an extremely accurate impression of Dr. Steve Brule (John C. Reilly) from Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job on Adult Swim. He did it the first day and it became a point of humor at least once an hour for the rest of the trip. Whether it was trying to get Casey to do it again or Jeff (Drums) and Mike attempting to impersonate him and failing.
Ben- I was recoridng a part once and after a take I was like "Yeah I don't think I've really got it all the way quite right." And he says "Listen, I don't really care. How about you just play your fucking part." Everyone laughed but me...
RJ- Kidding of course...
Ben- NO... haha yes.
Brian- I also enjoyed when Mike was recording vocals... Casey: "That was flat, do it again." Mike: "Yeah I don't really know whats happening... I mean I guess it's just because-" Casey: "Yeah, I didn't mean for you to delve into the reasoning behind it, I just wanted you to do it again."
Brian- He's a very no-bullshit guy but the mood always stays pretty light.
Brian- It was also nice when the rest of The Dear Hunter came in at various points, except for Sagan (Bass). Nick (Drums) was in a few days, Erick (Guitar) hung out all day once.
RJ- Is Erick really like the way he writes on the internet?
Brian- Pretty much.
Ben- Does he write with exclamations?
RJ- He writes like this... YOOOOOOOO DUDES!!!! NEW DEAR HUNTER ALBUM COMING SOON!!!! WORD? WOOOOOOOORD!!!!!!
*All three laugh*
RJ- Now it's time for the speed round of random questions.
Aaron- Yes, lightnight round!
RJ- 3 bands you would want to tour with-
Aaron- Deerhunter, The Teenagers, The Blow
Ben- Los Campesinos!, Le Loup, Plastic Mastery (3 languages)
Brian- The Dear Hunter, The Weakerthans, and Tokyo Police Club
RJ- Last album you heard and loved-
Aaron- Deerhunter- Microcastle
RJ- Are you gonna be that guy that names the same band for every question?
Brian- Yes
Ben- "This Is Our Punk-Rock, These Rusted Satellites Gather + Sing" by A Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band With Choir
Brian- Untitled by Dance Gavin Dance
RJ- Favorite movie when you were 16-
Ben- Rushmore
Brian- Same as it is now, Return Of The Jedi
Aaron- Memento
RJ- Indians or Cavs-
Aaron- Cavs
Ben- Indifferent!
Brian- Both piss me off, but Cliff Lee is doing well so the Indians will have to do.
Aaron- HHH loves the Cavs.
RJ- Alright last one.
Ben- 2 More!!!
RJ- Just for you...
RJ- Favorite website-
Brian- I would say lakeandtheriver.com, but there are way too many stupid people there. So I'm going to say pitchforkmedia.com, lifehacker.com, and gawker.com
Ben- icanhascheezburger. and pitchfork, yeah. And last.fm before they redid the layout.
Brian- Yeah, Jesus, fuck the new last.fm.
RJ- Everyone hates the new layout.
Aaron- This
RJ- That's amazing.... I can't think of a last question.
Brian- How about what is our favorite thing about the other 2?
Aaron- Yeah!
RJ- Fine with me.
Ben- Let's see: Aaron- his pedalboard. Brian- his Nike shoes
Brian- My favorite thing about Ben is his individuality and my favorite thing about Aaron is his dedication to stuff he loves.
Aaron- My favorite thing about Ben is that he is into real good movies and music and he shares them, and my favorite thing about Brian is that he is real into moving this music thing forward, plus he makes me laugh over 9000 times a day.
RJ- Any last words?
Aaron- Achilos!
Brian- Desk lamp
Ben- Thank you RJ.
Brian- Yeah thanks RJ, thanks anyone who reads this, thanks to our shareholdaz.
RJ- Thanks guys, good luck with the new album.
7/30/08
Interview with HHH
One of our friends, RJ, had the pleasure of interviewing Brian, Ben, and Aaron (or maybe the other way). They discuss our first album, the Cleveland scene, post-rock, and our future plans! Here it is:
Last night I had the pleasure of interviewing three members of the indie rock band His Hideous Heart who just finished recording a yet to be titled EP. The following is recorded from an AIM chat with Aaron (Guitar), Ben (Cello), and Brian (Bass).
RJ- So I guess first thing I should ask is what you guys have been up to.
Brian- You know, we did a little recording, we've played a few shows, spent all our money.
Ben- We should tell him about Rhode Island.
RJ- I was going to get to that.
Brian- Ben's doing it wrong, for the record.
RJ- It's cool, you guys got anything to add to what Brian said?
Aaron- We recently played a show without a drummer. We used a computer instead. It was fun.
Aaron- Ben tried to play a guitar solo, but his guitar wasn't plugged in.
Brian- Luckily though, Mike (Guitar/Vocals) saved him and played the exact same thing so no one realized it.
Brian- Then after the show the other bands were making fun of us for having an 'electronic drummer'.
Ben- Haha really?
Brian- Yeah you didnt hear about that? They said something about it on stage. Something along the lines of "We even love the band with the electronic drummer!" after mentioning the other bands by name.
RJ- What do you guys think of the scene in cleveland?
Aaron- It's great!
Brian- Personally I think it is one of the most underrated in the country. It's small but there's so much potential.
Ben- I have not experienced other places, but yeah there are a lot of kickass bands.
Aaron- We have so many good bands. Like Bears, Coffinberry, To Be A High Powered Executive, etc. Also Akron has some great bands too and it's only an hour south.
RJ- Yeah, To Be A High Powered Executive has got a lot of attention lately... How was playing shows with them?
Brian- Fucking amazing. I love those guys to death.
Ben- They are very nice to talk to.
Aaron- I like that song with the pentatonic melody!
Brian- If I could have it my way, we would be Anakin to their Obi-Wan. But we wouldn't get all powerful and destroy them.
Aaron- Well if I had it my way, we would be Luke to their tauntaun, but we wouldn't cut them open and sleep in them.
RJ- Did they offer any words of wisdom or advice?
Brian- I was talking to Mike, their bassist, who is one of the most talented musicians national or local, and I basically asked him what we should do and he told me that it never really gets easier, at least it hasn't for them yet.
Brian- And they've enjoyed some moderate critical success within certain circles. They played South By Southwest, toured with Balmorhea, but they still deal with the same shit we do; people living all over the map, people moving around, not being able to practice or play shows when they want, not having money. So while that was kind of a bummer to hear, it also was reassuring that we can still keep going up even with the shit we have to deal with being all spread out like we are.
RJ- Did you guys feel that It's A Weird Time To Be Alive was a success for your situation?
Ben- It was a success that Mike's dad paid for it, otherwise we totally wouldn't have ever broken even. But from a less pragmatic standpoint I would say it was a mild success because it was recorded in Mike's basement over 3 months or something, while Mike was learning how to record music and stuff. And for that it sounds pretty good.
RJ- I remember seeing it on Sordo Archive one day and getting excited and telling Brian... I guess I should ask what you guys think about downloading.
Brian- Well I just downloaded 6 albums so that should tell you how I feel haha. It's just the way shit is done now. I think we are doing our best to adapt. We're all products of the internet free music movement.
Aaron- I don't really mind downloading at all, as long as people come to shows.
Ben- Yeah, same. I like the idea that people are listening to our stuff in any way.
Brian- And bands like us, and bands that are enjoying moderate success right now like The Dear Hunter, are kind of the forebearers. We want to be heard by as many people as possible, but we don't really care about money outside of what we need.
RJ- Something that was mentioned earlier, how is it having your band be apart most of the year?
Aaron- I think we handle it real well, we do lots over the internet. For this last album for example, 4 tracks were basically completed while we were in 3 states, and 2 were completed this summer.
RJ- Do you all do your own thing and then send what you've come up with to each other and go from there?
Brian- Basically.
Ben- What happens is one person will have a main idea for a song and will record it and send it to everyone else, then everyone else will absorb it and come up with their own parts, and then when we are together see if it works all together.
Brian- Aaron and Mike do most of that stuff. But I wrote one on my lonesome this year at school which I sent to everyone and eventually it turned into a full fledged song. Which felt awesome for me because I'm not much of a songwriter.
RJ- Is that going to be on the EP?
Brian- Yes, it will be on the record.
RJ- Well I guess we can get to Rhode Island now.
Brian- Yeah, we spent a week up in Providence, RI to record with Casey Crescenzo and Andy Wildrick from The Dear Hunter. It was quite the experience.
Ben- It was relaxed yet productive.
Brian- It was so amazing to be able to have all sorts of neat shit at our disposal.
RJ- How different was it than recording the first album?
Brian- It's basically like comparing the experience of building a mudhut with your bare hands in the dark to building a fully functional ecofriendly house with a team of experienced architects.
Ben- With the first album you would have to get the whole song, or a large chunk of the song right all at once because Mike didn't want to/know how to/have the capability to chop up separate takes into one cohesive take. So that was very difficult to do.
Brian- That's the one thing that gives me the slightest bit of hope for our band, is that we had not a single fucking atom of a clue what we were doing on that recording, yet it still came out listenable.
Aaron- Also the quality of our equipment and their equipment is so much better on this album. I was only on 2 tracks of the last album too.
RJ- Anything more you want to say about the new album?
Ben- Lots more singing, no instrumental tracks. Which I have mixed feelings about.
Brian- Oh right right. That's a concern of mine too.
Ben- Yeah I like being an instrumental band, sort of.
RJ- Did you think you were better suited as a post rock-ish band?
Ben- Well we do not have any strong singers, really. Which is sort of a problem. Granted it has not stopped bands from getting big in the past, but that's by far our biggest weakness. In the recordings, maybe it won't be evident, but in live shows it's always really nerve-wracking.
Brian- Yeah, none of us are too good except for Ariel (Vocals/Guitar), and despite how good she and our former girl singer, Bridget, are we haven't really nailed how to effectively utilize them yet. But that will come in time, we're still learning about this music shit.
Ben- Plus as an instrumental band you can bypass a lot of stereotypes more easily, I think. Once singing gets into effect you have to worry about stuff more. Cheesy lyrics, having a frontman, you know.
Aaron- I agree with Ben, but I sort of think instrumental bands can fall into a rut easily. You can only build up, freak out, die down so much, you know?
Brian- We have a post rock record, now we're working on a more indie rock one, and its all good but it's definitely still the sound of a band testing the waters. We've got a lot of different sounds on the new record, just as we did with the last one. But this time they're more indie rock sounding.
Last night I had the pleasure of interviewing three members of the indie rock band His Hideous Heart who just finished recording a yet to be titled EP. The following is recorded from an AIM chat with Aaron (Guitar), Ben (Cello), and Brian (Bass).
RJ- So I guess first thing I should ask is what you guys have been up to.
Brian- You know, we did a little recording, we've played a few shows, spent all our money.
Ben- We should tell him about Rhode Island.
RJ- I was going to get to that.
Brian- Ben's doing it wrong, for the record.
RJ- It's cool, you guys got anything to add to what Brian said?
Aaron- We recently played a show without a drummer. We used a computer instead. It was fun.
Aaron- Ben tried to play a guitar solo, but his guitar wasn't plugged in.
Brian- Luckily though, Mike (Guitar/Vocals) saved him and played the exact same thing so no one realized it.
Brian- Then after the show the other bands were making fun of us for having an 'electronic drummer'.
Ben- Haha really?
Brian- Yeah you didnt hear about that? They said something about it on stage. Something along the lines of "We even love the band with the electronic drummer!" after mentioning the other bands by name.
RJ- What do you guys think of the scene in cleveland?
Aaron- It's great!
Brian- Personally I think it is one of the most underrated in the country. It's small but there's so much potential.
Ben- I have not experienced other places, but yeah there are a lot of kickass bands.
Aaron- We have so many good bands. Like Bears, Coffinberry, To Be A High Powered Executive, etc. Also Akron has some great bands too and it's only an hour south.
RJ- Yeah, To Be A High Powered Executive has got a lot of attention lately... How was playing shows with them?
Brian- Fucking amazing. I love those guys to death.
Ben- They are very nice to talk to.
Aaron- I like that song with the pentatonic melody!
Brian- If I could have it my way, we would be Anakin to their Obi-Wan. But we wouldn't get all powerful and destroy them.
Aaron- Well if I had it my way, we would be Luke to their tauntaun, but we wouldn't cut them open and sleep in them.
RJ- Did they offer any words of wisdom or advice?
Brian- I was talking to Mike, their bassist, who is one of the most talented musicians national or local, and I basically asked him what we should do and he told me that it never really gets easier, at least it hasn't for them yet.
Brian- And they've enjoyed some moderate critical success within certain circles. They played South By Southwest, toured with Balmorhea, but they still deal with the same shit we do; people living all over the map, people moving around, not being able to practice or play shows when they want, not having money. So while that was kind of a bummer to hear, it also was reassuring that we can still keep going up even with the shit we have to deal with being all spread out like we are.
RJ- Did you guys feel that It's A Weird Time To Be Alive was a success for your situation?
Ben- It was a success that Mike's dad paid for it, otherwise we totally wouldn't have ever broken even. But from a less pragmatic standpoint I would say it was a mild success because it was recorded in Mike's basement over 3 months or something, while Mike was learning how to record music and stuff. And for that it sounds pretty good.
RJ- I remember seeing it on Sordo Archive one day and getting excited and telling Brian... I guess I should ask what you guys think about downloading.
Brian- Well I just downloaded 6 albums so that should tell you how I feel haha. It's just the way shit is done now. I think we are doing our best to adapt. We're all products of the internet free music movement.
Aaron- I don't really mind downloading at all, as long as people come to shows.
Ben- Yeah, same. I like the idea that people are listening to our stuff in any way.
Brian- And bands like us, and bands that are enjoying moderate success right now like The Dear Hunter, are kind of the forebearers. We want to be heard by as many people as possible, but we don't really care about money outside of what we need.
RJ- Something that was mentioned earlier, how is it having your band be apart most of the year?
Aaron- I think we handle it real well, we do lots over the internet. For this last album for example, 4 tracks were basically completed while we were in 3 states, and 2 were completed this summer.
RJ- Do you all do your own thing and then send what you've come up with to each other and go from there?
Brian- Basically.
Ben- What happens is one person will have a main idea for a song and will record it and send it to everyone else, then everyone else will absorb it and come up with their own parts, and then when we are together see if it works all together.
Brian- Aaron and Mike do most of that stuff. But I wrote one on my lonesome this year at school which I sent to everyone and eventually it turned into a full fledged song. Which felt awesome for me because I'm not much of a songwriter.
RJ- Is that going to be on the EP?
Brian- Yes, it will be on the record.
RJ- Well I guess we can get to Rhode Island now.
Brian- Yeah, we spent a week up in Providence, RI to record with Casey Crescenzo and Andy Wildrick from The Dear Hunter. It was quite the experience.
Ben- It was relaxed yet productive.
Brian- It was so amazing to be able to have all sorts of neat shit at our disposal.
RJ- How different was it than recording the first album?
Brian- It's basically like comparing the experience of building a mudhut with your bare hands in the dark to building a fully functional ecofriendly house with a team of experienced architects.
Ben- With the first album you would have to get the whole song, or a large chunk of the song right all at once because Mike didn't want to/know how to/have the capability to chop up separate takes into one cohesive take. So that was very difficult to do.
Brian- That's the one thing that gives me the slightest bit of hope for our band, is that we had not a single fucking atom of a clue what we were doing on that recording, yet it still came out listenable.
Aaron- Also the quality of our equipment and their equipment is so much better on this album. I was only on 2 tracks of the last album too.
RJ- Anything more you want to say about the new album?
Ben- Lots more singing, no instrumental tracks. Which I have mixed feelings about.
Brian- Oh right right. That's a concern of mine too.
Ben- Yeah I like being an instrumental band, sort of.
RJ- Did you think you were better suited as a post rock-ish band?
Ben- Well we do not have any strong singers, really. Which is sort of a problem. Granted it has not stopped bands from getting big in the past, but that's by far our biggest weakness. In the recordings, maybe it won't be evident, but in live shows it's always really nerve-wracking.
Brian- Yeah, none of us are too good except for Ariel (Vocals/Guitar), and despite how good she and our former girl singer, Bridget, are we haven't really nailed how to effectively utilize them yet. But that will come in time, we're still learning about this music shit.
Ben- Plus as an instrumental band you can bypass a lot of stereotypes more easily, I think. Once singing gets into effect you have to worry about stuff more. Cheesy lyrics, having a frontman, you know.
Aaron- I agree with Ben, but I sort of think instrumental bands can fall into a rut easily. You can only build up, freak out, die down so much, you know?
Brian- We have a post rock record, now we're working on a more indie rock one, and its all good but it's definitely still the sound of a band testing the waters. We've got a lot of different sounds on the new record, just as we did with the last one. But this time they're more indie rock sounding.
7/10/08
july, july, july...
hey dudes
im currently sitting somewhere outside worcester, massachusetts at our friends house. the past few days have been kind of nuts to say the least. after spending almost 12 hours in the car and driving through the night, we arrived in cranston, rhode island and began to work.
after meeting up with casey and andy at the studio, jeff proceeded to lay down some tight ass drum tracks on next to no sleep whatsoever. for that, i can do nothing but applaud him. personally, i was amazed. andy was kind enough to let jeff, joe (our friend who came along to grab some pictures and just hang out) and i crash at his place, which was very nice of him.
day 2 mostly consisted of yours truly laying down bass tracks. although andy and i worked deep into the night on them, they came out amazing and gave the rest of the band, who arrived today, a lot to work with.
casey and andy have been amazing to work with to say the absolute least. they understand our vision perfectly and have been driving us to work very hard. i probably haven't worked this hard on anything in my life thus far, but the experience has been amazing.
i think it will only get better.
more information and pictures to come soon.
cheers,
brian
im currently sitting somewhere outside worcester, massachusetts at our friends house. the past few days have been kind of nuts to say the least. after spending almost 12 hours in the car and driving through the night, we arrived in cranston, rhode island and began to work.
after meeting up with casey and andy at the studio, jeff proceeded to lay down some tight ass drum tracks on next to no sleep whatsoever. for that, i can do nothing but applaud him. personally, i was amazed. andy was kind enough to let jeff, joe (our friend who came along to grab some pictures and just hang out) and i crash at his place, which was very nice of him.
day 2 mostly consisted of yours truly laying down bass tracks. although andy and i worked deep into the night on them, they came out amazing and gave the rest of the band, who arrived today, a lot to work with.
casey and andy have been amazing to work with to say the absolute least. they understand our vision perfectly and have been driving us to work very hard. i probably haven't worked this hard on anything in my life thus far, but the experience has been amazing.
i think it will only get better.
more information and pictures to come soon.
cheers,
brian
7/6/08
Is this really happening?
For monthes, I have known about this week coming up. I had doubts, but after everything...it's happening.
I may never record professional every again, who knows? This week is going to be magical. My parents keep telling me about everything that could go wrong. Hell, my computer could explode as I write this. I don't think my parents can even grasp my inner excitement. The band is on its own for a week, and we don't have our parents watching our every footsteps. This is truly going to be an important week in my life as I spend 7 days recording amazing music, with some of my best friends.
Along with brian, I am so nervous
Love, Jeff
I may never record professional every again, who knows? This week is going to be magical. My parents keep telling me about everything that could go wrong. Hell, my computer could explode as I write this. I don't think my parents can even grasp my inner excitement. The band is on its own for a week, and we don't have our parents watching our every footsteps. This is truly going to be an important week in my life as I spend 7 days recording amazing music, with some of my best friends.
Along with brian, I am so nervous
Love, Jeff
internet famous
we got posted on absolutepunk.net!
http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=388941
post about how much you love us on there. please?
jeff and i leave tomorrow night to drive through the darkness, only to arrive in RI with the morning light. i'm excited.
cheers,
brian
http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=388941
post about how much you love us on there. please?
jeff and i leave tomorrow night to drive through the darkness, only to arrive in RI with the morning light. i'm excited.
cheers,
brian
7/5/08
it's just a matter of time, young man
(edit: mike has also posted a new thought beneath this one. so read that too!)
oh receiving end of sirens. i will always love you.
it's also just a matter of time before we leave to record with a former member of treos! lolnamedropz.
anyways, our house show on the 4th, barring any dramamama that took place after 1 am (long after your boys had packed up and brought the rock), was an amazing success. it just proved to me that no matter who is around, as long as there is good people, good music, and good energy... fun is not far behind. here are some pics from that little ditty. thanks so much to joe for having us and dealing with all the other shit that went down that night.
i love you mrs. arnoff:
the party actually started once we (ok, mostly me) started getting tangled up in the light fixtures...
mr clean decided to show up because we were rocking the germs off of everyone:
ben austin:
again, the show itself was an amazing time. if i have anything to do with it, this won't be the last time we're going to be rocking people in the comfort of their own home. keep an eye out...
jeff and i leave to start recording in 48 hours. i would be lying if i said i wasn't a tad nervous. but i am pumped. this is one of the coolest things i've ever done.
cheers,
brian
oh receiving end of sirens. i will always love you.
it's also just a matter of time before we leave to record with a former member of treos! lolnamedropz.
anyways, our house show on the 4th, barring any dramamama that took place after 1 am (long after your boys had packed up and brought the rock), was an amazing success. it just proved to me that no matter who is around, as long as there is good people, good music, and good energy... fun is not far behind. here are some pics from that little ditty. thanks so much to joe for having us and dealing with all the other shit that went down that night.
i love you mrs. arnoff:
the party actually started once we (ok, mostly me) started getting tangled up in the light fixtures...
mr clean decided to show up because we were rocking the germs off of everyone:
ben austin:
again, the show itself was an amazing time. if i have anything to do with it, this won't be the last time we're going to be rocking people in the comfort of their own home. keep an eye out...
jeff and i leave to start recording in 48 hours. i would be lying if i said i wasn't a tad nervous. but i am pumped. this is one of the coolest things i've ever done.
cheers,
brian
Last night was a night to remember for His Hideous Heart.
We performed in our friend Joe's living room, Christmas light clad and bold with meed, we celebrated the freedom of our fine and slightly dysfunctional nation.
We have never had a better time performing and I don't think our crowd has ever had as much fun watching us and participating in the performance. We want to thank you all for the spectacular time and thank Joe for letting us take over part of his house.
Though I would like to try to keep this as the most memorable moment of the night, the aftermath proved a stiff competition. I will try not to dwell on it too much, but I will just say that there are people in this world who exist to only brew hate and to boost their own egos with silly, hurtful means, be it disrespecting others, starting fights, or hitting innocent people with baseball bats.
I would just like to say that I don't understand why these people exist, and I hope we never have to see them again while we are trying to just have a good time and spread love. I think these individuals who tried to ruin our night will probably get what is coming to them, and I think they will deserve it.
We hope to play another house show soon, and hopefully many more in the future, and we hope to see you all there smiling and dancing.
Next stop: Rhode Island.
Keep checking back!
Love, Mike
We performed in our friend Joe's living room, Christmas light clad and bold with meed, we celebrated the freedom of our fine and slightly dysfunctional nation.
We have never had a better time performing and I don't think our crowd has ever had as much fun watching us and participating in the performance. We want to thank you all for the spectacular time and thank Joe for letting us take over part of his house.
Though I would like to try to keep this as the most memorable moment of the night, the aftermath proved a stiff competition. I will try not to dwell on it too much, but I will just say that there are people in this world who exist to only brew hate and to boost their own egos with silly, hurtful means, be it disrespecting others, starting fights, or hitting innocent people with baseball bats.
I would just like to say that I don't understand why these people exist, and I hope we never have to see them again while we are trying to just have a good time and spread love. I think these individuals who tried to ruin our night will probably get what is coming to them, and I think they will deserve it.
We hope to play another house show soon, and hopefully many more in the future, and we hope to see you all there smiling and dancing.
Next stop: Rhode Island.
Keep checking back!
Love, Mike
7/4/08
6/29/08
don't make me a target
hey friends, brian reporting in
i dunno how i never managed to get into the band Spoon before now... they are awesome. i'm currently listening to their latest one 'Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga' and this is some nice rock n roll.
so we inch ever closer and closer to our recording time, and my anticipation is building. i know it's going to be such an awesome experience. i cant wait to have our musical ideas fully realized for the first time in the history of this band. even with all the corner cuttings we've had to do over time due to lack of equipment, money, time, or expertise, i've always felt at least somewhat satisfied. the fact that i'm going to be able to listen to a professionally recorded and mixed product and be able to say 'that's us' is more exciting than i can really say.
for any readers of this blog, i would like to ask you a favor. i just submitted some news regarding our band's recording session with casey crescenzo to absolutepunk.net's small band round up.
i'm sure they would be much more likely to post it if multiple people were to submit it. if you have the time, just shoot a quick e-mail over to:
jamie.pham@absolutepunk.net
make the subject 'SBRU' and say anything along the lines of 'his hideous heart from cleveland, oh will be recording a new album with Casey Crescenzo (the dear hunter) in July' and include these links:
http://www.myspace.com/hishideousheart
http://www.purevolume.com/hishideousheart
that would be super awesome.
--
i love the weather this time of year. the fact that it shifts so much every day, every hour. one minute it's pouring rain, the next there's a beautiful sunset. i like being kept on my toes like that.
cheers,
brian
i dunno how i never managed to get into the band Spoon before now... they are awesome. i'm currently listening to their latest one 'Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga' and this is some nice rock n roll.
so we inch ever closer and closer to our recording time, and my anticipation is building. i know it's going to be such an awesome experience. i cant wait to have our musical ideas fully realized for the first time in the history of this band. even with all the corner cuttings we've had to do over time due to lack of equipment, money, time, or expertise, i've always felt at least somewhat satisfied. the fact that i'm going to be able to listen to a professionally recorded and mixed product and be able to say 'that's us' is more exciting than i can really say.
for any readers of this blog, i would like to ask you a favor. i just submitted some news regarding our band's recording session with casey crescenzo to absolutepunk.net's small band round up.
i'm sure they would be much more likely to post it if multiple people were to submit it. if you have the time, just shoot a quick e-mail over to:
jamie.pham@absolutepunk.net
make the subject 'SBRU' and say anything along the lines of 'his hideous heart from cleveland, oh will be recording a new album with Casey Crescenzo (the dear hunter) in July' and include these links:
http://www.myspace.com/hishideousheart
http://www.purevolume.com/hishideousheart
that would be super awesome.
--
i love the weather this time of year. the fact that it shifts so much every day, every hour. one minute it's pouring rain, the next there's a beautiful sunset. i like being kept on my toes like that.
cheers,
brian
6/28/08
Mike here, this is my first post.
So first off I'd like to thank everyone who came out and supported us at the Grog Shop on Thursday. Thanks to Unwed Sailor, Sybris and To Be a High Powered Executive, none of whom will probably ever read this.
It went well and there was a good turnout.
Though it was nowhere near in comparison to our show the following morning at the Chagrin Falls Rec Center. We rocked at our private 1 p.m. parking lot show for the Guitar Hero Camp, a small group of 9 and 10 year olds yearning for some heavy rock and roll.
Needless to say, we brought the rock, and I accidentally broke one of Jeff's Mallets while performing a bass drum jump.
I'm getting crazy excited for our trip which we embark for in just over a week. We've got 4 tracks that we are for sure recording, two nearing completion that will most likely appear, and about three more slightly subpar ones that we will see what we can do with and might make an appearance.
I'm going to Chicago with ben for a couple days and he, Aaron and I will leave for RI upon our return.
Our practice space is infested with centipedes.
It is groty.
P.S. I'm buying a drum machine, a cello synthesizer, a lower octave pedal and using my delay modeler. Everyone is out of the band except me. James is going to play Synth and carry things to shows. Get ready for HHH v.2
Love,
-Michael
6/23/08
thanks ben franklin...
...for inventing the American library system that i am currently using to type this blog post. what a country!
so the drive to finish up the new song arrangements before we meet up with casey and andy continues stronger than ever. i unfortunately missed out on some practice due to my car running out of gas on the way, but we still got some stuff done. most notably on a new instrumental number entitled 'can we share the bench' that was largely written by our cello player ben austin. i really want to get this song worked out and done so we can show you guys, because its definitely the most technically proficient thing we've done so far. i never thought we would be heading into math rock territory, but that's what seems to be in the cards for this little number. it's a toughie, but that will only make it that much better once we get it perfected.
so after the relative disaster that was this past saturday, i am hoping that our show on thursday goes well. the fact that we are all incredibly excited, (admittedly a tad more so than we were for the grad party) and the fact that we couldn't be playing with a better set of bands (unwed sailor, sybris, and fellow thievelanders to be a high powered executive) has me feeling pretty optimistic.
another great thing about the show; it will be our first one where our cd will actually be for sale! so if you don't have one yet and hate the internet, come out and pick up a copy! i guarantee you it will be an investment. we'll even sign it for you or something to ensure that ebay feedback in 50 years (if there is still ebay, or the internet, or money, or a planet in 50 years).
well i think i've rambled just about long enough. according to the timer in my task bar i only have 20 minutes left on this computer, so i want to use it for something productive (i guess).
remember; thursday, june 26th @ grog shop w/ unwed sailor, sybris, to be a high powered executive
be there or be... somewhere else.
cheers,
-brian
so the drive to finish up the new song arrangements before we meet up with casey and andy continues stronger than ever. i unfortunately missed out on some practice due to my car running out of gas on the way, but we still got some stuff done. most notably on a new instrumental number entitled 'can we share the bench' that was largely written by our cello player ben austin. i really want to get this song worked out and done so we can show you guys, because its definitely the most technically proficient thing we've done so far. i never thought we would be heading into math rock territory, but that's what seems to be in the cards for this little number. it's a toughie, but that will only make it that much better once we get it perfected.
so after the relative disaster that was this past saturday, i am hoping that our show on thursday goes well. the fact that we are all incredibly excited, (admittedly a tad more so than we were for the grad party) and the fact that we couldn't be playing with a better set of bands (unwed sailor, sybris, and fellow thievelanders to be a high powered executive) has me feeling pretty optimistic.
another great thing about the show; it will be our first one where our cd will actually be for sale! so if you don't have one yet and hate the internet, come out and pick up a copy! i guarantee you it will be an investment. we'll even sign it for you or something to ensure that ebay feedback in 50 years (if there is still ebay, or the internet, or money, or a planet in 50 years).
well i think i've rambled just about long enough. according to the timer in my task bar i only have 20 minutes left on this computer, so i want to use it for something productive (i guess).
remember; thursday, june 26th @ grog shop w/ unwed sailor, sybris, to be a high powered executive
be there or be... somewhere else.
cheers,
-brian
6/21/08
a no show...
Hey guys, this is jeff and ben.
We had been practicing for a grad party today, and the second we got there, it started hailing and pouring and it never stopped for like two hours. When we finally determined we weren't gonna play, we left and saw the shining sun finally make an appearance (on our left). Sad...
We were excited to play a really special song just for the grad party, but we'll save it and wait for the next opportunity.
We still have a show on the 26th at the Grog! YAY!
ben here: i don't really have anything to add :)
cheers!
-hhh
6/19/08
a few thoughts...
hey guys, brian here
so we've been kicking around lots of new songs right? in order to get ready for this new album that we are going to record. i really think that people are going to like them. the one thing that i admire most about my fellow bandmates is that they actually know how to write songs; not only do they have an understanding of music theory that tends to leave me in the dark, but they also have that holistic sense that lets them step outside the song's inner workings and hear the whole product. this is where i come in more.
i really hope you guys who live in the cleveland area will come out to some of these shows we have lined up. we really can't wait to show everyone how much we've grown musically. mostly we want to have fun.
in all reality, the songs that we record in july probably won't come out for a long time. this is due to the fact that we are not on a label and we have no distribution. at the same time, we want these songs to be properly heard by everyone. i dont think anyone in the band wants to invest all this time and energy to just have these float around the internet and sit on people's hard drives unlistened.
that's not to say that we are going to be anti-downloading or anything, as i think we all realize the value of free music and file sharing in today's music world. i think it's more just about the presentation; we'd like to be at least sort of in control of that. so that being said, unless you come out to shows, most of the songs you hear probably won't be out for awhile. but when they are released, it will be the result of lots of hard work and labors of love. we love this music and we want you to as well.
oh well, that's enough rambling from me. hope to see you soon.
- brian
so we've been kicking around lots of new songs right? in order to get ready for this new album that we are going to record. i really think that people are going to like them. the one thing that i admire most about my fellow bandmates is that they actually know how to write songs; not only do they have an understanding of music theory that tends to leave me in the dark, but they also have that holistic sense that lets them step outside the song's inner workings and hear the whole product. this is where i come in more.
i really hope you guys who live in the cleveland area will come out to some of these shows we have lined up. we really can't wait to show everyone how much we've grown musically. mostly we want to have fun.
in all reality, the songs that we record in july probably won't come out for a long time. this is due to the fact that we are not on a label and we have no distribution. at the same time, we want these songs to be properly heard by everyone. i dont think anyone in the band wants to invest all this time and energy to just have these float around the internet and sit on people's hard drives unlistened.
that's not to say that we are going to be anti-downloading or anything, as i think we all realize the value of free music and file sharing in today's music world. i think it's more just about the presentation; we'd like to be at least sort of in control of that. so that being said, unless you come out to shows, most of the songs you hear probably won't be out for awhile. but when they are released, it will be the result of lots of hard work and labors of love. we love this music and we want you to as well.
oh well, that's enough rambling from me. hope to see you soon.
- brian
6/18/08
jeff and i are skipping practice
hey guys, brian and jeff here
we're just sitting around listening to mike and aaron dick around at practice. apparently 'blues in A' is going to be the first two tracks on our album. so get pumped for that.
we're pretty much just working on our new songs right now, which are all real good. like, real real good.
events calendar-
6/21 - @ some grad party for ben's boss's daughter, where we will be debuting our cover of
'taking care of business' by bachman turner overdrive
6/26 - @ grog shop w/ unwed sailor, sybris, to be a high powered executive; get pumped
7/5 - @ heart and sole down in coventry with some other people, mostly hip hop artists. this is likely to POP OFF.
7/8-7/15 - @ pawtucket, RI with this man
to record some music7/19 - @ leanne butkovic's grad party. we should just play these for a living instead.
come out to everything except the graduation parties since i think you have to get invited
that's pretty much everything lined up right now, but don't think this will be all we're up to. it's about to be A SUMMER OF FUN IN THE SUN.
cheers,
brian and jeff
6/17/08
Hello friends,
This is Brian, some of you may know me as the bassist from His Hideous Heart. Either way, you've stumbled upon the new online diary for our entire band. We (well, mostly me since I spend too much time on the internet as it is) will be posting updates, news, thoughts, ideas, pictures, shows and just about anything related or unrelated to our band that you can think of. So keep checking back.
cheers,
brian
This is Brian, some of you may know me as the bassist from His Hideous Heart. Either way, you've stumbled upon the new online diary for our entire band. We (well, mostly me since I spend too much time on the internet as it is) will be posting updates, news, thoughts, ideas, pictures, shows and just about anything related or unrelated to our band that you can think of. So keep checking back.
cheers,
brian
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