Christian Rock OBSESSION

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  This week is just full of awesomeness, if you ask me.  Turkey day tomorrow, a ton of sweet deals the next day, and officially being able to listen to Christmas music without upsetting people for “starting too early.”  And to top it off, here’s an update.

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Speaking of Christmas music, Deas Vail will be releasing a four-song Christmas EP titled For Shepherds & Kings on November 29 (next Tuesday).  The EP includes the songs “Do You Hear What I Hear,” “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,” “Coventry Carol,” and “O Come, O Come Emmanuel.”  I’m no expert, but I’m thinking they’ll do an awesome job with this.  Also, don’t forget to check out dates for their Christmas tour, which you can find here.  

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Onto a totally different note, Demon Hunter has announced the release of a deluxe edition of The World Is A Thorn, due out on the same day as Deas Vail’s EP.  It will have one cover song and four acoustic tracks, in addition to the rest of the record.  Hopefully those songs are on iTunes so we all don’t have to buy the album over again, yeah?

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For all of you Owl City fans out there, pre-orders for Live From LA begin November 29th as well.  You can pre-order it on iTunes and have it for when it releases digitally the week after, on December 6th.  If you want to wait for a hard copy, set your eyes on February 7th.  It’ll also be on Blu-Ray, if anyone’s interested!  You can watch the trailer by clicking here.

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Last (but definitely not least), Five Iron Frenzy has made a pretty big announcement.  They’re back together!!!  And to make things even better, their new album is more than 200% funded, according to Kickstarter.  That is unbelievable.  For more info, click here.

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That’s all for now!  Enjoy your turkey!

House of Heroes- “Lovesick Zombie”

I saw this the other day and forgot to post it!  For Halloween this year, House of Heroes is releasing this song as a single, available on iTunes and Amazon on October 18.  Loving the chorus!

For those of you in the process of pre-ordering Switchfoot’s newest release, yet another option is presented to you in your decision-making.  This one is on iTunes.  If you purchase the Deluxe Edition of Vice Verses there, you will also receive a live version of every song off of their last album.  So, in essence, it’s like getting two albums for the price of one!  If you’re interested, link up here.

Switchfoot’s newest single, “Dark Horses,” is officially on iTunes.  You can link up to it here.  Also, pre-orders for Vice Verses will be up on Thursday.

It’s finally that time of year.  Welcome to the magical land of summer, where free time abounds and I can finally blog regularly.  My apologies for not remembering you for the past few weeks, but with finals and all I think it was necessary.  That aside…

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Owl City’s newest album releases today, which you can pick up anywhere and everywhere.  Also, iTunes is offering a free download of the track, “Deer In The Headlights,” which is definitely worth your time.  Let me just say… this album is not Ocean Eyes.  It’s going to take some getting used to, at least for me.  Be on the lookout for a review soon.  And this time I mean it.

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August Burns Red has been taking the internet by storm with their newest songs, one of which can be streamed over at Alt Press.  It’s called “Poor Millionaire,” and it is crazy.  The new album will be releasing next week on June 21.  It’s going to be awesome, trust me.

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RED has released a new music video for their song “Feed The Machine”… and it’s something of an epic.  It’s around seven minutes, and has something of a Terminator vibe to it.  I don’t want to spoil the whole thing, so hurry up and see it for yourself.  I guarantee it’ll be better than that “Ordinary World” video.  Really.

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Lastly, The Devil Wears Prada premiered the first single off their newest album on Alt Press the other day.  It’s called “Born To Lose.”  The name alone sends shivers down your spine, yeah?  Go give it a listen, and remind yourself to get excited for that September 13 release.  It’ll come sooner than we think.

Not only has Flyleaf just released their Remember To Live EP, but in two weeks, they’ll be releasing a separate single to iTunes.  Here’s the announcement:

During our live show, we close our set with John Mark McMillan’s, “How He Loves.” In response to so many fans requesting this song, we’ve also recorded Flyleaf’s live version from the Unite & Fight tour which will be released as a separate track for you on iTunes on 12/21. Proceeds for the track will be donated to World Vision andSamaritans Purse charities.

Thank you for all your love and support! 
<3 Lacey

Sounds awesome!

Hello!  Here’s another quick update with some very cool stuff thrown in…

This far into the Christmas season, I was beginning to wonder if August Burns Red was going to put out a new Christmas song.  They have for the past two years now, and it appears this year is no exception.  You can head over to their Myspace now to hear the full track.  It’s their very own rendition of “The Little Drummer Boy” and it owns.  It’s also available one iTunes if you’re looking to buy it.

Flyleaf released their Remember To Live EP yesterday.  I didn’t know too much about it until I read this, so I figured I’d fill you in as well.  Here’s what they said:

It’s a bunch of old songs that you guys have asked us to record for years, so we finally did it. There are a few new songs you may have never heard and old ones reborn that Passerby fans will remember.

For those of you who don’t know, Flyleaf was formerly known as Passerby before they were signed to Octone Records.  It sounds interesting, definitely worth a listen.

Lastly, Switchfoot is including their Eastern Hymns for Western Shores EP in their 2010 Christmas Deluxe Package.  They put together a package like this every year, and they’re always too expensive for me.  This year… $59.95.  Unless someone wants to buy it for me as a Christmas gift, I don’t know if I’d be willing to part with that much money for a few snazzy Switchfoot items.  But the exclusive EP will make it worth it for most die-hard fans, seeing how you can get it nowhere else.  It’s a collection of older songs that have never been released, so it should be interesting to hear.  If you can afford it/wait till it’s on YouTube.  Ha.  You can buy the whole thing here.

Merry Christmas everybody!

-FISHER