ED HALE AND THE TRANSCENDENCE – All Your Heroes Become Villains
Format: CD, Digital
Catalogue #: DVG006
Release date: November 15th, 2011
PRODUCED BY ED HALE and FRED FREEMAN.
During the nine years since their genre-defying breakout debut Rise and Shine, Ed Hale and the Transcendence have been musical shape-shifters, willing to assume whatever form (and go in whatever direction) their music demands. On their latest, All Your Heroes Become Villains, they harness the best of their previous efforts and multiply it by a gazillion! Melodic guitar riffs, rhythmic adventurousness, dense sonic experimentation, inspired songwriting and Hale’s impassioned vocals create a highly memorable work of art. This is a true album — an instant classic that is unified, thematic, and ambitious, and could easily be called a concept album. The masterpiece is dark and heavy, and yet every bit the catchy ear candy that fans of the band have come to expect. It was the result of a long, grueling recording process, appropriate for an album as equally accessible as it is complex and eclectic. Hale sings of hope, victory, loss, suffering and blind idealism on a personal and global level in his signature baritone while the band weaves together their trademark modern rock meets Brit pop sound, creating a sonic soundscape that is truly unforgettable. Features the hit singles “Blind Eye,” “Waiting for Godot,” and “Solaris.”