Icon For Hire

Subject: Icon For Hire Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:58 am

Quote :: NEWS SOURCE: Merge PR
July 11, 2011

SEATTLE, Wa –July 11, 2011-Tooth & Nail Records have found a gem in
one of their newest signings, the heavy alternative rock/modern pop trio
Icon For Hire. The Decatur, IL-based band’s label debut, Scripted,
will release on August 23. Already Icon For Hire’s debut single, “Make a
Move,” is charting in the Top 25 on the Rock format. The single is also
available at iTunes here.

Upon listening to the T&N debut, an immediate
chemistry is noted between front woman Ariel, guitarist Shawn Jump and
drummer Adam Kronshagen, coupled with powerhouse production from Aaron
Sprinkle (Anberlin, The Almost, Acceptance) and Rob Hawkins (Fireflight,
Philmont), the group sounds nothing short of innovative, infectious and
explosive.

“We started up as being a rock band, which is
something that will never change, but we had the chance to put over the
top production elements that we never had the budget or skill set to do
before,” notes Sweden-born singer Ariel. “Throughout the sessions for Scripted,
we found ourselves developing heavy and brutal in your face moments,
but also a pop sensibility. There’s a tension really between heavy rock
and pop, but never at the expense where it would overshadow the rock
side. The pop part is like the sprinkles on top of a cake, but the
actual cake is rich, dark and heavy.”

The lead radio single, “Make A Move,” uses
monstrous hooks to convey an empowering call to action to shatter the
chains of complacency. As a further extension of that concept, Icon For
Hire often shares at their merch table information about various social
causes as diverse as the clean water crisis in Africa to the global
epidemic of human trafficking.

“It’s easy to have a passive self-pity party when
things aren’t going your way,” adds Ariel. “But when you see what people
are struggling with in other places, it helps you realize things aren’t
so bad in your life.”

More about Icon For Hire:
Since 2007, the band has been establishing their strong following by
touring extensively across the Mid-West. From the beginning, the band
has written music with a positive view without downplaying the hardships
in life, which is a vision the label understands and supports.

“We’re a really tight knit group of friends and we
put a lot of care into what we’re putting out there for people,” sums
up Ariel. “We’re not the kind of people who want to hang out in the
green room all day. We get out there to talk to our fans for hours
before and after the show and we try to infuse a hopeful element in what
we do and say."

For more information on Icon For Hire, visit: www.facebook.com/iconforhireofficial and follow the band on Twitter @ iconforhire

I like their single that they have on their Facebug page. They remind me of a mix of Fireflight and Flyleaf. On their pic on FB, the lead singer looks like a peacock went into a paint factory and caused an explosion that all landed on her. Laughing

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Subject: Re: Icon For Hire Tue Jul 12, 2011 3:49 pm

Listening to their "Make a Move" track right now.
Something about her voice on parts of the verses kind of bugs me a little....not sure if I wouldn't even notice it after repeated listens or if it would bug me more?
Laughing

Definately sounds good enough to check out some other songs.

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I thought this was going to be about you hiring Rob Rock for the new MO1... lol!

Subject: Re: Icon For Hire Tue Jul 12, 2011 11:37 pm

I have the EP they put out a while back. Not too shabby.

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