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White Oak Music Hall - Upstairs

2915 N Main St, 77009, Houston, TX, US

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Doors open: 18:00

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Icon for Hire biography

Icon for Hire is an alternative rock band from Decatur, Illinois, US. Since their formation in 2007, the band has achieved a record contract with Tooth & Nail Records and on this label has released two charting studio albums.

After putting up a couple of songs from their EPs, “Icon for Hire” and “The Grey” on Myspace, Tooth & Nail Records got in touch with the band, signing them in July 2010. The band entered the studio in the latter half of the year to record their debut full-length album, which would be called “Scripted”. It was released the following year on August 23rd 2011, and made it to number 7 on the Hard Rock Albums Chart and number 95 on the Billboard 200, selling 4300 copies in its first week and breaking the record for first week of sales on a debut album with Tooth & Nail records. The band’s leading single, “Make a Move” made it to number 13 on the Christian Rock chart too.

Following the release of this album, the band embarked on long international tours promoting their debut album. They toured with I Am Empire and Sent By Ravens, and then P.O.D and Love and Death. At the beginning of 2013, the band headed back into the studio to release their follow up album. The hype began to generate organically following the release of the single “Cynics and Critics”, where afterwards, the band announced that it would be an eponymous album, released on October 15th 2013. It reached number 66 on the Billboard 200, gaining predominantly positive reviews.

Being a female fronted rock outfit, they have always been compared to the likes of Paramore, Flyleaf and Firelight. Singer, Ariel has states that they are in fact not a Christian band despite consistently appearing in Christian charts. It is due to the band writing on the most part, very optimistic lyrics.

Live reviews

Icon for Hire, the American rock band from Illinois formed in 2007. The vocalist Ariel Bloomer and the guitar player Shawn Jump put the band together. The band originally first played at a local pub in front of family and friends, they claimed they played a terrible performance, but it was received well by their audience. The following 2 years saw the band tour the Midwest and release more EP's. Davis went on to leave the band in 2009 though but without much of an explanation. The band however were then signed by Tooth & Nail Records after they saw them play live, they must have displayed a lot of passion and enthusiasm in their performance to get noticed by them. The band even supported 'Red' on their 'Kill the Machine' tour in 2011, which made their fan base grow and they were seen at the Christmas Rock Night festival near Germany. The band does combine a lot of sounds, which include pop punk and alternative metal. I had heard of the band a few times and after seeing how enthusiastic they are on stage it becomes almost second nature to share in that enthusiasm. I don't really care much for this type of music, which is why I wouldn't rush to see them live, but for people into this genre of music, I would say they are up there with the best and recommend listening to them.

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