Icon for Hire - Scripted

Artist:

Icon for Hire

UPC:

5099991961020

Description:

Personnel: Shawn Jump (guitars); Adam Kronshagen (drums).
Audio Mixer: J.R. McNeely.
Recording information: Compound Recording, Seattle; Superphonic Studios, Nashville, TN; Tomahawk Recording, Nashville, TN.
Photographer: Cabel Khul.
Intense and infectious in equal measure, Icon for Hire brings the Paramore sound to the Tooth & Nail set with Scripted, the Decatur, Illinois group`s debut album. Granted, this three-piece is much more than a Paramore clone with all their wit and wordplay, plus lead singer Ariel, who is a mix of powerful and approachable that might very well be the inspiration for the band`s tongue-in-cheek name. Things get layered as "Make a Move" challenges the punk-pop set to trade both angst and apathy for something positive ("Screaming in the dark, while we just play our part/I`ll play right along, like I don`t what`s going on") while "Up in Flames" goes through a list of reasons Ariel doesn`t want to be on-stage, before admitting that she must, if only to combat the dreck. Christian ideals are the driving force here, but you could look at this as a secular rebellion against the mopey "scene" bands and still thrill at Icon for Hire`s fresh attitude and sense of purpose. ~ David Jeffries

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Overture
2. Theatre
3. Make a Move
4. Get Well
5. Grey, The
6. Off with Her Head
7. Fight
8. Up in Flames
9. Iodine
10. Only a Memory
11. Pieces

Album Information

Release Date:

08/23/2011

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Gospel

Subgenre:

Contemp. Christian

Label:

Tooth & Nail

Catalog Number:

19610

Original Release Year:

2011

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

31 : 47

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