Relient K’s 51 song, three-disc set, Relient K: The First Three Gears (2000-2003), became available at retail stores and digital retailers worldwide on Tuesday April 20, just days before the band opens for Paramore on “The Spring Tour.”
With a whopping 51 songs, including five rare bonus tracks, the compilation is a three-disc set of the first three Relient K albums, RELIENT K, THE ANATOMY OF THE TONGUE IN CHEEK (GOLD EDITION/RIAA certified gold), and TWO LEFTS DON’T MAKE A RIGHT BUT THREE DO (GOLD EDITION/RIAA certified gold), and includes hits like “My Girlfriend,” “Sadie Hawkins Dance,” “Chap Stick, Chapped Lips and Things Like Chemistry” and more. Digital outlets such as Amazon and iTunes® will additionally include three music videos ("My Girlfriend," "Chap Stick, Chapped Lips and Things Like Chemistry," "Pressing On").
After returning from a recent string of dates in Japan, “The Spring Tour” with Paramore and Relient K will kick off in Knoxville, Tenn. on April 26 and wrap in mid-May.
Relient K’s current single “I Don’t Need A Soul” is currently No. 4 on the Christian Rock radio charts, with "Therapy" going for adds at the Christian CHR format on April 23.
Relient K has been making the real thing since 1997, when Thiessen and Hoopes formed the band in high school. In the decade since, they’ve released five full-length albums (three are certified Gold), five EPs and a Christmas record. They have toured the globe, and racked up several hit singles, a Grammy nomination, two Dove Awards and performances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O’ Brien and Jimmy Kimmel Live. The Los Angeles Times has praised Relient K for “its smart blend of punk pop and power pop, weaving together influences as diverse as the Beach Boys, Blink-182 and Fountains of Wayne” while Spin noted, “Few bands play punk-influenced modern rock as proficiently.”
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Apr 26 2010 7:00P Knoxville Civic Coliseum Knoxville, Tennessee
Apr 28 2010 7:00P John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, Virginia
Apr 30 2010 7:30P Trump Taj Mahal - Mark G Etess Arena Atlantic City, New Jersey
May 1 2010 1:30P Meadowlands Sports Complex East Rutherford, New Jersey
May 3 2010 7:00P The LC Amphitheatre Columbus, Ohio
May 4 2010 7:00P DeltaPlex Grand Rapids, Michigan
May 6 2010 7:00P Rockford MetroCentre Rockford, Illinois
May 7 2010 7:00P i Wireless Center Moline, Illinois
May 8 2010 7:00P WestFair Amphitheatre Council Bluffs, Iowa
May 10 2010 7:00P The E Center of West Valley Salt Lake City, Utah
May 12 2010 7:00P WaMu Theatre Seattle, Washington
May 15 2010 7:00P Rabobank Arena Bakersfield, California
May 16 2010 7:00P The Joint Las Vegas, Nevada
Relient K fans are about to get more than their money’s worth when Gotee Records releases Relient K: The First Three Gears (2000-2003) on April 20th at retail stores and digital retailers worldwide.
With a whopping 51 songs, including five rare bonus tracks, the compilation is a three-disc set of the first three Relient K albums, RELIENT K, THE ANATOMY OF THE TONGUE IN CHEEK (GOLD EDITION/RIAA certified gold), and TWO LEFTS DON’T MAKE A RIGHT BUT THREE DO (GOLD EDITION/RIAA certified gold), and includes hits like “My Girlfriend,” “Sadie Hawkins Dance,” “Chap Stick, Chapped Lips and Things Like Chemistry” and more. On top of all that, the iTunes® version includes three music videos ("My Girlfriend," "Chap Stick, Chapped Lips and Things Like Chemistry," "Pressing On").Gotee is also offering an exclusive pre-order through musichristian.com.
With the title track from their critically acclaimed project, FORGET AND NOT SLOW DOWN continuing its success on Christian CHR radio (currently #11) and "I Don't Need a Soul" recently going for adds at both Christian rock (currently #18) and mainstream rock radio, Relient K will spend some time performing in Japan in early April, and then opening for Paramore in late April through mid May.
GRAMMY ® Award winner, TobyMac slams into the holidays once again as he headlines his popular Winter Wonder Slam 2009 Tour, also featuring the talents of: Relient K, B.Reith and Stephanie Smith. For the first time ever the tour will head to the West Coast as well as making its way to New York City, Fairfax, VA, Pittsburgh and numerous other cities across the states.
The tour continues its tradition of giving, as Winter Wonder Slam teams up with the U.S. Marine Corps to help with their Toys for Tots campaign. Toys for Tots aims to provide tangible signs of hope to economically disadvantaged children at Christmas. Music fanatics will be encouraged to bring an unwrapped gift to the event as Marines will be on site to collect toys at every venue. Each year, Winter Slam produces multiple sell-outs and sets records for the amount of gifts collected for Toys For Tots.
This will be the fifth year that TobyMac has brought his highly energetic show to the holiday season to crowds across the country. This family reunion show is one that keeps bringing people back for more each year sharing the true meaning of Christmas.
For further details on Winter Wonder Slam 2009, please visit www.winterwonderslam.com or www.tobymac.com.
With over 10 million career scans, GRAMMY ® Award winning album "Portable Sounds,” recently certified GOLD by the RIAA, is TobyMac's latest studio and highest solo debut ever on the Billboard Top 200 chart (No. 10), which hit No. 1 on SoundScan’s Contemporary Christian Overall chart in its first week as well. All three of TobyMac’s solo projects have received numerous GMA Dove Award nominations as well as GRAMMY nominations. In addition, "Momentum" (2001) and "Welcome to Diverse City" (2004), both were awarded RIAA Gold Certification. Along with sold out tour dates, back-to-back radio hits, being named the GMA Dove Award’s 2008 Artist of the Year, and R&R’s Christian CHR Artist of the Year in 2007, TobyMac was also nominated for a 2007 American Music Award as Favorite Inspirational Artist. His song “Ignition” was also recently chosen to play during the 2009 Superbowl as The Arizona Cardinals entered the stadium in Tampa, FL.
Catch Relient K performing on The Tonight Show tonight, Tuesday
December 16th. The Tonight Show airs at 11:35pm ET / 10:35pm CT on
NBC.
(Nashville, Tenn.) October 27th, 2008 – Relient K and House of Heroes bring their musical festive tidings to this year’s Christmas season on November 18th via digital music stores with three brand new holiday songs and an animated music video from Relient K, as well as label mates House of Heroes offering up their rendition of the classic “Silent Night”.
The three songs from Relient K will include “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,” “O Holy Night,” and “Silver Bells,” with an animated music video for the song “Sleigh Ride” coming as well. The Christmas anthems will be added to the platinum-selling band’s 2007 album, Let It Snow, Baby…Let It Reindeer, and upon purchasing online the customer will given a unique code and directions to download the additional three tunes. Fans can also anticipate extra gifts from Relient K upon purchase, including exclusive photos, downloadable wrapping paper, and a few other bonuses.
House of Heroes brings their powerhouse pop sound to “Silent Night” which is also available at all online music outlets on November 18th. The band, whose most recent album The End Is Not The End was delivered via digital stores, has seen an incredible response with the release making it to the #6 spot on the iTunes rock chart and #42 on the overall chart, with a #1 radio hit single and over 1 million plays on their MySpace page.
Relient K, who has toured with the likes of Switchfoot and Good Charlotte, has a GRAMMY nod, and three RIAA-certified Gold albums to their credit. The pop-punk band has performed on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” with their video for “Must Have Done Something Right” receiving airplay on mtvU, MTV Hits, FUSE's "Steven's Untitled Rock Show," Nickelodeon's The N, IMF and Music Choice. Relient K is comprised of lead singer/guitarist/pianist Matt Thiessen, lead guitarist Matt Hoopes, drummer Ethan Luck, bassist John Warne and guitarist Jon Schneck.
House of Heroes’ discography includes a 2005 self-titled debut and the re-release Say No More in 2006. Prior to signing a record deal with Mono Vs Stereo/Gotee, the band released an indie project What You Want Is Now (2002) to much critical acclaim and a large grassroots following. On the tour front, House of Heroes has opened up for the likes of Filter, Silverchair, Relient K, and MxPx, as well as full-blown tours with acts including Spoken, The Evan Anthem, Last Tuesday, Dropping Daylight, Love Arcade, and Kids In The Way. The band is Columbus-Ohio natives Tim Skipper (guitar/lead vocals), A.J Babcock (bass/vocals), Colin Rigsby (drums/vocals), and Jared Rigsby (guitar/vocals).
Fresh off their latest co-headlining slot on the Vans Warped tour, Relient K announces the 25-date "Uncle Fest Tour," which will launch October 2nd in Madison, WI and conclude November 2nd in Chicago, IL. Relient K will headline with Ludo, This Providence and House of Heroes opening.
In between tours, the band is recording three new tracks - "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," "Silver Bells" and "Oh Holy Night" - for the October 7th reissue of its 2007 Christmas collection, Let It Snow Baby...Let It Reindeer. (CDs will come with a card enabling fans to download the additional songs for free.)
"We took a quick breather after Warped Tour, and now we're headed back to Nashville to track a couple of Christmas songs and rehearse for the upcoming Uncle Fest Tour," says Matt Thiessen, Relient K's lead singer-guitarist-pianist, who was featured on the cover of Alternative Press' August issue. "We're excited to hit the road and get back to some of our favorite clubs and theaters."
After five full-length albums (including 2007's Five Score and Seven Years Ago, which debuted at No. 6 on The Billboard 200), five EPs and 10 years as a band, Relient K took a look back and a look ahead with The Bird and the Bee Sides. Released in July 2008 and entering The Billboard 200 at No. 25, the 26-song collection included an assortment of b-sides, demos and rarities culled from the Relient K archives plus 13 brand new tracks.
Upcoming tour dates are as follows:
10/02 Madison, WI Barrymore Theatre
10/03 Des Moines, IA Val Air Ballroom
10/04 St. Paul, MN Myth
10/05 Milwaukee, WI The Eagles Ballroom
10/07 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room @ Murat Center
10/09 Cincinnati, OH Bogart's
10/10 Grand Rapids, MI Orbit Room
10/11 Pontiac, MI Clutch Cargo's
10/12 Pittsburgh, PA Club Zoo
10/13 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock
10/15 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
10/16 Worcester, MA The Palladium
10/17 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights
10/18 Hartford, CT Webster Theatre
10/21 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
10/22 Towson, MD Recher Theatre
10/23 Norfolk, VA Norva Theatre
10/24 Charlotte, NC Amos' Southend
10/25 North Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues Myrtle Beach
10/27 Orlando, FL House of Blues Orlando
10/29 Birmingham, AL WorkPlay Theatre
10/30 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
10/31 Cleveland, OH House of Blues Cleveland
11/01 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
11/02 Chicago, IL House of Blues
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Yesterday, Relient K released "Must Have Done Something Right,” the first single from the upcoming album, Five Score And Seven Years Ago. The single will be available at all digital retailers. The single plus a bonus track,“Fallen Man,” will also be available as an MP3 file for $0.99 direct from the band's website – www.relientk.com. “Fallen Man” will not appear on the forthcoming album. The same single plus bonus track will be available on iTunes.
A higher quality 320kbs MP3 download of “Must Have Done Something Right” plus the bonus track will also be available for $ 1.25 via the band's website.
Five Score And Seven Years Ago releases March 6, 2007, on Gotee/Capitol, Relient K’s fifth album in seven years and the follow up to 2004’s mmhmm, the band’s third consecutive Gold album.
The album, most of which was produced by Howard Benson in Los Angeles with three tracks completed thereafter with the band’s longtime producer Mark Townsend in Nashville, is a departure of sorts for the pop-punk band. For starters, there are some love songs – happy ones. “I always write about what I’m going through and I can’t avoid the fact that I’m just really happy and there are some good things going on,” says lead singer/guitarist/pianist Matt Thiessen. This happy state of mind lights up the exuberant first single “Must Have Done Something Right.” "This song represents something that I've wanted to create for a long time,” he explains. “It’s not a political commentary or a tear jerking emotion-piece, it’s just a feel good, fun song. Written at 3 a.m. with a smirk on my face, the song turned out to be something that you can tap your foot and smile to.”
"Five Score and Seven Years Ago" will have 14 tracks, as listed below:
1. Plead the Fifth
2. Come Right Out and Say It
3. I Need You
4. The Best Thing
5. Forgiven
6. Must Have Done Something Right
7. Give
8. Devastation And Reform
9. I’m Taking You With Me
10. Faking My Own Suicide
11. Crayons Can Melt On Us For All I Care
12. Bite My Tongue
13. Up And Up
14. Deathbed
On March 6, 2007, Gotee Records/Capitol will release Five Score And Seven Years Ago, Relient K’s fifth album in seven years and the follow up to 2004’s mmhmm, the band’s third consecutive Gold album.
The album, most of which was produced by Howard Benson in Los Angeles with three tracks completed thereafter with the band’s longtime producer Mark Townsend in Nashville, is a departure of sorts for the pop-punk band. For starters, there are some love songs – happy ones. “I always write about what I’m going through and I can’t avoid the fact that I’m just really happy and there are some good things going on,” says lead singer/guitarist/pianist Matt Thiessen.
This happy state of mind lights up the exuberant first single “Must Have Done Something Right.” "This song represents something that I've wanted to create for a long time,” he explains. “It’s not a political commentary or a tear jerking emotion-piece, it’s just a feel good, fun song. Written at 3 a.m. with a smirk on my face, the song turned out to be something that you can tap your foot and smile to.”
Although Five Score And Seven Years Ago’s 14 songs are written in the first person, Thiessen has ventured beyond the confessional this time around. “Plead the Fifth” and “Deathbed,” the two songs that bookend the album, step into the shoes of a 19th century man with an intriguing conspiracy theory about Abraham Lincoln and an aging cancer patient respectively.
But while Five Score And Seven Years Ago isn’t packed with the band’s characteristic puns, Relient K has clearly not lost its quirky sense of humor. In “Faking My Own Suicide,” the narrator takes a cue from the classic cult comedy Harold and Maude, hatching a faux suicide plot to get the object of his affection to realize that she really does love him. “Crayons Can Melt On Us For All I Care,” which takes longer to say than to play, is a classic Relient K goofball aside. And while the 11-minute, 115-track “Deathbed,” which features Switchfoot’s Jon Foreman as a guest vocalist, has a somber setting as its title implies, the masterfully woven tale of a man’s life and last moments brims with keen observations and aural ironies.
Five Score And Seven Years Ago marks Relient K’s first full-length album featuring bassist John Warne and Jon Schneck, who plays guitar, banjo, and bells – although the two appeared on the band’s Apathetic EP, released in late 2005. With lead guitarist Matt Hoopes and drummer Dave Douglas completing the lineup, Relient K is now a quintet with each of the members contributing vocals. But the biggest change was in the control booth, working with Howard Benson. “I was honestly pretty nervous,” confesses lead guitarist Matt Hoopes, “We’d never really worked with any other producer beside Mark Townsend – he did everything from our first demo, all the way up to the last album. But it was a good experience working with Howard.”
All kidding aside, Five Score And Seven Years Ago is an ambitious follow-up to mmhmm, Relient K’s first joint Gotee Records/Capitol release, which debuted at #15 on the Billboard 200 and at #1 on the internet chart in 2004.
NASHVILLE, TN - The Nintendo Fusion Tour is in high gear, bringing Relient K, Hawthorne Heights, Emery, Plain White T's, and The Sleeping across the nation.
Come out to the show and hear all your favorite Relient K songs as well as new songs from their upcoming record.
And if you're looking for an alternate reason to celebrate on October 31st, you'll want to revisit two classic Relient K CDs that will be released on 10.31.06 - The Anatomy of the Tongue in Cheek (Gold Edition) and Two Lefts Don't Make a Right ...But Three Do (Gold Edition). These recordings have been remixed and remastered and will feature a gold-embossed outer cover. Anatomy includes "Sadie Hawkins Dance," always a highlight of the Relient K live show and Two Lefts includes another live favorite, "Chapstick, Chapped Lips, & Things Like Chemistry," as well as the radio hit "Getting Into You."
Relient K is currently recording the follow-up to 2004’s mmhmm, their third consecutive Gold album, with producer Howard Benson (Less Than Jake, My Chemical Romance, the All-American Rejects). Once they wrap up recording, the band will head out on the fourth annual Nintendo Fusion tour, which will hit 40 cities nationwide between September 27th and November 11th.
“We’re kind of like Laffy Taffy,” says Relient K lead vocalist/guitarist Matt Thiessen when asked to describe the as-yet untitled album, due out this coming November. “It’s the same flavor but we try to stretch it a little bit. It’s still melodic, it’s still rock ’n’ roll, still a lot of dynamics – there’re times when it’s heavy, there’re times when it’s real chilled with piano and what-not. But at the same time, we’re trying to write a bit differently, lyrically.”
There are numerous other differences between the upcoming album and Relient K’s four previous records. “We wanted to work with Howard,” explains Thiessen, “Howard’s done a lot of records that I listen to.” It also marks their first full-length album featuring bassist John Warne and Jon Schneck, who plays guitar, banjo and bells – although the two appeared on the band’s Apathetic EP, released in late 2005. With original guitarist Matt Hoopes and drummer Dave Douglas completing the lineup, Relient K is now a quintet with each of the members contributing vocals – so expect even more of the band’s trademark harmonies this go-round. This is also the first album they’ve recorded with the luxury of a pre-production period, and with the band now living “all over the place,” as Hoopes describes, pre-production time was a necessary luxury.
“Matt and Dave still live in Ohio. Me and Jon Schneck live in Nashville, about three blocks away from each other,” says Hoopes. “And John Warne, our bass player, lives in Denver, so it’s a little crazy.”
mmhmm, Relient K’s first joint Gotee Records/Capitol release, debuted at #15 on the Billboard 200 and at #1 on the internet chart. It has subsequently been certified Gold as have the band’s previous two albums, 2003’s Grammy-nominated Two Lefts Don’t Make a Right…But Three Do and 2001’s The Anatomy of the Tongue in Cheek. mmhmm met with widespread critical acclaim and its two hit singles – “Be My Escape” and “Who I Am Hates Who I’ve Been” – both reached the upper half of the Top 40. The past two years have been a blur of activity with Relient K touring non-stop – highlights have included an arena/amphitheatre tour with Good Charlotte and Simple Plan, a co-headlining tour with MXPX and a main stage slot on the 2005 Vans Warped Tour – and a string of television appearances, including “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live” as well as MTV’s “TRL,” “Hard Rock Live” and “Summer on the Strip from Las Vegas.”
Fans will get a sneak preview of Relient K’s new material when the band returns to the road with the Nintendo Fusion tour in September. “We’ll probably play two to three new songs, so people can get an idea of what the record sounds like,” promises Thiessen. “It’ll be a cool tour.”
Gotee/Capitol recording group Relient K has announced an upcoming
six-week slate of bill-topping U.S. club dates to launch 2006 in much the same way they began
2005 -- on the road. The Canton, Ohio-based group, which averages 150-200 dates annually, will
kick-off their coast-to-coast "Matt Hoopes Birthday Tour" at the Beaumont Club in Kansas City,
Missouri. This latest trek aptly begins February 15, in conjunction with a birthday celebration for
the band's beloved guitarist.
The announcement comes as "Who I Am Hates Who I've Been," the latest single from the band's
widely celebrated Mmhmm album, continues to win listeners at Top 40 Mainstream outlets across
the country while quickly making a name for itself in the Billboard "Hot 100."
The "Matt Hoopes Birthday Tour" itinerary, which also follows the recent release of Relient K's
"Apathetic EP" (featuring four new songs), finds the band coming off what had been the most
exciting and successful year of their career. In many ways, it was the band's irrepressible
commitment to non-stop road work in 2005 that helped propel both 2004's Mmhmm and 2003's
Two Lefts Don't Make a Right ... But Three Do to RIAA gold album status.
Last year alone saw Relient K embark on an arena/amphitheater tour alongside Good Charlotte
and Simple Plan; a co-headlining tour with MXPX; and a main stage slot on the celebrated Vans
Warped Tour. Other 2005 highlights included appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,
and Jimmy Kimmel Live!, during which they performed the hit "Mmhmm" single, "Be My Escape,"
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