No More Holding Out For A Hero

New Jersey, NJ. (Top40 Charts/ Novus Ordo) - New Jersey's turning out to be a bigger hotbed of new music than most people have ever dreamed was possible, and A Hero From a Thousand Paces is getting ready to lead the charge in 2007. With their 1x1 Music debut Mistakes hitting retail shelves on April 3rd, they've got twelve tracks of anthemic indie rock that chimes, slashes and burns while smoothing it all over with Mark Fray's highly emotive and velvety vocals. "We're more excited than you know," he replied about the album's release. "We are shaking in our pants!"

Featuring members of the seminal punk bands The Pennyroyals and Riding Bikes, HERO has traveled down the same turnpike that Thursday, Saves the Day and My Chemical Romance coasted down, but instead of sticking to the road-tested parkway, they've veered off and taken a much more exciting exit. From the blaring guitar sirens and striking fretwork of the opening track "Bold and the Beautiful" to the chiming piano cum ringing guitars of "Semantics" to the smooth ode to the City of Brotherly Love "Philadelphia," Mistakes is an album chock full of soaring melodies,

complicated guitar work, a tight rhythm section and meandering pianos... delivered with confidence and without apology. "With Closed Fists," the first single and video directed by Doug Spangenberg (Lamb of God "Killadelphia", "Hellfest - the Movie"), combines Mark Fray's emotive yet commandeering vocals with a dual-guitar attack that that's equal parts Jimmy Eat World, Chiodos and vintage Incubus.

With the wait over now that Mistakes is available nationwide, A Hero From a Thousand Paces are ready to save the day. And from the sound of the current music scene, they couldn't have come at a better time. "It's our goal to make HERO a household name," says guitarist Sprout, half jokingly. And from the way it sounds, his excited optimism is well-founded.

A Hero From a Thousand Paces will be touring throughout the Spring, Summer and Fall. Tour dates to be announced shortly.

CD Release Shows and In-Stores

Apr 3
Sam Goody Deptford Mall
Woodbury, NJ

Apr 4
FYE Franklin Mills Mall
Philadelphia, PA

Apr 6
Harmony Grange
Wilmington, DE

Apr 9
FYE Stroud Mall
Stroudsburg, PA

Apr 10
FYE West Farms Mall
Farmington, CT

Apr 11 FYE Crossgates Mall Albany, NY

Apr 12
FYE Palisades Center
West Nyack, NY

Apr 13
Room 2858
N. Middletown, NJ