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Purchase A Hero En Route's latest release, "Be Your Own Advocate". Released in 2009, this hot new band is sure to make your current favorites playlist!
A completely unsolicited review... Listening to A Hero en Route the first thing that I’m aware of is that this is a legitimate band. The interplay of chords and guitars on “Prodigal” are evidence of a group that’s worked together to find comfortable space with one another. Rather than competing for the front of the wall of sound, there is an order and discipline to their arrangement. It’s a well mixed, well thought out piece of song craft. It’s apparent that this is a group of players that came of age in the early 00’s. “Salt Water Like Wine” has a hint of ‘Clarity-era’ Jimmy Eat World. There’s a smart opening riff that flows into a bridge with vocals over a plucky rhythm and percussion beat. Combined with “I’ll Come Back A Ghost” these two songs put me to mind of the aforementioned circa ’99 Jimmy Eat World and ‘Tell Your Friends’ era Taking Back Sunday. The guitars muscle up and the music starts to develop broad shoulders on “With You And Your Memories” making it easy to mark the influence that Modern Rock bands like Staind, Puddle of Mudd, and Story Of The Year had on the band’s listening list. The stand out piece for me is a song called “Jack Ruby”. Starting with a high octane pace and developing into a lyrical melody supported by a catchy rhythm, it’s a work that holds its own with any radio friendly song on the Modern Rock charts today. This is a fine young band that was apparently raised on the new wave post-punk revival bands like The Strokes and then melded that base with a slightly heavier sound. If I had to place their sound in similar ranks it would be with the likes of Chicago’s Plain White T’s. There are moments where hints of heavier aspirations reminiscent of the Foo Fighters or Breaking Benjamin rise up, but overall I’d place them more in the punk pop sound. Wherever you place them, they sound like a legitimate band with a sense for radio-friendly riffs and an organized approach to their music. This is good stuff. Tim G.
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