ARTIST: Hundred Reasons
TITLE: Kill Your Own
LABEL: V2
GENRE: Rock
BITRATE: 222kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 41min total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-03-20
RIP DATE: 2006-02-28
Track List
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01. Broken Hands 3:37
02. Kill Your Own 3:45
03. Destroy 3:22
04. The Chance 3:32
05. The Perfect Gift 3:50
06. Live Fast, Die Ugly 2:32
07. Feed The Fire 3:49
08. This Mess 3:52
09. A Better Way? 2:04
10. No Pretending 4:33
11. Breathe Again 6:43
Release Notes:
ôAre we nothing more than this û a list of pinnacles achieved?
This time IÆve found a better wayö
æBreathe AgainÆ from KILL YOUR OWN
Winners of Kerrang!Æs Best New Band in 2000. 200,000 albums sold. Six Top 40
singles. Winners of Kerrang!Æs Best Album award in 2001. Winners of Kerrang!Æs
Readers Poll Best Unsigned Band in 2004. YouÆd forgive Hundred Reasons for
wondering ôWhat next?ö
Their answer û make the best album of their career so far.
In the fifteen months between leaving their first label and signing with V2,
Hundred Reasons continued doing what theyÆve done best since day one û being a
genuine, hardworking rock band playing live. A main stage appearance at Reading
and Leeds Festivals 2004 was followed by shows with New Found Glory and a sold
out headline tour in November 2004. They played shows throughout the first half
of 2005 in typically self-sufficient style.
Never ones to rest on their laurels they explored other musical projects, Colin
with The Lucky Nine and This Is Menace and Larry producing for the likes of
Million Dead, Capdown, My Awesome Compilation and Save Ourselves.
Supported by the team theyÆd worked with from the very beginning, they also
wrote new Hundred Reasons songs, with no pressure, no time limits and no
external expectations. They wrote songs they liked, and Larry recorded them.
The recordings made their way into the hands of the managing director at V2 û a
label riding high with Bloc Party, Elbow, The Rakes, Stereophonics and Paul
Weller û who promptly snapped them up.
The band then entered Kore Studios in London as soon as theyÆd they finished
writing, with Larry taking the production helm and longtime associate Dave Sardy
(renowned producer of Oasis, Rolling Stones and previous Hundred Reasons albums)
handling mixing duties on three of the eleven tracks.
They set about creating a record that is at times loud, aggressive and
antagonistic (æLive Fast, Die UglyÆ and the title track and first single æKill
Your OwnÆ) whilst at others gentle, positive and most of all, uplifting (æThe
ChanceÆ and æBreathe AgainÆ). The new songs are the most honest, multi-layered
and quite possibly the best material the band have produced to date, but most of
all, the record is an accurate reflection of Hundred Reasons in 2006 û
accomplished, confident and hungry.
The first fruit from the album was æFeed The FireÆ, a limited edition release
(the third instalment in the bandÆs Singles Club series) initially given out to
fans on their sold out December Barfly tour and then made available as a free
download through the bandÆs website. This will be followed by the first official
single, the album title track æKill Your OwnÆ on 6th March on V2, with the album
following on 20th March.
Hundred Reasons û theyÆve found a better way.