Hawthorne Heights Leave Wind-Up; Start New Label

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It’s not that Hawthorne Heights can’t catch a break. They’ve had plenty of breaks, but every one they get seems to leave them broken. Still, the band’s soldiered on despite the obstacles—and in 2009, they signed with Wind-Up Records, an EMI affiliate that’s home to Evanescence, Creed and Seether. The band’s fourth original album, Skeletons, debuted at No. 50 on the Billboard chart in 2010—but didn’t satisfy the label’s radio-rock constituency or longtime fans who flinched at the record’s gentle artistic departures.

Now Hawthorne Heights have split with Wind-Up and launched their own anti-label, Cardboard Empire. The band are now managing themselves and self-produced their new EP, Hate, due August 23. That same week, they launch a two-month North American tour, returning to the same sweaty rock clubs that launched their career. Frontman JT Woodruff and drummer Eron Bucciarelli exclusively spoke to AP about their new label, three upcoming EPs, the tour’s setlist, and the highs and lows from a decade of tragedy and triumph.

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