Suburba is the fourth full length album by the band, House of Heroes

House of Heroes

House of Heroes is an alternative rock band from Columbus, Ohio. They were also known by the name No Tagbacks. They are generally considered to be Christian rock, though their lyrics are not always transparently Christian...

. They went into Dark Horse Recording Studio

Dark Horse Recording Studio

Dark Horse Recording Studios is a 4 studio complex located in Franklin, Tennessee, 15 miles south of Nashville. Originally opened in 1993 with the Cabin studio, Dark Horse's early client base consisted of Neil Diamond, Faith Hill, and Martina McBride...

 on February 1, 2010 to record it with producer, Mark Lee Townsend

Mark Lee Townsend

Mark Lee Townsend is known best as guitarist for the Christian rock band dc Talk, playing with them from 1996 until their hiatus in 2001. Mark's career started as a member/singer/guitarist/songwriter for the 80's Pop/Christian band Bash 'N The Code from 1986 through 1991. In between dc Talk tours,...

. It was released on August 3, 2010 through Gotee Records

Gotee Records

Gotee Records is a record label founded by dc Talk member Toby McKeehan , Todd Collins, and Joey Elwood...

. On April 5, the band premiered two songs on the Eastern American Radio Network titled "RadioU."
The songs that were premiered were "Elevator" and "Constant."
On April 18, the mixing for the album was completed.

House of Heroes commented about the album on their Facebook page, "Just south of 5th Ave. on Riverside Dr./33 in Columbus, OH is the Suburban Building. The N fell off the end of the word... This is what inspired the title of our new record. A record about growing up in the suburbs of middle class America, and having big dreams. There are triumphs and failures, and sometimes letters fall off the ends of words... " The song "Burn Me Down" was inspired by the British band Muse

Muse (band)

Muse are an English alternative rock band from Teignmouth, Devon, formed in 1994. The band consists of school friends Matthew Bellamy , Christopher Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard...

 of whom Tim Skipper is a big fan. Suburba also debuted at #48 on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

, which is House of Heroes' highest position to date.

On May 24, they released a lyric video for the song "God Save the Foolish Kings", and on July 20, a similar one for "Love Is for the Middle Class" was released.
On July 27, they also released a music video for "God Save the Foolish Kings".

Track listing

1. "Relentless"
2. "Elevator"
3. "Love Is for the Middle Class"
4. "So Far Away"
5. "God Save the Foolish Kings"
6. "Salt in the Sea"
7. "Independence Day for a Petty Thief"
8. "Somebody Knows"
9. "Disappear"
10. "She Mighty Mighty"
11. "Constant"
12. "Burn Me Down"
13. "Galveston" (Amazon.com exclusive)
14. "Patient" (iTunes
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     exclusive)

Awards

The album was nominated for a Dove Award for Recorded Music Packaging of the Year at the 42nd GMA Dove Awards

42nd GMA Dove Awards

The 42nd Annual GMA Dove Awards were held on April 20, 2011 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. The show will be broadcast on gmc on April 24, 2011. It will be hosted by Sherri Shepherd from The Newlywed Game....

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