We Came As Romans have posted a lyric video for their latest single, Let These Words Last Forever. Fans can purchase the tracks on iTunes now. The band’s latest album, Understanding What We’ve Grown To Be, is available now. The video can be seen below.
“I’d rather have my words remembered and not my name, We Came As Romans, David Stephens and Kyle Pavone scream in the blistering new lyric video for Let These Words Last Forever. Blasting the words in a giant, quaking font is a pretty good start in that regard, we’d say. “I’d rather have this message remembered and not my face.” True enough, the band’s faces are nowhere to be seen onscreen here, so, you know, bonus points for practicing what you preach.
The Michigan metal-core outfit’s clip appears to be a combination of two things: a fan-made lyric video uploaded to YouTube and a traditional cinematic cut about a group of friends on a desert road trip.
“I am who I am because of the things I’ve done,” they sing. “I’m not proud of them all, but I’m ashamed of none.” A good message to be sure, albeit a lot more intense than when we last saw the band covering The Wanted’s “Glad You Came.”
“I don’t think there is any greater meaning than to keep on spreading the idea and concept of love,” guitarist Joshua Moore said around the time of the release of Understanding What We’ve Grown To Be. That’s as good a summary of the message behind the song here as any. It will appear along with two other new songs, Hope and The King of Silence, on the digital deluxe release of the album due out in January as the band kicks of their stint on the 2013 Take Action Tour with The Used. Dates & locations are listed below.
“We are really excited to be releasing new, original music for the first time in over a year, and we thought the best way to do this was to release a song that combines the best elements of To Plant A Seed and Understanding What We’ve Grown To Be,” Moore said of the new song, which, he thinks, “shows the direction we are headed in for our next album. We’re striving for the best combination of progression and staying true to our original roots.”
2013 Take Action Tour
w/The Used, We Came As Romans, Crown The Empire and Mindflow
Jan 06 Nashville, TN @ Rocketown*
Jan 07 Fayetteville, AR @ NWA Showcase Theater*
Jan 08 Lubbock, TX @ Jake’s Sports Café*
Jan 11 Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
Jan 12 Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue
Jan 14 Denver, CO @ The Summit Music Hall
Jan 16 Kansas City, MO @ Beaumont Club
Jan 17 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
Jan 18 Iowa City, IA @ Blue Moose*
Jan 19 Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
Jan 20 Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
Jan 22 St. Louis, Mo @ The Pageant
Jan 23 Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
Jan 24 Huntington, WV @ Big Sandy Grand Ballroom*
Jan 25 Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
Jan 26 Rochester, NY @ Water Street Music Hall
Jan 27 Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club*
Jan 28 Washington, DC @ 930 Club
Jan 29 Boston, MA @ House of Blues
Jan 30 New York, NY @ Best Buy Theater
Feb 01 Hartford, CT @ Webster Theatre
Feb 02 Atlantic City, NJ @ House of Blues
Feb 03 Greensboro, NC @ Greene Street Club*
Feb 04 Atlanta, GA @ The Tabernacle
Feb 05 Tampa, FL @ The Ritz Ybor
Feb 06 Jacksonville, FL @ Murray Hill Theater*
Feb 07 Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
Feb 08 Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s Front Room
Feb 10 Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
Feb 11 Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
Feb 13 Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom
Feb 14 Houston, TX @ House of Blues
Feb 15 Corpus Christi, TX @ House of Rock*
Feb 16 Austin, TX @ Emo’s East
Feb 17 Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
Feb 19 San Antonio, TX @ Backstage Live
Feb 20 El Paso, TX @ Tricky Falls
Feb 22 Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater
Feb 23 Tucson, AZ @ The Rock*
Feb 24 Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
Feb 25 San Luis Obispo, CA @ SLO Brewing Company*
Feb 26 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
Feb 27 San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
Mar 01 Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern Theatre
*We Came As Romans w/Crown The Empire only
Band members:
Dave Stephens – Vocals
Kyle Pavone – Vocals/Keys
Joshua Moore – Guitar
Lou Cotton – Guitar
Andy Glass – Bass
Eric Choi – Drums
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