Cleveland, Ohio Rockers, How We Feel – vocalist Chris Bianchi (Forever in Terror) and drummer Brian Lamtman – have released their new LP, Ready For War on Legend Recordings/Virgin Music Group. They recently shared the album’s title track and focus song as a single, with a video was directed by Jake Cole in Canton, Ohio. Check it out below and find out more.
Buy/stream Ready For War here: https://www.howwefeelmusic.com/ready-for-war
Chris Bianchi says “Making this album has truly been an experience that we will never forget. From not knowing if we could do it again, to taking those first steps and now here we are: “Ready For War” is an album we’ve put an extreme amount of time and effort into. It has a lot of feeling and emotion related to the things we all face in our everyday lives at this point. I hope that listeners can relate and find their own solace in the album. It tells a story of triumph and overcoming along the way. It’s a story of truth and about how you never give up on your dreams.”
On the single/video, Bianchi explains “The video is meant to showcase the daily struggles and obstacles that many face be it through bills, relationships, daily life struggle but that love will always win. It helps you find that light in the dark and at the end, you can win and you do triumph. The video is meant to our process: Going from writing in the basement, to recording the song in the studio – and ultimately performing live on stage for our fans.”
Best friends for more than 20 years, they were inspired to make music together in early 2024, influenced by Shinedown, Imagine Dragons and Thirty Seconds to Mars. How We Feel are carving their name into the modern rock scene with authenticity, energy, and purpose – coupled with a sound that has a fresh yet familiar edge. The album was recorded at the band’s new WareHouse Studio in Kent, OH. It was engineered by John Burke and produced and mixed by Paul Bartolome (Asking Alexandria, Escape The Fate), and mastered by Grammy Award winning Ted Jensen (Green Day, Bring Me The Horizon, Evanescence) at Sterling Sound in New York.
Ready For War tracklisting
01 Make It Out Alive
02 Losing My Mind
03 Devil Inside
04 Dragging Me Under
05 Talk About Me
06 Fire
07 Looking For A Reason
08 Dangerous
09 Higher
10 Ready For War (LP Focus Track)
The band is starting to book shows in support the album release and will be using their appearance at the upcoming Inkcarceration Festival to launch into touring for the rest of the year into 2026.
Live Shows:
Inkcarceration Festival – Saturday, July 19th @ Ohio State Reformatory – Mansfield, OH
How We Feel formed in early 2024 when long time friends Chris Bianchi and Brian Lamtman decided to combine their shared interests and tastes to release music they were both passionate about. Their demos of emotionally driven lyrics backed with an explosive sound caught the ears of Virgin Music Group, who partnered with Bianchi’s label Legend Recordings in May of 2024. They went into the studio to record several tracks. The debut single “Make It Out Alive” — a hard-hitting anthem of perseverance – was released in September of 2024. It was followed by “Devil Inside” in November, and “Losing My Mind” in December.
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