Die on Stage
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{{Infobox album
| name = Die on Stage
| type = studio
| artist = Hostage Calm
| cover = Hostage Calm Die On Stage.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{flagicon|USA}} September 16, 2014
| recorded = January 2014 at Studio 4 Recording in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
| venue =
| studio =
| length = 32:34
| label = Run For Cover Records
Lost Tape Collective
| producer = Will Yip
| prev_title = Hostage Calm/Anti-Flag
| prev_year = 2013
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Die On Stage
| type = studio
| single1 = Your Head/Your Heart
| single1date = July 22, 2014
| single2 = A Thousand Miles Away From Here
| single2date = August 18, 2014
| single3 = Fallen Angel
| single3date = September 2, 2014
}}
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{{Music ratings
|rev2 = Punknews.org
|rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[https://www.punknews.org/review/12875/hostage-calm-die-on-stage Punknews.org review]
}}
Die on Stage[https://www.facebook.com/HostageCalm/posts/10152609567328120 Hostage Calm "Die On Stage" Album Announcement] is the fourth and final studio album from Connecticut rock band Hostage Calm. The album was released on September 16, 2014 through Run For Cover Records. On July 22, 2014 the band released a music video for the single, "Your Head/Your Heart."{{cite web |url=http://www.avclub.com/article/watch-video-your-head-your-heart-first-song-hostag-207179
|title=Watch the video for "Your Head / Your Heart," the first song from Hostage Calm’s new album|publisher=avclub.com|author=Anthony, David|accessdate=2014-07-22}} The record was produced by Will Yip of Studio 4.{{cite web |url=http://instagram.com/p/qxD0J2Helm/
|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/qxD0J2Helm |archive-date=2021-12-26 |url-access=registration|title= Will Yip Instagram Pic|publisher=willyipmusic|author=Yip, Will|accessdate=2014-07-22}}{{cbignore}} This album will mark the first release with new drummer Keith Sidorowicz, who joined the band in 2013 following the departure of the band's former drummer, John Ross.{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/kbotonthedrums/status/491640196543578112
|title= Keith Sidorowicz Tweet|publisher=kbotonthedrums|author=Sidorowicz, Keith|accessdate=2014-07-22}} On August 18, 2014 the band released the album's second single, "A Thousand Miles Away From Here."{{cite web |url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/hostage_calm_premiere_second_single_from_die_on_stage
|title=Hostage Calm premiere second single|publisher=altpress.com|author=Sharp,Tyler|accessdate=2014-08-18}} On September 2, 2014 the band premiered the album's third single, "Fallen Angel," courtesy of Fuse.{{cite web |url=http://www.fuse.tv/2014/08/hostage-calm-fallen-angel-premiere
|title=Exclusive: Hostage Calm Grow Up in Style with Poppy Fallen Angel|publisher=fuse.tv|author=Nassif,Thomas|accessdate=2014-09-02}} The album was included at number 35 on Rock Sound{{'}}s "Top 50 Albums of the Year" list.Bird, ed. 2015, p. 24
Track listing
{{track listing
| all_music = Hostage Calm
| total_length = 32:34
| title1 = When You Know
| length1 = 2:56
| title2 = A Thousand Miles Away From Here
| length2 = 2:06
| title3 = Love Against!
| length3 = 4:17
| title4 = Someone Else
| length4 = 3:27
| title5 = Fallen Angel
| length5 = 3:23
| title6 = Your Head/Your Heart
| length6 = 3:23
| title7 = Raised
| length7 = 3:22
| title8 = 12/31
| length8 = 3:18
| title9 = Darling You
| length9 = 2:43
| title10 = Past Ideas Of The Future
| length10 = 3:59
}}
Personnel
;Hostage Calm
- Tom Chiari - Lead Guitar
- Tim Casey - Bass, Vocals
- Chris Martin - Lead Vocals, Guitars, Piano
- Nick Balzano - Guitar, Backing Vocals
- Keith Sidorowicz - Drums
References
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- {{cite journal|editor1-last=Bird|editor1-first=Ryan|title=Top 50 Albums of the Year|journal=Rock Sound|date=January 2015|issue=195|publisher=Freeway Press Inc.|location=London|issn=1465-0185}}
- https://www.altpress.com/hostage_calm_post_making_of_die_on_stage_video/
- https://www.brooklynvegan.com/30-classic-emo-post-hardcore-albums-turning-10-in-2024/
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