Icon for Hire
Icon For Hire is a rock band formed in 2007 from Decatur, Illinois. The cur… Read Full Bio ↴Icon For Hire is a rock band formed in 2007 from Decatur, Illinois. The current lineup consists of frontwoman, vocalist Ariel Bloomer, better known as Ariel alone and guitarist Shawn Jump.
Icon For Hire has released three full length albums: Scripted, Icon For Hire and YOU CAN'T KILL US.
Released in 2011, their first album Scripted shattered first-week sales becoming the highest new artist debut in Tooth & Nail Records history. The record debuted on the Billboard Top 200, at No. 4, on the iTunes Rock chart, and No. 19 on the iTunes overall albums chart.
Icon For Hire released their second full length self-titled album Icon For Hire in October 2013 on the Tooth and Nail label. Producer Mike Green (All Time Low, The Wanted, Pierce The Veil) was at the mixer to follow up their debut album, Scripted.
After spending a remarkable 18 months touring around the world, the group returned to their hometown of Decatur, IL to write their new record. Icon For Hire is set to push the boundaries of music and fashion far beyond their debut. According to the guitarist, Shawn Jump, “We wrote and dreamed about this record away from everything. We needed a safe place where we could all get to “spirit,” and maximize our different influences.” Added drummer, Adam Kronshagen, “There’s been undeniable friction in the songwriting process. We love knowing that you will definitely hear the element of conflict inside of every song we wrote.
The band's video, “Off With Her Head,” received 200k views its first week. Frontwoman and fashion designer, Ariel, worked with the team for weeks to create an avant-garde interpretation of the hit song. The group spent two days in Compton, CA (South Los Angeles) filming the video with a variety of the hottest underground artists.
Icon For Hire moved towards a new chapter of the band in 2016. Adam Kronshagen left the band to spend more time with his family coupled with a split with their record label Tooth & Nail the band decided to go it alone, or so it seemed. The band put together a plan for a kick starter project backed by their own fans. The kick starter reached its target in a matter of days. The album YOU CAN'T KILL US was released in stages throughout the year to those who have backed the kick starter project and there were physical copies on sale in December 2016 when it was completed.
On October 23, 2018, the band uploaded a video to their YouTube channel titled "Supposed To Be Acoustic Sessions Video Teaser", announcing their first video session to come soon, as well as that the Still Can't Kill Us: The Acoustic Sessions album would be released on December 7. The band released their "Supposed to Be" Acoustic Video on October 26, their "Get Well II" Acoustic Video on November 8, and "Demons" Acoustic Video on November 23. The tracks were also uploaded to Spotify as singles. A new album The Reckoning was released in September 2022.
Ariel Bloomer - Vocals,
Shawn Jump - Guitar,
Adam Kronshagen - Drums,
Josh Kincheloe - Bass.
Icon For Hire has released three full length albums: Scripted, Icon For Hire and YOU CAN'T KILL US.
Released in 2011, their first album Scripted shattered first-week sales becoming the highest new artist debut in Tooth & Nail Records history. The record debuted on the Billboard Top 200, at No. 4, on the iTunes Rock chart, and No. 19 on the iTunes overall albums chart.
Icon For Hire released their second full length self-titled album Icon For Hire in October 2013 on the Tooth and Nail label. Producer Mike Green (All Time Low, The Wanted, Pierce The Veil) was at the mixer to follow up their debut album, Scripted.
After spending a remarkable 18 months touring around the world, the group returned to their hometown of Decatur, IL to write their new record. Icon For Hire is set to push the boundaries of music and fashion far beyond their debut. According to the guitarist, Shawn Jump, “We wrote and dreamed about this record away from everything. We needed a safe place where we could all get to “spirit,” and maximize our different influences.” Added drummer, Adam Kronshagen, “There’s been undeniable friction in the songwriting process. We love knowing that you will definitely hear the element of conflict inside of every song we wrote.
The band's video, “Off With Her Head,” received 200k views its first week. Frontwoman and fashion designer, Ariel, worked with the team for weeks to create an avant-garde interpretation of the hit song. The group spent two days in Compton, CA (South Los Angeles) filming the video with a variety of the hottest underground artists.
Icon For Hire moved towards a new chapter of the band in 2016. Adam Kronshagen left the band to spend more time with his family coupled with a split with their record label Tooth & Nail the band decided to go it alone, or so it seemed. The band put together a plan for a kick starter project backed by their own fans. The kick starter reached its target in a matter of days. The album YOU CAN'T KILL US was released in stages throughout the year to those who have backed the kick starter project and there were physical copies on sale in December 2016 when it was completed.
On October 23, 2018, the band uploaded a video to their YouTube channel titled "Supposed To Be Acoustic Sessions Video Teaser", announcing their first video session to come soon, as well as that the Still Can't Kill Us: The Acoustic Sessions album would be released on December 7. The band released their "Supposed to Be" Acoustic Video on October 26, their "Get Well II" Acoustic Video on November 8, and "Demons" Acoustic Video on November 23. The tracks were also uploaded to Spotify as singles. A new album The Reckoning was released in September 2022.
Ariel Bloomer - Vocals,
Shawn Jump - Guitar,
Adam Kronshagen - Drums,
Josh Kincheloe - Bass.
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Icon for Hire Lyrics
Background Sad Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah Come a long way…
Bam Bam Pop We want that bam bam pop We want that bam bam…
Blindside I've been underestimated my whole life Can play it on the…
Brittle I′m rough around the edges Mistake me for pretentious I get …
Call Me Alive Come call me alive Your heart carries mine Don't leave me …
Carried Away (I won't be carried away, I say, I say...) Yeah! This …
Counting on Hearts I'm counting on hearts like yours to keep me burning To…
Curse Or Cure Oh, I swear my emotions are the enemy Be dead by…
Cynics Critics We're not cynics, we just don't believe a word you…
Demons Ashes, ashes, dust to dust It doesn't hurt enough yet, does…
Enemies Here we go again do-si do again One step, two steps…
Fall Apart I bet you didn't think that the more you'd try…
Fight I don't know how I got here but I refuse…
Fix Me Another day, another waste of my heart It only beats when…
Gatekeepers Calling all psychos, do you wanna play? Do you wanna make…
Get Well We throw tantrums like parties We're not happy 'til everyone…
Happy Hurts Happy hurts sometimes, oh Blame it on the monsters in my…
Here We Are Why are we still sad Why are we still sad When we…
Hollow I don't wanna break down, but I'm feeling low Let me…
Hope of Morning My mind's a kaleidoscope, it thinks too fast Blurs all the…
Invincible I am, I'm invincible I am, I'm invincible You ain't seen not…
Iodine I say I wanna be healthy but I turn up…
Last One Standing They always come for the wild ones They always come for…
Make a Move Somebody make a move Somebody make a move Somebody Test my …
Nerves I have a heart that gets on everybody's nerves They don't…
Now You Know Seem like everywhere I go, everybody wanna know What's it li…
Off With Her Head I'm lucky if I ever see the light of day…
Only a Memory I can't help but close my eyes for life And dream…
Panic Attacks I′m sorry I'm here again I′m sorry I'm starting to wear…
Pernilla VI I can't help but close my eyes for life And dream…
Pieces You're not running just enough of a wreck To hold…
Pop Culture And the beat goes on, drone drone like a metronome Day…
Pulse Do you think that you wanna know? We just make it…
Ready For Combat I'm not violent but let's play a little game Let's pretend…
Rock and Roll Thugs The music is in my blood, you don't understand The music…
Slow Down Take me all the places that we used to go The…
Sorry About Your Parents I'm sorry about your parents, they sound like bad people You…
Sugar & Spice I don't want your sugar and spice, sugar and spice I…
Sugar and Spice I don't want your sugar and spice, sugar and spice I…
Supposed To Be Tell me who I'm supposed to be now Make me better I…
The Grey I am standing on the edge of returning or just…
The Magic My seams are breaking It's not as fun as it sounds I've…
Theater My life is a musical, I know how to put…
Theatre My life is a musical, I know how to put…
Think I'm Sick I'm sick I think I'm sick Sometimes I think I get…
Thirteen I'm not someone I want to be Felt this way since…
Too Loud Hey girl, don't listen to your mother when she tells…
Under the Knife This is the song I'm too scared to write But some…
Up in Flames I don't wanna say what I got on my mind…
Venom Misery, misery is the venom in my brain Killin' me, killin'…
War You and I go deep like water You and I run…
Warrior What′s black and blue and bruised all over? This beat heart,…
Watch Me Watch me get it get it wrong at the top…
You Can't Kill Us I swear to God at night when I close my…
You Were Wrong You were wrong all along, tried to break me make…