Tears On Tape

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Tears On Tape is the eighth studio album by Finnish band, HIM, released April 26, 2013 in Finland, April 29, 2013 in Europe, and on April 30, 2013 in the US and Canada. At the beginning of 2011, HIM parted ways with Sire Record. In May, the band began rehearsing songs for the full-length follow-up to 2010's Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice. After a few months of rehearsal, the band's drummer, Mika Karppinen, began complaining of pain in his wrist. Medical examinations concluded that he had nerve damage in his hands and arms caused by repetitive stre. Karppinen was told by his doctors to stop drumming so that he would have time to heal. During this time, the band's singer, Ville Valo, was said to have filled in on drums while working on new material. Subsequent treatments were successful and after about eight months the band was able to start rehearsing with Karppinen again. Rehearsals began in summer of 2012, and in September the band entered Finnvox Studios in Helsinki, Finland to begin tracking for the new album with producer Hiili Hiilesmaa. This would be their fourth album recorded at the famed studio as well as their fourth with Hiilesmaa at the helm. During this time, live in-studio performances were recorded in both audio and video to be used as bonus track. This was the same session that produced the music video for their cover of the Ké song Strange World, released on the compilation XX – Two Decades of Love Metal. In November, 2012 Tim Palmer began mixing tracks in London and completed in early December. Because the band had lacked a label, the new album was paid for out of pocket, putting them in a unique position of owning all publishing rights to their music, which allowed them to shop the album to various labels for distribution. In February of 2013, it was announced that the new album would be licensed to three separate record companie, one for each market. Agreements were reached with Universal Records in Europe, Razor & Tie in the United State, and Cooking Vinyl's new rock imprint DoubleCross in the United Kingdom and Ireland. With this new strategy came the decision to release separate singles simultaneously to each market. The track "Into the Night" was chosen for the Finnish market, "All Lips Go Blue" for the UK and US, and "Tears on Tape" for the rest of Europe. Music videos were filmed for each single in late February to early March, 2013. .

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