Secondhand Serenade

Nearly a year after the release of his debut album, Awake, Secondhand Serenade is back with his much-anticipated follow-up, A Twist In My Story. Rightfully titled, the album finds Secondhand Serenade—a.k.a. John Vesely— adding onto his signature raw vocals and guitar with the use of orchestration and a full band.

The album finds John collaborating with two industry heavyweight producers, Danny Lohner (Nine Inch Nails, Angels & Airwaves) and Butch Walker (Fall Out Boy, All American Rejects), as well as venturing into "a whole bunch of different styles of songs." He knew that crafting these songs in a new environment was essential in terms of his growth as an artist, but Vesely remained mindful to never allow his surroundings change his artistry at it's core.

"Fall For Me" - Secondhand Serenade "Your Call" - Secondhand Serenade "Practice Makes Perfect" - Cute Is What We Aim For "Safe Ride" - Cute Is What We Aim For AUDIO CLIPS REQUIRE WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER

A Twist In My Story is a new chapter for Secondhand Serenade, taking you through the highs and lows of love and life. John Vesely is a modern day storyteller following a path all his own while putting a new twist on his timeless tale.

Cute Is What We Aim For

Life is short and the last thing we want to do is waste your time. By now, you already know the myriad feats Cute Is What We Aim For have accomplished since forming in 2005. The band's 2006 debut The Same Old Blood Rush With A New Touch spent countless months on the Billboard Top 200 Charts; the group successfully headlined Alternative Press' Bands You Need To Know tour (and graced the cover of the magazine) and Cute Is What We Aim For were named one of Rolling Stones' 10 Artists To Watch—all while the group were still teenagers living in the dreary blue-collar town of Buffalo, New York.

While the band managed to exceed even their own expectations with their debut, being thrown into this type of whirlwind success forced the group to grow up quickly—and this marked maturity is evident with every note of the band's follow-up, Rotation. In order to fully realize their vision, the band holed up in Los Angeles with Goldfinger's John Feldmann armed with only a blurry sketch of what the songs that would eventually make up Rotation.

"Making this album was such a learning process and I want to stress not just musically but from a life perspective I think we've developed so much," Hacikyan summarizes. "We realized this is a career and we have to go for it; we can't just be kids and take it for granted. At times, I didn't appreciate our situation because it happened so quickly," he adds, reflecting on the band's tumultuous few years of inner-band struggles and member changes. "Now there's so much satisfaction in understanding life isn't about the destination, it's in the journey."