Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.
Hawthorne Heights has signed a multi-rights deal with Wind-Up
Records, involving future recordings, merchandise, music publishing
and touring.
Online, retail and touring merchandise sales will be handled by
Wind-Up's Pronto Merch, while the band's publishing will now be
represented by Wind-Up's Sakyamuni Music Publishing, LLC. Touring
will be worked through Wind-up Artist Development
Corporation.
Hawthorne Heights exploded out of Dayton, Ohio, with its 2004
Victory debut, "The Silence in Black and White." The album has sold
929,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen
SoundScan.
But the group became embroiled in a heated lawsuit against Victory
for breach of contract. The label counter-sued, claiming rights to
release future albums from the band. The suit was resolved last
summer, with Victory releasing a new Hawthorne Heights album,
"Fragile Future."
The band's Wind-Up debut is due later this year.
