All About Hem

November 2014 - January 2015 News Archive

January 11, 2015

The World Is Outside Lyrics

Lyics for all songs on the World Is Outside EP are now collected here. (Thanks to Russ and Dan for lyrics help!)

All About Me

Today is All About Hem's 11th birthday! Thanks to all the site's visitors over the years, with special thanks to Hem's team at Nettwerk for their support, to the number of readers I know have been visiting for most or all of the site's 11 years, and to long-time web hoster Geof. As always, the biggest thanks goes to Hem, especially Dan, Gary, Sally, and Steve, for more reasons than can be properly explained here.

December 16, 2014

New York Times Article

Hem's drummer has an interesting job as an expediter, and The New York Times wants to tell you all about it right here. You can find a permanent link to this article at the giant articles archive.

December 15, 2014

25% Off All Hem Merchandise

Now through Wednesday, December 17, all merchandise (shirts, vinyl, CDs, posters, bags) at Hem's online shop is 25% off. Prices shown on the site are the sale prices. Go buy stuff!

December 5, 2014

Hear Hem on TV Monday

Tune in to ABC Family on Monday night to watch Switched At Birth and hear Hem's song "Identical Snowflakes." I don't watch that show, so I won't be able to give a treatise on the song's usage in the show, unlike when "Pacific Street" was used on Everwood. Sadly for you but happily for me, that treatise must have been on Hem's dearly departed forum since it's not here in the news archive.

Upcoming New Hem Music

The World Is Outside EP is not the only new Hem music for you. Yay! From Hem: next year "we'll be releasing a few smaller recordings of work that is currently in-progress (including "Better Days" for those who have asked over and again!), and we'll be recording a new full-length album for release early the following year." If you're on Hem's mailing list, you have already heard that information. If you're not on Hem's mailing list, why not? Fix that now! [Mailing list link is removed since the list is now defunct.]

November 18, 2014

The World Is Outside EP Out Today!

Hem's EP The World Is Outside is now available everywhere. Go buy it now! I'll be here when you get back! Hem's store is a good place to buy the EP since it's available there in lossless format. You can also buy a poster of the album's cover at Hem's shop.

November 14, 2014

Get The World Is Outside!

Hem's EP The World Is Outside is now available at Amazon! (It may be available to buy at another online site, but I have not seen it.) The previously announced Nov. 18 date is apparently the date for wide release.

November 13, 2014

Preview New EP Songs

Hem's upcoming EP The World Is Outside is up for pre-order at Amazon, which means you can now hear 30 second clips of all 5 songs on the EP. Click here! Amazon says that the EP's release is Nov. 14, which is different than the previously announced Nov. 18 release date. Stay tuned to see if the EP will be available days early!

November 8, 2014

EP Release Date

November 18 is the release date for Hem's new EP The World Is Outside. It will be a digital-only release. Also, some lyric snippets are newly added to the EP's discography page. They were first posted here 2+ years ago, but now they have a release to go with them!

Official Video for "The Jack Pine"

Watch the brand new official video for "The Jack Pine" right here! It continues the animation tradition of videos for songs on Departure And Farewell. The other songs with animated videos (each by a different artist) are "Tourniquet" and "Seven Angels."

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