Cleveland, Ohio rockers How We Feel have released the title track and video their new album Ready For War on Legend Recordings/Virgin Music Group. The powerful duo consisting of Vocalist Chris Bianchi (Forever in Terror) and Drummer Brian Lamtman have been friends for more than 20 years, and were inspired to make music together in early 2024. Influenced by Shinedown, Imagine Dragons and Thirty Seconds to Mars, How We Feel are carving their name into the modern rock scene with authenticity, energy, and purpose – coupled with a sound that has a fresh yet familiar edge.
The track and album were recorded at the band’s new WareHouse Studio in Kent, OH. It was engineered by John Burke and produced and mixed by Paul Bartolome (Asking Alexandria, Escape The Fate), and mastered by Grammy Award winning Ted Jensen (Green Day, Bring Me The Horizon, Evanescence) at Sterling Sound in New York.
The band’s Chris Bianchi says of “Ready For War” is a song that came from the heart. The song stems from the struggles that we all face in our daily lives. Be it in relationships, money, or other circumstances we all have things that can be tough deal with. However, at the end of the day, if you have someone or something that you love to help keep you going – Nothing else seems to matter. It’s our call to arms of never giving up. Some people told us we were too late to make a band, to release music or make an album and this is a testament that you can do anything you believe in.”
The “Ready For War” video was directed by Jake Cole in Canton, Ohio (Home of the Pro Football Hall Of Fame). Bianchi explains “The video is meant to showcase the daily struggles and obstacles that many face be it through bills, relationships, daily life struggle but that love will always win. It helps you find that light in the dark and at the end, you can win and you do triumph. The video is meant to our process: Going from writing in the basement, to recording the song in the studio – and ultimately performing live on stage for our fans.”
