Photo l-r: John Espy, Josh Burke, Ronnie Winter, Joey Westwood, Nadeem Salam, Randy Winter (Photo Credit: K Enagonio)
5X Platinum-certified alternative rock mainstays THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS are excited to announce their signing to premiere independent music label Better Noise Music. Formed in 2004 in Jacksonville, FL, the band has accrued Gold and multi-platinum singles—including their massive 5x Platinum hit single “Face Down” and “Your Guardian Angel”—and 2X Platinum-certified debut album, Don’t You Fake It, alongside numerous high-ranking radio chart positions and a robust digital history of 1.4 billion career streams.
BETTER NOISE MUSIC President / COO Steve Kline remarks on the band’s signing: “We’re excited to partner with The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus on their next release. The timing is perfect, allowing longtime fans to dive into new music while creating a platform for new listeners to discover the awesome songs from the band’s upcoming album.”
THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS—lead vocalist, guitarist and founding member Ronnie Winter, his multi-instrumentalist brother Randy Winter, guitarist Josh Burke, bassist Joey Westwood, drummer John Esp, and touring keyboardist Nadeem Salam—have today released a new recording of their previously unreleased song “Home Improvement.” “Home Improvement” was one of the band’s “lost” tracks which were originally recorded prior to the sessions for their debut album but didn’t make the cut and have only existed as demos found on YouTube. These songs, along with new material, will be released on their new album due in Spring of 2025 via Better Noise Music.
Ronnie elaborates: “In 2004, as a local, unsigned band out of Jacksonville, Florida, we recorded a batch of demos that we posted on social media and passed around everywhere we could, later these were known to fans as our self-titled album. This led to our first major label signing in fall of 2005. We wasted little time getting into the studio to give these songs a fresh new recording and that became the basis for our now 2X Platinum-certified debut album ‘Don’t You Fake It.’ Some of these songs didn’t make the cut due to studio time, album length, and whatnot. Over the years with file trading and YouTube, these demos found their way across the internet and became fan favorites in their own right, and became known as ‘The Lost Songs.’ Fans traded and would beg us to release them, as they were never officially released on streaming platforms.”
“What’s old is new again,” Winters announces. “We have reteamed with many of those involved with ‘Don’t You Fake It’ for our upcoming album and we’re stoked to finally officially release a new recording of ‘Home Improvement’—a song about heartache and the ambivalence of love. It’s been one of the most requested of ‘The Lost Songs’ and will be released digitally for the first time-ever through our new record label, Better Noise Music. This isn’t nostalgia, this is right now, and there’s much more to come!”
Watch and listen via YouTube HERE.
THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS will celebrate their new signing at When We Were Young festival in Las Vegas, NV this weekend (October 19 & 20) performing Don’t You Fake It in its entirety and will also perform at the Emo Pool Party on 10/18 at The Strat with Hawthorne Heights, Armor For Sleep, and Emory. Over their 20-year career, THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS has been a continuous touring draw globally, from their early days sharing stages with My Chemical Romance and Taking Back Sunday to performing with Warped Tour and beyond.
THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS TOUR DATES
- 10/19 Las Vegas, NV – When We Were Young 2024
- 10/20 Las Vegas, NV – When We Were Young 2024
- 12/5 Pomona, CA – The Glass House
- 12/6 San Diego, CA – Brick by Brick
- 12/8 Anaheim, CA – House of Blues