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Iron Hero seems brave enough. Seeing as each member of the band was born in the early 1980?s, they have been forced to confront a period of rapid technological development. That the band hails from small to midsize Georgia towns is irrelevant; the boys have seen the size of cell phones shrink alongside the rest of the world, and they were well aware that there is no sense in hiding from the change. Becoming drunk on new and old music as fast as the Internet could transmit bios and sound samples to their homes, they took advantage of easy access to every note within their electronic grasp. Iron Hero is informed by disparate sounds and notions: reggae, Americana, new-wave, rock classicists, and any sub-genre before which one could attach or remover the word ?post-?. So where would that leave their music? It?s decidedly not what you have decided to be southern rock. No, because their perception of the South isn?t covered in mud and blues scales. Though fiercely cold, Iron Hero?s rock music is draped in severed live wires; it is pessimist?s convincing prediction that efficiency will soon replace intimacy. To reign in their schizo influences and maximilist tendencies, the brought in Josh McKay (of Macha) to discipline their widescreen compositions; he made certain the sounds danced together in brilliant disharmony. Andy Baker (of the glands), who has worked with Elf Power, Maserati, and the Mercury Program, committed it all to tape and hard drive. The whole mess was mastered by Glenn Schick. Team Clermont is quarterbacking promotion.