Take Action! compilation and tour routing announced

Hopeless and Sub City Records have announced the 5th installment of their Take Action! compilation series. The album will be released on the 21st of February, 2006 and is again a two disc set. This year's model includes tracks by Against Me!, Lucero, Joey Cape, HORSE the band, The Loved Ones, Hawthorne Heights, Sugarcult and more. The compilation will also contain enhanced materials including mental health resources and information about the Youth America Hotline.

The yearly Take Action! Tour will also be underway starting on March 1st. The tour will be headlined by Matchbook Romance, with support by Silverstein and other unannounced acts. More information can be found on the tour's webpage.
Please Read More for information about the Take Action! non profit as well as the tracklisting and tour routing for this year's events.

About Take Action!

Take Action! aims to create a better world, one voice and one action at a time. If you or a loved one is in a crisis there is a confidential resource to help you. Please call 1 877 YOUTHLINE (968-8454) or 1 800 SUICIDE (784-2433).

Suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death for young people ages 15 to 24. Take Action! educates millions of young people about depression, suicide, and ways to find help in their area.

5% of the suggested retail price for each Take Action! CD sold and 10% of the gross door receipts from each Take Action! Tour show are donated to the Kristin Brooks Hope Center ( http://www.hopecenter.com ) - operators of The Youth America Hotline 1 877 YOUTHLINE and 1 800 SUICIDE. Over the past 4 years Sub City Records and Take Action! have raised over $220,000 for the Kristin Brooks Hope Center.

Take Action! Volume 5

CD 1

  • PSA by Tim Pagnotta of Sugarcult
  • Underoath - I Don’t Feel Very Receptive Today
  • The Fall of Troy - Whacko Jacko Steals the Elephant Man’s Bones
  • Saosin - Sleepers (demo)
  • Boys Night Out - Medicating
  • Sugarcult - Crying
  • Amber Pacific - Poetically Pathetic
  • Rufio - Mental Games
  • Plain White T's - Take Me Away
  • Panic! At the Disco - The O. D. B. Martyrdom and Suicide is Press Coverage
  • Cartel - The Minstrel’s Prayer
  • Hawthorne Heights - Silver Bullet (acoustic)
  • Nural - Chasing You
  • Let Go - Spotlights Armor For Sleep - The Truth About Heaven
  • June - Patrick
  • Emery - Studying Politics
  • Bedlight For Blue Eyes - Ephemeral Addictions
  • The Receiving End of Sirens - Dead Men Tell No Tales
  • A Life Once Lost - Vulture
  • HORSE The Band - Birdo
  • The Number Twelve Looks Like You - The Proud Parent's Convention Held in the ER
  • As I Lay Dying - Confined

    • CD 2

  • PSA by Joey Cape of Lagwagon
  • Dropkick Murphys - The Warrior’s Code
  • Strike Anywhere - Asleep
  • Lagwagon - Fallen
  • A Wilhelm Scream - The Soft Sell
  • The Briefs - Getting Hit On At The Bank
  • The Vacancy - So Obvious
  • Teenage Bottlerocket - Pull The Plug
  • Against Me! - Don't Lose Touch
  • Lucero - Sixteen
  • The Horrorpops - Where You Can’t Follow
  • Riverboat Gamblers - Walk Around Me
  • Lost City Angels - Liberation
  • Darker My Love - Summer Is Here
  • The Loved Ones - 100K
  • I Am The Avalanche - Dead And Gone
  • Cursive - A Disruption in the Normal Swing of Thing
  • Maxeen - Lead Not Follow
  • The AKA's - Desperation is a Stinky Cologne (unreleased)
  • Hockey Night - For Guy’s Eyes Only
  • Solea - Leaving Today
  • Broken Spindles - Burn My Body
    • Tour Routing for Take Action! 2006
    Date City State
    March 01 Baltimore MD
    March 02 Washington DC
    March 03 Norfolk VA
    March 04 Charlotte NC
    March 05 Nashville TN
    March 07 Atlanta GA
    March 08 Orlando FL
    March 09 Ft. Lauderdale FL
    March 10 Tampa FL
    March 11 Tallahassee FL
    March 12 Birmingham/ Mobile AL
    March 14 Houston TX
    March 15 Austin TX
    March 16 San Antonio TX
    March 17 Dallas TX
    March 18 Oklahoma City OK
    March 19 Tulsa OK
    March 21 Albuquerque NM
    March 22 Phoenix / Tucson AZ
    March 23 Las Vegas NV
    March 24 San Diego CA
    March 25 Anaheim CA
    March 26 L.A. CA
    March 28 Santa Barbara CA
    March 29 San Francisco CA
    March 31 Portland OR
    April 01 Seattle WA
    April 02 Spokane WA
    April 04 Boise ID
    April 05 SLC UT
    April 06 Denver CO
    April 08 Kansas City KS
    April 09 Omaha / St. Louis NE/MI
    April 10 Chicago IL
    April 11 Indiana IN
    April 12 Cincinnati / Columbus OH
    April 14 Cleveland OH
    April 15 Pittsburgh PA
    April 17 Rochester / Buffalo NY
    April 18 Poughkeepsie NY
    April 19 Boston MA
    April 20 Providence / Hartford RI / CT
    April 21 NYC NY
    April 22 NJ NJ
    April 23 Philadelphia PA