It was one of those songs – a massive, three-and-a-half minute nugget of pop rock simply titled “So” – that caught the attention of the biggest radio station in the band’s native Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, B104 FM. Immediately after the station debuted the song on its nightly top ten countdown in late 2007, its phone lines were stormed by listeners feverishly requesting “So.” The track swiftly hit number one on the countdown and assumed that position for an unprecedented five weeks straight. The song’s runaway success led to the band sharing the stage with some of the biggest names in alternative and pop music: Boys Like Girls, Yellowcard, New Found Glory and All Time Low, to name just a few. 2008 was a storybook year for the four members of the band – Dan Kastelnik (vocals/guitar), Jake Lare (bass/vocals), Chris Morrison (guitar) and drummer Anz Gibson (drums) – but they couldn’t afford to rest on their laurels. With more eyes on them than ever before, the guys mapped out their next move: crafting a debut album that wouldn’t just top “So,” but blow it out of the water and establish Sandlot Heroes as a certified musical force. The result: Pretend That We’re Famous. The quartet recorded Pretend with producer Adam Richman, best known for his work with Universal Republic artist Making April, in his lofty Coney Island studio over the last year. “Adam just captured everything perfectly on the record,” Kastelnik says. “Great pop rock songs are only great when every part comes together, and he helped us realize that.” Opening track “The Trainwreck,” is an infectious blast toasting to youth and summer, and the rocking “History” prompts fists to be raised. The album’s first single, “Out Of My Hands,” is an unabashedly huge power ballad, complemented by piano and soaring harmonies. It sounds like a chart-topper, and that’s exactly what the band intended. This August, "Out of My Hands" has been officially added and is already climbing up the most requested Countdown at 8" on B104. B104 Program Director Eric Chase testifies: “From the minute I saw and heard the Sandlot Heroes, I recognized them as a presence that could immediately be placed into the fabric of the pop culture equation that we try to create here at B104.” The band plans on bringing Pretend to the masses after its October release. Following up their August headlining show at Musikfest in Bethlehem, Pa. – which annually attracts over a million people - the band has several high-profile dates lined up, including a stop at the venerable Dewey Music Conference in Delaware. An East Coast tour in the fall is also in the works. In the meantime, the band has explored every avenue possible; in-store appearances at Hot Topic and The Gap, among other stores, have allowed the band to share those unquestionable songs with their fans. There are no limits to the band’s aspirations. “We want to get your attention,” Kastelnik says. “We want to be huge.” Armed with the songs to make it happen, Sandlot Heroes won’t have to pretend to be famous much longer.
With there latest song beliver heavily dominating local radio charts even getting more request than national bands like lady gaga, usher, and the script its only a matte of time when the whole world knows who the sandlot herous are its been along time coming for a magor band to coe out of the a.b.e its been over 10 years since fuel and live brought hope to the valley scene tand sandlot herous deistined to be next
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