Family Of The Year Share New Music Video For “Hero” From ‘Boyhood,’ By Richard Linklater
June 19, 2015 BY Nettwerk
Family Of The Year partnered with BuzzFeed to shares the new music video for the band’s standout track “Hero.” Featured in the Oscar-nominated, Golden Globe winning film Boyhood, the film trailer and the official soundtrack, “Hero” has been cut to footage from the groundbreaking masterpiece to create an official music video that represents the power of both the film and the song. Joe Keefe (lead vocals, guitars) recently sat down with the New York Post to discuss the song, the band and their relationship to the film.
With their Billboard radio chart debut, Family Of The Year saw “Hero” reach #1 on the Triple A Top 30 Radio Chart, sitting Top 5 for a record-breaking four months. “Hero” also landed Top 10 at Alternative Radio. With the release of Loma Vista, Family Of The Year performed “Hero” on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, CONAN and Last Call With Carson Daly. Also, MTV2 added Family Of The Year to “Artist To Watch” and USA Today featured the band in their “On The Verge” column. All this follows other emerging artist features with Entertainment Weekly, Billboard, Amazon, Interview Magazine, Paste, SonicBids and more. Formed in 2009, Family Of The Year is Joe Keefe (lead vocals, guitars), Sebastian Keefe (drums, vocals), James Buckey (guitars, vocals) and Christina Schroeter (keyboards, vocals).
Written and directed by Richard Linklater, Boyhood has appeared on more “best of 2014” lists than any other film released last year. Boyhood took home three awards, including Best Motion Picture, Drama, at this year’s Annual Golden Globes awards ceremony. As of today, the film is nominated for 6 Oscars, including Best Picture. Filmed over short periods from 2002 to 2013 with the same cast – Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette, Lorelei Linklater and Ellar Coltrane – Boyhood is the story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a child named Mason (Coltrane). Boyhood is now available on Digital HD, Blu-Ray Combo Pack and DVD.
