Holes and Hearts was co-founded by two young brothers, Riley and Casey.

THE NAME

We are often asked about the name and how it came about... so here is the story from the beginning.

Riley was born with a large hole in his heart which was discovered at the age of 2 months and was taken for a life saving heart surgery immediately upon his diagnosis to temporarily repair the problem until he was old enough to have major surgery . At 10 months old the Doctors decided it was time to try and fix the hole which would require Open Heart Surgery. The Surgeons were not able to completely close the hole due to the size and location. Riley continues to see Cardiologists on a regular basis...

From these life experiences at an early age, Riley along with his older brother Casey, have seen the compassion and possibilities of people who want to help others when they are in need. They have been inspired and driven by family, friends and complete strangers who in Riley's words, "saved my life", and they know 1st hand, the reality of how fragile life really is.

THE MUSIC

Passionate and Driven ROCK from two young Brothers... with HEAVY Guitars (Ozzy, Rage Against the Machine) and In Your Face Vocals (Disturbed, NIN) rocking over Crowd Moving Tracks (Linkin Park, Saliva) and thought provoking lyrics. Holes and Hearts always puts on a High Energy and Intense Live Show. At the age of 10 Casey started playing guitar and hasn't been able to put it down since... He began jamming out covers to some of his favorite bands with Riley, then 9, and the chemistry was Electric.

Riley who is now 11 and Casey who is now 12 decided that the two of them wanted to focus all of their time working together on writing New and Original music that is Heavy and Passionate. As Casey puts it, "We want to touch people and make them feel deeply with our words and bang their heads and shake to our music" . They believe in themselves and their music and are continuing to write, practice and perform.

The first song we ever wrote, "I Am Not Afraid", was selected to be on the Summer 2008 Troop Compilation CD that will be shipped over to the Troops in Iraq. We are Honored to be included on this CD and Support the Troops. Also, GarageBand.com Awarded Holes and Hearts Best Lyrics in Alternative Rock for the week of March 3, 2008, Best Melody in Alternative Rock for the week of March 3, 2008 and Best Lyrics in Alternative Rock for the week of March 31, 2008 for their song "Are We Done Yet".

They are currently writing, rehearsing and recording New Songs in the studio with GRAMMY NOMINATED Platinum Producer Frank "BLAME" Macek and finishing up 6 NEW Songs including "Let's Get It On", "Feel", "High Above", "Weirdo", "11:57" and "Just a Broken Heart". We can't wait for Everyone to hear these and should have a NEW Full Length Disc out by the end of 2008!

Please stop back often as we are always updating with New Music, Merchandise and Videos. You can also visit us at www.holesandhearts.com and www.youtube.com/HolesandHearts . We hope to see you at a show and would love to meet as many of you as possible... until then please leave us a comment and let us know what your feelin'.

Sincerely,

Holes and Hearts