April was an exciting month for the Georgetown band Honor By August, as Mike Pearsall (MSB ’06, lead vocals/guitar) and band-mates Evan Field (COL ’98, lead guitars), Joe Wenger (GRD ’04, bass/vocals), and Brian Shanley (drums) enjoyed the success of their first full-length studio album release. The band performed a CD-release show at IOTA Club and Café in Arlington, Va. on March 23. Another CD-release show and party was held in New York City two days later.

The new album “Drowning Out the Television” is the product of a summer spent recording in Raleigh, N.C. in 2005. It is yet another milestone in the band’s career, following a grand prize award in the pop category of Billboard’s 12th Annual World Song Contest in 2004 and a successful show opening for Bon Jovi in a packed MCI Center (now Verizon Center) in December 2005 as the result of another contest win.

Pearsall is a senior marketing major in the MSB and has been juggling music with coursework since he arrived at Georgetown with two solo acoustic albums already to his credit. He plans to continue his musical career with Honor By August after graduation.

The boys spent April 2006 riding the wave of their album’s success, and at this rate, things are sure to heat up for the band in the coming summer months.