We Came As Romans Annouce Headlining Tour, Reveal Album Cover

We Came As Romans will headline the I'm Alive Tour this fall with support from Miss May I, Of Mice & Men, Texas In July, and Close To Home. The Michigan-based sextet will release their sophomore full-length album, 'Understanding What We've Grown to Be,' on September 13th. The tour will kick off on the same day, with a hometown CD release show at The Crowfoot Ballroom in Pontiac, MI.

The album's cover painting was done by Paul Romano [Chiodos, Mastodon], who also created the cover of We Came As Romans' debut full-length album, 'To Plant a Seed.' Guitarist and lyricist Joshua Moore and bassist Andrew Glass worked together to come up with the visual concept for the cover and then collaborated with Romano to bring the powerful imagery to life. Check out the album cover below the cut.

Moore explains that the idea for the piece was developed long before the album was even completed stating, "We knew going into everything what the direction of the CD was going to be, the whole concept behind it and how we wanted to be portrayed as a band. The lyrics follow a sort of "dark to light" theme as the album goes on. We, as a band, discovered a lot of negativity in our lifestyle that we hadn't truly realized or noticed in the past and this CD is a lot about dealing with that and coping when things turn out the opposite of how you'd imagined they would."

The 12-track album was recorded with longtime friend and producer, Joey Sturgis [The Devil Wears Prada, Asking Alexandria] at Foundation Recording Studio.

'Understanding What We've Grown to Be' tracklisting:
1. Mis//Understanding
2. Everything As Planned
3. What I Wished I Never Had
4. Cast The First Stone
5. The Way That We Have Been
6. A War Inside
7. Stay Inspired
8. Just Keep Breathing
9. Views That Never Cease, To Keep Me From Myself
10. What My Heart Held
11. I Can't Make Your Decisions For You
12. Understanding What We've Grown To Be

We Came As Romans is currently touring on the 2011 Vans Warped Tour. Tickets for the I'm Alive Tour will be available through Artist Arena on Monday, July 18th. All upcoming shows can be found here, including additional one-off headlining tour dates.

I'm Alive Tour dates:
Sep 13 Pontiac, MI @ The Crofoot Ballroom
Sep 14 Green Bay, WI @ Riverside Ballroom
Sep 15 Palatine, IL @ Durty Nellie's
Sep 16 Madison, WI @ The Loft
Sep 17 Des Moines, IA @ People's Court
Sep 18 Fargo, ND @ The Venue
Sep 19 Winnipeg, MB, CAN @ West End Cultural Centre
Sep 20 Regina, SK, CAN @ The Exchange
Sep 21 Calgary, AB, CAN @ The Gateway Bar – SAIT Campus
Sep 22 Edmonton, AB, CAN @ The Starlite Room
Sep 24 Vancouver, BC, CAN @ Rickshaw Theatre
Sep 26 Spokane, WA @ The A Club
Sep 27 Eugene, OR @ WOW Hall
Sep 28 Reno, NV @ Knitting Factory
Sep 29 Las Vegas, NV @ Hard Rock Café
Sep 30 Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre
Oct 01 Flagstaff, AZ @ The Orpheum
Oct 02 Farmington, NM @ Top Deck
Oct 04 Lubbock, TX @ The Wrecker
Oct 05 Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom
Oct 06 Wichita, KS @ The Cotillion
Oct 07 Columbia, MO @ The Blue Note
Oct 08 Omaha, NE @ Sokol Underground
Oct 09 Iowa City, IA @ Blue Moose
Oct 11 Louisville, KY @ Expo Five
Oct 12 Knoxville, TN @ Valarium
Oct 13 Toledo, OH @ Headliners
Oct 14 Rochester, NY @ Water Street Music Hall