In July 2011, Hawthorne Heights parted ways with Wind-up Records and created their own record label, Cardboard Empire. The band self-released a trilogy of EPs, beginning with Hate , which was released on August 23, 2011. Each EP was released within four or five months of the prior release. Between releases the band embarked on various tours in North America. On August 11, 2011, the album art and track listing for Hate was revealed. The next day the band premiered one of the EP’s tracks, “Four White Walls”. The EP leaked onto the internet on August 21, 2011. Hawthorne Heights planned to release a music video for each track from Hate , the first for the song “Is This What You Wanted?”.
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