It's Affirmative ... Relient K Earns RIAA Gold With 'Mmhmm'

It's Affirmative ... Relient K Earns RIAA Gold With 'Mmhmm'; Band
Electrifies Fans as Vans Warped Tour Rolls On
Tuesday July 19, 4:18 pm ET

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., July 19 /PRNewswire/ -- "Mmhmm," the current hit
album from Gotee/Capitol recording artists Relient K, has been
certified gold by the RIAA for U.S. sales in excess of 500,000 units.
The certification marks the band's second gold album, following this
spring's RIAA sales award presentation for 2003's "Two Lefts Don't
Make a Right ... But Three Do."
The announcement comes as the Canton, Ohio-based band continues to
thrill sun-baked North American audiences as a main stage act on this
year's installment of the celebrated Vans Warped Tour. Relient K will
continue the trek through to its final bows, set for August 15th at
Northampton, Massachusetts' Three Counties Fairgrounds (see attached
itinerary).

Released last November, the Top 15 "Mmhmm" has proven to be Relient
K's most successful outing to date, reaping unanimous critical
commendations and the fastest sales of the band's career. Fuelled by
non-stop road work -- including last spring's arena/amphitheater tour
alongside Good Charlotte and Simple Plan -- the band's fourth album
recently jumped 38 places to re-enter the top half of the Billboard
200 (spurred by a one-week 27 per cent sales increase).

In other Relient K news, the video for the album's first single, "Be
My Escape," has been added into rotation on MTV this week -- where it
already in the Total Request Live (TRL) countdown. Small screen
viewers may also take in the quartet's scheduled August 22nd
appearance on ABC-TV's Jimmy Kimmel Live!, during which they will
perform "Be My Escape" outdoors. News of the performance follows last
week's appearance on NBC-TV's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
Additionally, Relient K are to appear July 22nd on the MTV "Hits"
program, part of Summer on the Strip from Las Vegas; an appearance on
MTV's Hard Rock Live will air later this summer.

Relient K -- Matthew Thiessen: vocals; Matthew Hoopes: guitar; Dave
Douglas; drums; John Schnek; bass; John Warne -- jumped onto the scene
in 1998, quickly drawing praise for their idiosyncratic brand of
melodic, optimistic, pop-injected punk. The quartet developed a
reputation as one of the hardest working bands on the circuit, playing
an average of 200 gigs a year. The constant touring paid off: Relient
K's three Gotee-released albums -- including 2001's "The Anatomy of
the Tongue in Cheek" -- each achieved stand out sales figures while
expanding the band's loyal fanbase across the country.

By 2003, Relient K had become one of modern punk's biggest underground
acts. Their third album, the gold-certified "Two Lefts Don't Make a
Right ... But Three Do" was a Top 40 smash on the Billboard 200. The
album garnered Relient K their first Grammy Award nomination.