Of Mice & Men (album)

Of Mice & Men
Studio album by
Of Mice & Men
ReleasedMarch 9, 2010
StudioThe Foundation Recording Studios, Connersville, Indiana
Genre
Length33:41
LabelRise
ProducerJoey Sturgis
Of Mice & Men chronology
Of Mice & Men
(2010) 		The Flood
(2011)
Singles from Of Mice & Men
  1. "Seven Thousand Miles for What"
    Released: June 1, 2009
  2. "Second & Sebring"
    Released: August 7, 2010
  3. "Those in Glass Houses"
    Released: August 7, 2010

Of Mice & Men is the debut studio album by American rock band Of Mice & Men. It was originally planned to be released on February 23, 2010, but was delayed until March 9. The album was released through Rise Records and was produced by Joey Sturgis. This is the only album to feature bassist and backing vocalist Jaxin Hall.

Background

Of Mice & Men began progress on their self-titled debut shortly after demo session recordings. The group was signed to Rise within lead vocalist Austin Carlile's acknowledgment that the previous group he was a part of, Attack Attack!, were signed to label upon his membership. The album was officially announced by Austin Carlile on the band's YouTube channel on December 23, 2009,[2] and is currently available on SmartPunk,[3] MerchNOW,[4] and InterPunk.[5] Shortly after the album's release Carlile left the band and Jerry Roush took his position on unclean vocals. After Warped Tour 2010, Jaxin Hall left the band to improve his home life and work on his clothing company, Love Before Glory. Jerry was with Of Mice & Men up to the This Is a Family Tour with label mates Attack Attack!. After this, Carlile was invited and returned to the band again with Roush fired. Austin Carlile was working on a side project with Alan Ashby at the time, so when he was invited back, he said that he and Alan were a package deal. Alan was put on rhythm guitar and Shayley Bourget was moved to bass, but he was still doing clean vocals. Music videos were made for the songs "Those in Glass Houses" and "Second & Sebring".[6]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk67%[7]
Review Rinse Repeat[8]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Austin Carlile, Jaxin Hall, and Shayley Bourget; all music composed by Of Mice & Men.

No.TitleLength
1."YDG"3:18
2."They Don't Call It the South for Nothing"3:07
3."Second & Sebring"3:49
4."Westbound & Down"3:39
5."John Deux Trois"3:17
6."Those in Glass Houses"2:42
7."Farewell to Shady Glade"3:41
8."The Ballad of Tommy Clayton & the Rawdawg Millionaire"3:50
9."Seven Thousand Miles for What"2:53
10."This One's for You"3:27
Total length:33:41

Personnel

Of Mice & Men

  • Austin Carlile – unclean vocals
  • Phil Manansala – lead guitar
  • Shayley Bourget – clean vocals, rhythm guitar, piano on "Second & Sebring"
  • Jaxin Hall – bass, backing vocals
  • Valentino Arteaga – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart Peak Position
Billboard 200 115[9]
U.S. Billboard Independent Albums 12[10]
U.S. Billboard Heatseekers Albums 3[11]
U.S. Billboard Rock Albums 35
U.S. Billboard Hard Rock Albums 10

References

  1. ^ "Of Mice & Men review by AbsolutePunk". Absolutepunk.com. AbsolutePunk. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
  2. ^ Carlile, Austin (December 23, 2009). "YouTube - Of Mice & Men Video Update!". YouTube. Archived from the original on November 5, 2010. Retrieved January 7, 2010.
  3. ^ "Of Mice And men". SmartPunk. Retrieved January 7, 2010.
  4. ^ "Of Mice & Men : MerchNOW". MerchNOW. Retrieved March 2, 2010.
  5. ^ "Interpunk.com - The Ultimate Punk Music Store!". Interpunk. Retrieved March 2, 2010.
  6. ^ Of Mice & Men premiere!
  7. ^ Beringer, Drew (March 13, 2010). "Of Mice & Men - Of Mice & Men - Album Review". AbsolutePunk. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
  8. ^ Colwell, Matthew (February 18, 2010). "Of Mice And Men - Of Mice And Men". reviewrinserepeat.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
  9. ^ "Music Albums, Top 200 Albums & Music Albums Charts - Billboard.com". Billboard. Retrieved March 19, 2010.
  10. ^ "Independent Albums - Billboard.com". Billboard. Retrieved March 19, 2010.
  11. ^ "Heatseekers Albums - Billboard.com". Billboard. Retrieved March 19, 2010.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.