Disobedient
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February 10, 2015 |
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February-March 2014 |
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11 (regular) |
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29 min 38 sec (regular) |
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Disobedient is the title of the fifth studio album by the American hardcore band Stick to Your Guns , released on February 10, 2015 via Sumerian Records .
The album was produced by John Feldmann , who already worked on albums with The Used and Story of the Year . The regular version contains eleven pieces with a total playing time of 29 minutes and 38 seconds; while the deluxe version has three more titles and a total playing time of 37 minutes and 16 seconds. Like its predecessor Diamond from 2012, Disobedient made it into the US album charts and is also the first album by the band to be placed in Germany .
Guest musicians included Walter Delgado from Rotting Out , Scott Vogel from Terror and Toby Morse from H2O . Motionless in White also contributed gangshouts. As singles were nobody and What Choise Did You Give Us? decoupled. In addition, the song RMA (Revolutionary Mental Attitude) was released in advance. To Nobody , What Choice Did You Give Us? and The Crown released a music video each.
Emergence
At the beginning of April 2013 a new album for 2014 was announced by Josh James , who recently joined the band and who is or was active with Evergreen Terrace and Casey Jones . During this period, the musicians already spent writing their first songs for the album. The musicians wrote a total of 18 songs for the album, some of which were written in the studio together with producer John Feldman. On February 5, 2014, the musicians moved into the recording studio with producer John Feldmann to start work on their album. Less than five weeks later, the recordings were completed.
The band was able to attract musicians such as Toby Morse from H2O , Scott Vogel from Terror and Walter Delgado from Rotting Out as guest musicians . For the gangshouts, the musicians asked Motionless in White when the group happened to meet them in Los Angeles . The musicians of Stick to Your Guns and Motionless in White are friends with each other, so that Motionless in White, despite an upcoming Australia concert tour, agreed to participate in the album.
On the album, as on its predecessor Diamond, there are isolated quotes from various speeches by the Indian philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti .
Track list
| # | title | Composer (s) | length | Remarks |
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| 1. | It starts with me | 2:31 | ||
| 2. | What Choice Did You Give Us? | 2:55 | • 2nd single • Animated music video |
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| 3. | Nobody | 3:05 | • 1st single • Music video |
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| 4th | RMA (Revolutionary Mental Attitude) | 1:28 | • feat. Toby Morse | |
| 5. | Nothing You Can Do to Me | 2:22 | • feat. Walter Delgado | |
| 6th | To whom It May concern | 3:17 | ||
| 7th | The Crown | 3:30 | • Music video | |
| 8th. | I choose nothing | 3:15 | • feat. Scott Vogel | |
| 9. | Disobedient | 1:04 | ||
| 10. | The War Inside | 3:02 | ||
| 11. | Left You Behind | 4:29 | ||
| 12. | Every second | 1:42 | • Bonus titles | |
| 13. | The Crown | 3:24 | • Bonus titles • Acoustic version |
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| 14th | Nothing You Can Do to Me | 2:32 | • Bonus titles • Acoustic version |
promotion
Music videos and singles
On October 21, 2014, Nobody, the first single including a music video, was released. On December 9 of the same year, What Choice Did You Give Us? the second single along with an animated music video was presented to the public. At the end of January 2015 the track RMA (Revolutionary Mental Attitude) , on which Toby Morse of H2O can be heard as a guest musician, was released in advance, but does not serve as an official single. On June 8, 2015, after the album was released, the band presented a music video for their piece The Crown .
Concert tours
In February and March 2015, the band played the Disobedient Tour with The Amity Affliction, Being as an Ocean, In Hearts and '68 , which ran through the United States and Canada. In April and May 2015, the band completed another European tour with the Australian band Deez Nuts , which was also accompanied by Being as an Ocean and Trash Talk . As part of this tour, there were appearances at Groezrock , all seven stations of the Impericon Festival , as well as at the sister festivals Rock im Revier and Rockavaria, which were organized for the first time . Previously, the band toured North America with The Amity Affliction and In Hearts Wake . A short European tour followed in August 2015, which included festival appearances at the Ieperfest , the Kent Music Festival and the Summerblast Festival, before another North American concert tour with Emarosa , Blessthefall and Oceans Ate Alaska followed in October and November .
success
Commercially
In the week of February 28, 2015 Disobedient rose to number 85 in the US album charts and stayed there for a week. After Diamond , it is the band's second album to make it onto the official album charts of the United States . According to the Metal by Numbers column of the online magazine Metalinsider.net , the album sold around 7,800 times in the first week of sales in the United States. In Germany , the album rose to number 42, making it the first chart listing in the album charts.
| Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
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 Germany (GfK)
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42 (1 week) | 1 |
 United States (Billboard)
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85 (1 week) | 1 |
Press reviews
Jan Hassenpflug from Laut.de writes that Disobedient leaves little room for criticism. However, he made the short total playing time as a point of criticism and put forward the thesis that musical material was missing. As a further point of criticism, he named the "Wohohoh choirs" that were built in over and over again, adding an annoying element to the coherent overall concept. All in all, Hassenpflug reviews the album positively overall: be it due to the fact that the musicians can make a lot out of a little or the guest singers on the album. Tobias Groß from Stageload believes that Disobedient seamlessly connects to Diamond . The group is now walking more in the realm of Melodic Hardcore . Groß also describes the “Woahs” as dampening the positive development, which puts the songs in a wrong light. Even lyrically, according to Groß, the band keeps getting lost in clichés. In his final paragraph he concludes that the musicians try to be something they are not, which makes the rebellious attitude that the band shows off.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chris Ramone: Dying Scene : Stick to Your Guns to release new album in 2014
- ↑ a b Danielle Bellavance: Ryan's Rock Show : Q&A: Stick To Your Guns' Josh James on the Band's New Album with John Feldmann
- ↑ No party : STICK TO YOUR GUNS - the band starts recording their new album
- ^ Matt Crane: Alternative Press : Stick To Your Guns tracking new album with producer John Feldmann
- ↑ Tony Shrum: New Noise Magazine : Interview: Stick To Your Guns Talk About The Cultural Relevance of Their New Album Title & Imagery
- ^ A b Jan Hassenpflug: Laut.de : Stick to Your Guns - Disobedient criticism
- ↑ a b Tobias Groß: Stageload : Stick to Your Guns - Disobedient criticism
- ^ Matt Crane: Alternative Press : Stick To Your Guns, "Nobody" video premiere
- ^ Tyler Sharp: Alternative Press : Stick To Your Guns make a statement with "What Choice Did You Give Us?" single
- ↑ Tyler Sharp: Alternative Press : Stick To Your Guns premiere new song, “RMA (Revolutionary Mental Attitude)” feat. H2O vocalist
- ↑ Chelsea Renee Scofield: Alternative Press : Stick To Your Guns unleash new video for "The Crown"
- ^ Tyler Sharp: Alternative Press : Stick To Your Guns announce headlining tour with the Amity Affliction, Being As An Ocean, more
- ↑ Ryan Kappy: Under the Gun Review : Stick to Your Guns & Deez Nuts to Co-Headline 2015 UK / EU tour ( Memento of the original from February 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Tyler Sharp: Alternative Press : Stick To Your Guns announce headlining tour with the Amity Affliction, Being As An Ocean, more
- ↑ Patrick Siegmann: Stageload : Stick To Your Guns - On tour with The Story So Far in August
- ^ Tyler Sharp: Alternative Press : Blessthefall, Stick To Your Guns announce tour with Emarosa, Oceans Ate Alaska, Cane Hill
- ↑ Matt Brown: Metalinsider.net : Metal By Numbers 2.18: Gunning for sales
- ↑ a b c Chart tracking: US - DE ( Memento of the original from February 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
