True View
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October 13, 2017 |
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Summer 2017 |
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Pure Noise Records (worldwide) End Hits Records (Europe) |
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13 (CD) |
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36 min 13 sec (CD) |
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Derek Hoffman (Production) |
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TrueView is the sixth studio album by the American hardcore - band Stick to Your Guns that on 13 October 2017 Pure Noise Records and End Hits Records appeared.
It houses thirteen tracks and has a total playing time of 36 minutes and 13 seconds. Compared to the band's previous albums, the lyrics are less about political and socially critical issues, but rather represent a musical self-reflection of the musicians, especially the singer Jesse Barnett .
The album was produced by Derek Hoffman, who has already recorded albums from The Flatliners , Silverstein and Boys Night Out , at JTM Studios in Granada Hills , California while Will Putney , known for his work with Every Time I Die and Body Count , among others took care of the mixing .
Creation and publication
The musicians moved into JTM Studios in Granada Hills , California on June 1, 2017 with producer Derek Hoffman - who has already worked with Silverstein , the Flatliners and Boys Night Out - to begin recording the album. After the recordings were finished, Will Putney , who was already on the controls with Every Time I Die , The Amity Affliction and Body Count , took over the mixing and mastering .
On July 27th, 2017, the album called True View was announced for October 13th, 2017. On the same day, the track list and the first single The Sun, The Moon, The Truth: Penance of Self and a lyrics video were released. The album cover was designed in collaboration with Jesse Barnett by the former Warriors musician Donny Phillips , who was responsible for the 2015 record illustration of the predecessor Disobedient .
Album editions
- Standard CD in a jewel case with thirteen titles
- Digipak CD including live DVD from Vainstream Rockfest 2016, limited to 2,000 units
- Vinyl editions:
- Bone / Black / Oxblood Splatter, limited to 300 units (exclusively in the webshop of the label Pure Noise Records )
- White / Bone / Brown, limited to 300 units (exclusively US indie retail)
- Clear / Heavy Black Splatter, limited to 300 units (tape version)
- Black / White, limited to 900 units
- other color versions
Track list
album
| # | title | Composer (s) | length | Remarks |
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| 1. | 3 feet from piece |
Jesse Barnett (lyrics) Derek Hoffman, Brayden Brown, Stick to Your Guns (music) |
2:11 | |
| 2. | The Sun, The Moon, The Truth: "Penance of Self" | Barnett (lyrics) Hoffman, Brown, Stick to Your Guns (music) |
3:19 | • 1st single • Lyrics video |
| 3. | Married to the noise | Barnett (lyrics) Hoffman, Brown, Stick to Your Guns (music) |
3:08 | • 2nd single • Lyrics video |
| 4th | Delinelle | Barnett (lyrics) Hoffman, Brown, Stick to Your Guns (music) |
2:34 | |
| 5. | Cave canem | Barnett (lyrics) Hoffman, Brown, Stick to Your Guns (music) |
2:56 | |
| 6th | 56 | Barnett (lyrics) Hoffman, Brown, Stick to Your Guns (music) |
3:17 | |
| 7th | The Inner Authority: "Realization of Self" | Barnett (lyrics) Hoffman, Brown, Stick to Your Guns (music) |
2:32 | |
| 8th. | You are free | Barnett (lyrics) Hoffman, Brown, Stick to Your Guns (music) |
2:16 | |
| 9. | Doomed by You | Barnett (lyrics) Hoffman, Brown, Stick to Your Guns (music) |
2:16 | |
| 10. | The Better Days Before Me | Barnett (lyrics) Hoffman, Brown, Stick to Your Guns (music) |
2:52 | |
| 11. | Owed Nothing | Barnett (lyrics) Hoffman, Brown, Stick to Your Guns (music) |
3:21 | |
| 12. | Through the chain link | Barnett (lyrics) Hoffman, Brown, Stick to Your Guns (music) |
2:36 | |
| 13. | The Reach for Me: "Forgiveness of Self" | Barnett (lyrics) Hoffman, Brown, Stick to Your Guns (music) |
3:03 |
Bonus DVD: Live at Vainstream
| # | title | album | length | Remarks |
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| 1. | Bringing You Down | Diamond | -: - | |
| 2. | Empty heads | -: - | ||
| 3. | Nobody | Disobedient | -: - | |
| 4th | Such pain | Diamond | -: - | |
| 5. | What Choice Did You Give Us? | Disobedient | -: - | |
| 6th | We Still Believe | Diamond | -: - | |
| 7th | We choose nothing | Disobedient | -: - | • Guest appearance by Wolf Down |
| 8th. | Nothing You Can Do to Me | -: - | ||
| 9. | Amber | The Hope Division | -: - | |
| 10. | Against Them All | Diamond | -: - |
Subject
In contrast to earlier works by the band, the focus in the band's lyrics was not on political or socially critical topics. The lyrics function primarily as a self-reflection for the musicians, especially singer Jesse Barnett . In several interviews, the singer said that he had struggled with various personal and mental problems over the past two years. He moved back to Los Angeles from Toronto in mid-2017 after their relationship broke up. The fact that he has problems getting close to people who do not have the same living conditions as him or the problem of maintaining relationships - which is what Barnett is about touring frequently - led at times to a status of personal emptiness. It picks up on the singer's emotions that have accompanied him in recent years, including fear , sadness , but also about forgiveness, letting go and self-reflection. The pieces available on the album The Sun, The Moon, The Truth: Penance of Self , The Inner Authority: Realization of Self and The Reach for Me: Forgiveness of Self represent a trilogy within the album that the three levels to be reached Barnett's inner journey.
There are also occasional socially critical texts such as the song Cave Canem , which deals with the actions of people and their effects on the environment and nature . When asked why the musicians decided, in times of Donald Trump's presidency and the global rise of nationalism , Barnett replied that there are currently too many hardcore bands who have discovered this topic for themselves. However, the singer sees a connection between the global political situation and his state of mind . For Barnett it was important to develop a personal album, because he realized that you have to be at peace with yourself first to be able to change the world. To strengthen this statement, he quoted a line from the song Lookin Out for # 1 by the American rock band Death by Stereo .
“I'm sure some people will wonder why it wasn't a political album in Trump's time. But you hear of so many bands from the hardcore and punk scene “Fuck Trump” right now, but I wanted to offer something different. It's not, of course, that I disagree with someone saying “Fuck Trump”. I think the whole world is more or less agreed on this thing. However, I have the feeling that for a social change it is extremely important to start with yourself. Death By Stereo put it in a nutshell: "Saving the world is great but I've got to save myself first". "
“There is this great quote from DEATH BY STEREO: 'Saving the world is great, but I've got to save myself first.' In the past two years I've said a lot of things on stage that I meant, but I couldn't feel them. I almost felt like a poser because I was too busy with myself. That's why I put a lot of pressure on myself, because we have a political self-image, but I just didn't have anything useful to say about it. I got a few things wrong and had to talk to people about things that had been unsaid for too long. I have my own journey behind me and the person who returned from this journey, only then can I take care of things like politics again. "
In the opener 3 Feet from Piece , a voice message from Barnett's mother can be heard at the beginning of the song. He justified this by saying that his mother was the person who helped him the most on his life path and the album was inspired by her.
promotion
Music videos
On July 27, 2017, at the same time as the album was announced, the first single The Sun, The Moon, The Truth: Penance of Self and a lyrics video were released. About three weeks before the announced release of the album, an official music video appeared for the track Married to the Noise .
Concert tours
Between November 16 and December 10, 2017, the group will be on a European tour accompanied by Being as an Ocean and Silent Planet . The concert tour will include Germany , Austria and Switzerland . A tour through the United States and Canada will follow in spring 2018 , which the band will do together with Counterparts in the opening act for Architects .
success
True View is the band's third album in a row that entered the US album charts . In Germany it climbed to number 16 and is the group's second work in the German charts after the Disobedient published in 2015 . For the first time Stick to Your Guns landed a listing in Switzerland .
According to an article on US music magazine Billboard , the album sold 8,000 times in the United States in its first week of sales.
| Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
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 Germany (GfK)
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16 (1 week) | 1 |
 Switzerland (IFPI)
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73 (1 week) | 1 |
 United States (Billboard)
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71 (1 week) | 1 |
Awards
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Rock Sounds 50 albums of 2017
- 14th place
Press reviews
Christian Heinemann from the German FUZE Magazine writes that compared to the EP Better Ash Than Dust released in 2016, the musicians are again concentrating on emotional and personal issues. In addition, according to Heinemann, the music is very varied. He describes songs like The Sun, the Moon, the Truth:, Penance of self as “doomy” and Cave Canem as “thrashy”. 56 remember Thrice ; The Reach for Me: Forgiveness of Self on Barnett's Trade Wind side project . The album shows which versatile band Stick to Your Guns has matured into. Dominik Winter from the German Metal Hammer describes the album as having few surprises despite the contrasts between “Bollo breakdowns and singalongs” and “ Refused or machine head phrasings”. Although the album come over smooth and in danger of quickly wear off, then winter is sure pieces like 56 or The Reach For Me: Forgiveness Of Self smoothly without problems on the radio or on stadium stages next Rise Against and 30 Seconds to Mars may exist . Manuel Berger from Laut.de calls the musical mood on True View quite aggressive. So, "the guitarists with interspersed melodies and disharmonies" just miss the metalcore . The reef breakers really come into their own thanks to the production, which the reviewer describes as tough. Drummer George Schmitz, on the other hand, already proves in the opener 3 Feet from Piece how one can add epic to a simple power chord passage. As the only downer, Berger describes the last song on the album, The Reach For Me: Forgiveness Of Self, which stylistically falls out of the ordinary and takes a lighter direction, which makes the piece interchangeable.
Connor Atkinson from the Canadian Exclaim! writes that True View is welcoming and responsive. The opener already shows the listener what the band stands for: honest lyrics, catchy melodies influenced by punk , and an accessible approach to West Coast Hardcore. While Barnett's open book method of his lyrical vulnerability in pieces like Doomed by You benefits the group's performance, this seems misplaced in other places and would be better off in Barnett's post-punk side project Trade Wind . All in all, says Atkinson, the band gave their fans a collection of good songs; then 56 radio friendly, while Cave Canem a love child from the best pieces of the Bands Ignite and terror could be.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b wookubus: The PRP : Stick To Your Guns Begin Recording New Album
- ↑ Simon: Away from Life : Stick To Your Guns in the studio - new album in the fall
- ↑ a b Maggie Dickman: Alternative Press : Stick To Your Guns announce new album, debut electrifying new track — listen ( Memento of the original from August 16, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Susi: Impericon Magazine : Interview with Jesse (Stick To Your Guns): That's why there is no song about Donald Trump on the new album
- ↑ a b c d e Jannik Holdt: Stageload : Interview with Stick To Your Guns
- ↑ a b c d Christian Heinemann: FUZE Magazine issue 66 (Sept / Oct 2017), p. 29: Save yourself before you save the world.
- ↑ a b c Axel Nothen: Westzeit : Stick To Your Guns - witnesses of fear
- ↑ Vice : Hardcore Wedding: Stick to Your Guns with a new video for "Married To The Noise"
- ↑ Charles: Noisiv : Stick To Your Guns and Being As An Ocean: From November on tour in Germany
- ^ Maggie Dickman: Alternative Press : Architects announce headlining tour with Stick To Your Guns, Counterparts
- ↑ a b c d Chart tracking: 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. - CH - US
- ↑ Kevin Rutherford: Billboard : Beck, Stick To Your Guns Lead Rock Album Charts
- ↑ Rob Sayce: Rock Sound : Rock Sound Top 50 Releases of the Year 2017: 20-11
- ↑ Christian Heinemann: FUZE Magazine : Stick to Your Guns - True View Review ( Memento of the original from October 18, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Dominik Winter: Metal Hammer : Stick to Your Guns - True View Review
- ↑ Manuel Berger: Laut.de : Stick to Your Guns - True View Critique
- ↑ Connor Atkinson: Exclaim! : Stick to Your Guns - True View Review
