This Is A Fix
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| Studio album by The Automatic | |||||
| Released | UK August 2008 | ||||
| Genre | Rock Post-punk revival Punk rock Electro Pop |
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| Label | B-Unique Records | ||||
| Producer | Richard Jackson Butch Walker |
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This Is A Fix is the sophomore album by Wales based band The Automatic. It is currently slated for release in August 2008.[1][2]
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[edit] Production
[edit] Writing
Writing the second record began in early 2007 in preparation for the band's headline appearance on NME's Indie Rock Tour, and consequently tracks "Steve McQueen" and "Revolution" were played on tour.[3] The band after their UK performances travelled to the USA to perform on a number of different tours, including the Vans Warped Tour.
The band returned to the UK in the August 2007 and continued work on their sophomore release with former member Alex Pennie[4] up until September 16th 2007 when it was announced that he had decided to quit the band.[5]
In October 2007 the band announced they had began working with a second guitarist, Paul Mullen of Yourcodenameis:milo, who was emphasized as not being a replacement for Alex Pennie, and in fact keyboard and synth duties would now be split between James Frost, Paul Mullen and Rob Hawkins.[6]
In an interview the band commented on the new songs status saying they are poppier than before, with some heavier songs and some more mellow songs. The band's drummer Iwan expanded on this saying "the pop songs are more poppy, and the heavier songs are heavier than before."[7] In Rocksound magazines the band revealed some of the structures to there new tracks, annoucing "We've got one song thats like Nine Inch Nails meets System of a Down", with the tittle track "This Is A Fix" using weird bursts and harmonies, the chorus of which has a four-four drum beat, whilst all other musical aspects are at a three-four beat, Hawkins also spoke of a hip-hop sounding song at the other end of the albums spectrum which he wanted someone to rap on.[8]
As of 1 March 2008 the band have completed their album and returned from their Los Angeles studio to begin promotion and touring in the United Kingdom. The album is set for release in August, with a song to be put on the band's MySpace in the coming weeks.[9][10] Rocklouder Magazine confirmed that the bands first single would be "Steve McQueen", first played on the NME 2007 Tour, as well as announcing a series of new tour dates in the Summer months.[11]
In June 2008, after the bands Club Tour they began work in studio on a number of b-sides to the album, presumably for the single release of Steve McQueen and further singles.[12]
[edit] Release
Guitarist James Frost announced a new single for a April/May 2007 release in an radio interview with BBC Nottingham, however the single, speculated to be "Steve McQueen" was never released. It was said to have been recorded with Alex Pennie still in the band and thus whether this version will be released at any point is not known.[13] The single "Steve McQueen" is now slated for a July 2008 release. The album itself was originally said to be released in June, however the bands label decided to move the release back to August, with the album being released the week prior to the Reading and Leeds Festival.[14]
[edit] Meaning
In an interview with Rocklouder.co.uk the band revealed the main theme of the upcoming album: "There’s a bit of an idea of something going on behind the scenes, like espionage or something like that. Bit of a war theme as well. Completely by accident, but it’s there. Kind of ties in with the album title, 'This Is A Fix'. There’s different layers of meaning to that as well. It could be a fix as in a repair, a fix as in a drug fix, something you need or a solution – there’s a lot of meanings to it. Frost: That all points to a few of the tracks, there’s one called 'Secret Police' and one called 'Bad Guy', which are tying in with the espionage thing, but then one about needing to enjoy yourself and get drunk once in a while and how everyone needs to do that’s another kind of fix, so that title is just from a line in the song, but it accidentally ties in with almost every other track".[15]
[edit] Artwork
The albums artwork has been worked on by Dave Bailey and is "nearly complete".[16]
[edit] Personnel
[edit] Musicians
- James Frost - Guitar, backing vocals, Synthesizers
- Paul Mullen - Guitar, backing vocals, Synthesizers
- Robin Hawkins - Lead vocals, bass guitar
- Iwan Griffiths drums, percussion, vocals
- Alex Pennie - (Currently working on new musical project)
[edit] Production
[edit] Track Listing
A number of tracks have been played live from the album, there titles being announced at shows. Many live versions of the songs were consequently uploaded to Youtube.
- "This Is A Fix"
- "Steve McQueen"
- "Accessories"
- "Light Entertainment"
- "Magazines"
- "Secret Police"
- "Make the Mistakes"
- "Responsible Citizen"
- "This Ship"
- "Sleep Walking"
- "Bad Guys"
- "Revolution"
[edit] Working Titles
The band were confirmed to be working on 17 songs in studio, whilst some of the tittles have remained the same, the band have said many of the working tittles will not be used in the final cut of the album.
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[edit] References
- ^ The Automatic Reveal New Album Title. Click Music (April 17, 2008). Retrieved on 2008-01-18.
- ^ New line-up, new sound, new album for the Welsh rockers…. MTV (May 21, 2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
- ^ Shockwaves NME Awards Indie Rock Tour is go. NME (2007-01-30). Retrieved on 2008-02-22.
- ^ Back to the grind. theautomatic.co.uk (2007-08-20). Retrieved on 2008-05-01.
- ^ The Automatic's Pennie Quits The Band. NME (2007-01-30). Retrieved on 2008-02-22.
- ^ Yourcodenameis: The Automatic, apparently. drownedinsound (2007-09-10). Retrieved on 2007-10-19.
- ^ "News - James Frost Interview", NME, 2007-11-03. Retrieved on 2008-03-26.
- ^ RockSound Magazines, Page 8, Darren Sadler, April 2008.
- ^ Comin home, with new tunes in our suitcases. literally.. MySpace blog (2008-03-01). Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
- ^ Automatic now Pennie less. icwales (Gavin Allen) (November 7, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-12-01.
- ^ The Automatic Announce UK Tour!. Rocklouder.co.uk (April 10, 2008). Retrieved on 2008-02-21.
- ^ hello from paul & this is a fix webisode series launched!. Myspace blog (Paul Mullen) (2008-04-29). Retrieved on 2008-06-10.
- ^ The Automatic James Frost Audio Interview (5.16 single details). BBC (Nottingham) (February 2007). Retrieved on 2008-03-26.
- ^ Rocklouder catches up with The Automatic to talk all about the new album, on the last night of their first tour with new boy Paul Mullen. Rocklouder (Phillip May) (2008-04-29). Retrieved on 2008-05-03.
- ^ Rocklouder catches up with The Automatic to talk all about the new album, on the last night of their first tour with new boy Paul Mullen. Rocklouder (Phillip May) (2008-04-29). Retrieved on 2008-05-03.
- ^ hello from paul & this is a fix webisode series launched!. Myspace blog (Paul Mullen) (2008-04-29). Retrieved on 2008-06-10.
- ^ The Automatic Finish Second Album. melodic.net (2007-01-30). Retrieved on 2008-02-22.
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