Someday Came Suddenly

Someday Came Suddenly
Studio album by Attack Attack!
Released November 11, 2008
Recorded 2008 at The Foundation Recording Studios in Connersville, Indiana
Genre Metalcore, electronic music
Length 30:24
Label Rise
Producer Joey Sturgis
Attack Attack! chronology
If Guns Are Outlawed, Can We Use Swords?
(2008)		 Someday Came Suddenly
(2008)		 Attack Attack!
(2010)
Singles from Someday Came Suddenly
  1. "Stick Stickly"
    Released: June 4, 2009
  2. "Dr. Shavargo Pt. 3"
    Released: August 25, 2009
  3. "The People's Elbow"
    Released: September 9, 2009
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AbsolutePunk 51%[1]
Sputnikmusic [2]
Punknews [3]

Someday Came Suddenly is the debut studio album by American metalcore band Attack Attack!. It was released on November 11, 2008 through Rise Records. The album's name derives from the third track, "Bro, Ashley's Here", and is the last album to include lead vocalist, Austin Carlile. While the album was a moderate success upon its release, it received generally negative reviews from critics, many hinting at the Internet meme "crabcore" that was conducted from the album's lead single, "Stick Stickly" and its accompanied music video.

Contents

Background

Someday Came Suddenly was both recorded and released in 2008. Attack Attack! were signed to Rise Records soon after the surface of the band's previous release, an EP entitled If Guns Are Outlawed, Can We Use Swords?, which was also released during the same year. The band toured in-support of Someday Came Suddenly with Escape the Fate, Black Tide, William Control, and Burn Halo after it surfaced.

Five of the album's tracks, "Stick Stickly", "Party Foul", "What Happens If I Can't Check My MySpace When We Get There?", "The People's Elbow", and "Dr. Shavargo Pt. 3", are remastered and renamed versions of the tracks from If Guns Are Outlawed, Can We Use Swords?. "Interlude", is an electronic dance instrumental song originally released by keyboardist Caleb Shomo's side project, DJ Club.[4]

Reception

Someday Came Suddenly peaked at number 193 on the Billboard 200 and number 25 on the Independent Albums chart.[5] Its highest peak was at number 9 on the Heatseekers Albums chart, where it spent 32 weeks.[6] While the album was commercially a moderate success, it received mostly negative reviews from music critics. Positive reviews was directed at the band's "ability to be both heavy and catchy",[7] negativity was generated around the album's reliance on formulaic musicianship such as "cliched chugging" and "uninspiring riffs",[8] songwriting, and overuse of Auto-Tune on Johnny Franck's clean vocals.[9]

Singles

Main article: Stick Stickly (song)

The first single, "Stick Stickly", was released for digital download on June 4, 2008. It is named after the infamous Nickelodeon character Stick Stickly, a popsicle stick voiced by Paul Christine that hosted the programming block Nick in the Afternoon, which aired between 1995 and 1998. A music video for the song was released that airs on MTV and Fuse regularly. The video is infamous for starting the Internet meme "crabcore", which shows one of the band members squatting in a "crab-like" whilst nodding his head and playing the guitar.[10] It is also referred to as a "faux genre" used to describe musical groups that show a style similar to that of Attack Attack!.

The songs "Dr. Shavargo Pt. 3" and "The People's Elbow" were also released as singles. "Dr. Shavargo Pt. 3" also had a music video produced for it, which consists of a live performance with the song dubbed over. Both music videos do not feature Carlile as he was no longer a part of the band during their filmings. Instead his position in the videos was taken by the band's then-lead vocalist, Nick Barham.

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Hot Grills and High Tops"   0:42
2. "Stick Stickly"   3:31
3. "Bro, Ashley's Here"   3:18
4. "Shred, White and Blue"   2:35
5. "Party Foul"   2:36
6. "What Happens If I Can't Check My MySpace When We Get There?"   2:36
7. "Interlude" (Instrumental) 2:07
8. "The People's Elbow"   2:37
9. "Kickin' Wing, Animal Doctor"   2:28
10. "Dr. Shavargo Pt. 3"   3:42
11. "Catfish Soup"   2:58
12. "Outro" (Instrumental) 1:24
Total length:
 30:24

Personnel

Attack Attack!
  • Austin Carlile - lead vocals
  • Johnny Franck - rhythm guitar, clean vocals
  • John Holgado - bass guitar
  • Caleb Shomo - synthesizers, keyboards, programming, vocals
  • Andrew Wetzel - drums
  • Andrew Whiting - lead guitar
Production

References

  1. ^ Aaron, Jeremy. "Attack Attack! - Someday Came Suddenly - Album Review". AbsolutePunk. http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=686402. Retrieved 3 August 2011. 
  2. ^ MacAlpin, Caleb. "Attack Attack! - Someday Came Suddenly". Sputnikmusic. http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/31817/Attack-Attack!-Someday-Came-Suddenly/. Retrieved 3 August 2011. 
  3. ^ "Attack Attack! - Someday Came Suddenly". Punknews. http://www.punknews.org/review/9187. Retrieved 3 August 2011. 
  4. ^ http://www.indievisionmusic.com/wordpress/2009/01/29/my-first-review-attack-attack/
  5. ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/album/attack-attack/someday-came-suddenly/1191424
  6. ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/heatseekers-albums?chartDate=2008-11-29
  7. ^ http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=686402
  8. ^ http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/31817/Attack-Attack!-Someday-Came-Suddenly/
  9. ^ http://www.punknews.org/review/9187
  10. ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/jun/23/scene-and-heard-crabcore%20
Attack Attack!
Andrew Whiting  · John Holgado  · Caleb Shomo  · Andrew Wetzel
Austin Carlile  · Johnny Franck  · Nick White  · Ricky Lortz  · Nick Barham
Studio albums
Someday Came Suddenly · Attack Attack! • This Means War
EPs
Singles
"Stick Stickly" • "Dr. Shavargo Pt. 3" • "The People's Elbow" • "Smokahontas" • "Last Breath" • "The Motivation"
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