Against Me! Announce That New Album Will Be Titled White Crosses.BURBANK, Calif. -- The new album from Florida punk band Against Me! will be called White Crosses, it was announced today. The band finished tracking the album in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. with veteran producer Butch Vig this past Saturday. White Crosses is Against Me!'s second album for Sire Records Sire Records Company is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Bros. Records Label history Beginnings The label was founded in 1966 as Sire Productions by Seymour Stein and Richard Gottehrer. and will be released in 2010. Against Me! frontman front·man n. 1. also front man A man who serves as a nominal leader but who lacks real authority. 2. Music A leading singer with a group. Tom Gabel began writing the songs that will appear on the album more than a year and a half ago. Pre-production with Vig, who also produced the band's 2007 album New Wave, began in early July and the band, which also includes guitarist James Bowman, bassist Andrew Seward, and new drummer George Rebelo (formerly of Hot Water Music), began tracking in mid-August. Against Me! spent the past two years touring non-stop in support of New Wave, which was released by Sire Records in July 2007. Called "the most invigorating in·vig·or·ate tr.v. in·vig·or·at·ed, in·vig·or·at·ing, in·vig·or·ates To impart vigor, strength, or vitality to; animate: "A few whiffs of the raw, strong scent of phlox invigorated her" , zeitgeist-capturing rock album in years" by Spin, New Wave was named the magazine's "Album of the Year," and also appeared in the Top 10 on Rolling Stone, Blender, and MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. .com's year-end "Best Album" lists. New Wave spawned two singles, "White People For Peace" and "Thrash Unreal," which became the band's first single to chart in the U.S. when it climbed to No. 11 on the Modern Rock chart. www.againstme.net |
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