GNV FLA
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| Studio album by Less Than Jake | ||||
| Released | June 24, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | March 2008 Atlas Studios, Chicago, IL |
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| Genre | Ska punk, pop punk | |||
| Length | 34:58 | |||
| Label | Sleep It Off, Cooking Vinyl | |||
| Producer | Matt Allison, Roger Lima | |||
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GNV FLA is the seventh studio album by Less Than Jake, released on June 24, 2008 on Sleep It Off and Cooking Vinyl. The album was produced by both Matt Allison and the band's co-lead vocalist and bass guitarist Roger Lima.
In an interview promoting the record, saxophonist JR states that when the band were:
"conceptualizing what we wanted to do with the next record, we were like, "We should do what we've always done, and do what we do best. I think that's why we ended up calling the record "GNV FLA' (Gainesville Florida), because it's like we've come full circle, we've come home.
Guitarist Chris Demakes states that the band "wrote a quintessential Less Than Jake record" and that the album includes "lots of horns and lots of vocals."
The album's title is an abbreviation of the band's hometown, Gainesville, Florida. Corey Apar from Allmusic writes that: "Less Than Jake have essentially created a bittersweet tribute to their hometown of Gainesville, sparing no detail in naming the album GNV FLA, stringing the liner notes together with bleak snapshots of the city, and littering song names and lyrics with nods to both the state of Florida and the beloved college town of their inception." In the album's liner notes, the band thank the city, calling it: "the town that inspired the record."
Similarly, the press release for the album reads:
It's a return to form that could be called the “traditional” Less Than Jake sound, complete with their trademark bouncy ska grooves and horns galore, GNV FLA comes full circle with the band’s beginnings, when they were scrapping up money from gigs to augment their Pez collections.
In a later interview, drummer and songwriter Vinnie Fiorello considered it to be his least favorite Less Than Jake album. "I think I look at it as a transition record. [...] it was in the winter and my focus was a bit dark on the lyrical side. [...] I just feel the overall production is stiff and dark. [...] It was tribute to the state of Florida. I focused a lot on the darker side of what Florida has, instead of the good things. I concentrated on drug dealers and tourists and real estate scams and trailer parks and transients."
Scott Klopfenstein, from Reel Big Fish, provided additional trumpet parts on several tracks, while Neil Hennessy, from The Lawrence Arms, provides additional percussion throughout the album.
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