Generation Freakshow (album)
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| Studio album by Feeder | ||||
| Released | 23 April 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 2009–12 | |||
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| Length | 45:47 | |||
| Label | Big Teeth Music | |||
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| Allmusic |
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| musicOMH |
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| The Guardian |
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| Q |
March 2012 |
| Metro |
23 April 2012 |
| Drowned In Sound |
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| BBC Music | (Positive) [5] |
| FMV Magazine |
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| Kerrang! | |
Generation Freakshow is the eighth studio album by the Welsh rock band Feeder. It was set to be released on 26 March 2012 but was delayed until 23 April 2012. It was due to be the second in a series of two albums released in 2010 by the band, following up previous album Renegades. However, the band decided to hold more recording sessions for the album, leading them to delay the album until 2012.
In 2010, during the Renegades sessions, a number of tracks were left off the album before then being considered for inclusion for the follow-up to that album. As there were not enough to fit on the album, more were recorded during the closing stages of the year, with the band taking a break from recording on 19 December, before resuming recording on 10 January 2011. Between 16 January and 24 January a production session began in New York City, this included overdubs, guitars and keyboards with frontman Grant Nicholas also flying over to record vocals, while some of the album was already recorded in London. On 19 January 2011 a photo of song lyrics written on a sheet of paper was posted on their official Facebook page. One song was debuted live on tour under three different working titles, with those being "Jessie", "White City Rock" and "Borders". In an interview with Heineken Music, on 27 January 2011 Grant revealed that 19 or 20 songs were in the recording stages, while the album, like Renegades, looked likely to be released domestically on their own Big Teeth Music imprint.
In an interview with The University Observer, Grant describes the album: "Its eclectic, much more eclectic than the Renegades album... "Its definitely a more commercial record. I think if you liked Comfort in Sound and you liked Yesterday Went Too Soon, then I think you’ll like this album" ... "There are some real tunes on this and some anthems; there are some rocky moments as well". There were also plans to release a single or a free track download during their February - March tour. This later went on to become "Side By Side", which was a chart-eligible paid download in aid of the victims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The single charted at #91, marking their first top 100 chart visit since 2008's "We Are the People", while becoming their 25th top 100 single in the process. It ultimately did not appear on the album, although was included as a bonus track on the Japanese release. During their 2011 touring, Feeder introduced drummer Damon Wilson as a live regular and session musician. On 23 September 2011, Grant Nicholas posted on the band's Facebook page that the recording of their studio album was complete with only mixing on the final song to be finalised, before mastering then began on the 30 September in New York. Feeder announced on 10 October that they were doing artwork on the album, before an announcement was made on 14 November, that acoustic versions of some of the songs were being recorded while bassist Taka Hirose was staying in Tokyo. On 29 November 2011, the sequencing process of the album began.
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