If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish
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| Studio album by SNFU | ||||
| Released | 1986 | |||
| Recorded | April 1986 at the Power Zone in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | |||
| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Length | 35:43 | |||
| Label | BYO | |||
| Producer | Dave Mockford | |||
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If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish is the second full-length album by the Canadian hardcore punk band SNFU. It was recorded in April 1986 at Power Zone Studio in Edmonton, Alberta, although the album's liner notes claim the studio is located in Istanbul, Turkey, and was released on BYO Records in 1986. More diverse than their debut album, If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish helped solidify SNFU's status in the North American hardcore punk community and influenced the formation of the skate punk subgenre.
The lineup of SNFU appearing on If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish formed in June 1985 for touring in support the band's debut album, ...And No One Else Wanted to Play. It was during this period that material from If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish was first performed live, including early songs like "The Ceiling" and "Mind Like a Door." The group assembled the rest of the material over the next few months before recording their second album in April 1986.
The band opted to record with Dave Mockford at his Power Zone Studio in their home city of Edmonton, with whom they had twice previously recorded compilation material. They recorded basic tracks in a single day, and focused on overdubs and mixing thereafter. The album featured more experimental composition and recording than did their debut, including the use of sound effects, keyboard effects, and general "studio wizardry" by Mockford and the band members.
As with their debut album, many songs featured music primarily written by guitarist Marc Belke and lyrics by vocalist Ken Chinn, both founding members. But the new band members contributed material as well, such as bassist Dave Bacon's composition of the music in "The Devil's Voice" and "Where's My Legs?", and drummer Jon Card's "Snapping Turtle". Card left the band during recording sessions to attend to familial commitments, but rejoined the band in 1991 for his second of three stints with SNFU.
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