Man Overboard (Man Overboard album)
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| Studio album by Man Overboard | ||||
| Released | September 27, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | June 2011 | |||
| Genre | Pop punk | |||
| Length | 33:50 | |||
| Label | Rise | |||
| Producer | Steve Klein | |||
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| Metacritic | 67/100 |
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| AbsolutePunk | 70% |
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| Rock Sound | 8/10 |
Man Overboard is the second studio album by American rock band Man Overboard. After the release of their debut album, Real Talk (2010), Man Overboard's guitarist Wayne Wildrick left the group, resulting in several line-up changes. In December 2010, the group had signed to Rise, and aimed to release another album by fall of next year. Wildrick returned to the band, just prior to the beginning of recording for the group's second album. Man Overboard received favourable reviews, with several of the reviewers having noted similarities to Blink-182.
Following the release of their debut album Real Talk in July 2010, Man Overboard toured constantly throughout the remainder of the year. In early September, it was announced that guitarist Wayne Wildrick had left the band. The band explained that Wildrick had "some personal things to take care of". As a result of this, drummer Justin Collier switched to guitar, and Mike Hrycenko was brought in to fill in on drums. In December, it was announced the band had signed to Rise, as well as mentioning that a new album was planned for release in the fall. In February 2011, the group released The Absolute Worst EP as a stop-gap release to tide fans over until the band's second album. On April 28, it was announced that Wildrick had re-joined the band.
On May 16, 2011, the group announced they were in the process of demoing new material at vocalist/bassist Nik Bruzzese's studio, Small Hill Recording Studio. When the group began demoing "everyone just worked so well together", according to Wildrick. They had 17 songs, which they would later narrow down prior to recording. Recording began in early June and ended prior to the band's European tour with Polar Bear Club. While recording, the band used different snare drums and different cymbals. Wildrick explain: "Little things like that to make subtle changes [so] the songs sound the best that they can." Cannon and Klein provided an "outside perspective", according to Wildrick. The pair came into the recording process with "outside ideas", and helped the group hear the songs differently. Videos of the band recording were released on June 17 and June 24.
Eisenstein wrote the lyrics for a number of songs on the album. Wildrick considered the album "more picked-up", and the songs as being "definitely a lot more aggressive." Wildrick mentioned how "[s]ome bands write faster records first and start to slow down", but for Man Overboard, "I guess we did it the opposite." Opening track "Rare", "blew our minds", according to Eisenstein, as the band "never played anything that fast" previously. With "Teleport", Bruzzese "worked my ass off with the guitar work" for the track "trying to get it right". Klein, Eisenstein and Bruzzese dedicated a whole evening purely on the bridge of the song. According to Bruzzese, "Voted Most Likely" reminded him of Klein. Bruzzese wrote the lyrics while the band was on tour with Senses Fail, though "it reminded me of something completely different." After working with Klein, "Voted Most Likely" "for some reason reminds me the most of him". "Dead End Dreams" was a late addition to the album, according to Bruzzese. While in the demo process, the group thought the song had to make the album. The song, according to Bruzzese "happens to be the story of everyone in the band's life right now."
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