My Shame Is True
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| Studio album by Alkaline Trio | ||||
| Released | April 2, 2013 | |||
| Recorded | October 2012 at The Blasting Room, Fort Collins, Colorado | |||
| Genre | Pop punk,punk rock | |||
| Length | 39:59 | |||
| Label | Heart & Skull, Epitaph | |||
| Producer | Bill Stevenson, Jason Livermore | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AbsolutePunk | 8/10 |
| AllMusic |   |
| Consequence of Sound |  |
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| The A.V. Club | C |
| Ultimate Guitar | 7/10 |
My Shame Is True is the eighth studio album by American punk rock band Alkaline Trio, released on April 2, 2013 on Heart & Skull and Epitaph Records. Produced by both Bill Stevenson and Jason Livermore, the album was preceded by the single, "I Wanna Be a Warhol", and was released with an accompanying EP, Broken Wing.
Inspired by a recent romantic break-up, vocalist and guitarist Matt Skiba described the record as a "pseudo-concept album" and a catharsis," stating, "I just wrote this one more as a love letter to my ex-girlfriend, or an apology note set to music." Following the album's release, Skiba noted that the album brought the couple back together.
The album received mostly favorable reviews upon its release. My Shame Is True reached twenty-four on the Billboard 200.
Vocalist and guitarist Matt Skiba's lyrical contributions were influenced by a recent break-up, with Skiba noting, "On this one we didn't exactly plan on making a "personal" record — it just happened that way. I went through a lot since the last record and this one, like going straight out of a gnarly divorce into a really great, beautiful relationship that came to an end just as we started writing My Shame Is True." "She Lied to the FBI" was inspired by Ben Affleck's film The Town.
The album's title references Elvis Costello's debut album, My Aim is True.
Alkaline Trio released a lyric video for the song "I Wanna Be A Warhol" which was released as the album's lead single on February 5, 2013, later that month the band released another lyric video for the song "The Torture Doctor". A music video for the song "I, Pessimist" was released on March 6, 2013. "I Wanna Be A Warhol" was given an official video on March 8, 2013. Lyric videos for "The Temptation Of St. Anthony" and "I'm Only Here To Disappoint" were released on March 20, 2013.
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