PAX AM Days
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| EP by Fall Out Boy | ||||
| Released | October 15, 2013 | |||
| Recorded | July 2013 at PAX AM Studios in Hollywood, CA | |||
| Genre | Punk rock,hardcore punk | |||
| Length | 13:19 | |||
| Label | Island, PAX AM | |||
| Producer | Ryan Adams, Fall Out Boy | |||
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PAX AM Days (stylized as PAX•AM Days) is an EP by American rock band Fall Out Boy, released on October 15, 2013 by Island Records and PAX AM. It consists of 1980s and 90s hardcore punk and punk rock influenced tracks recorded during a two-day "marathon" session with producer Ryan Adams and the band in July 2013 at PAX AM Studios. The EP was released on CD, digitally and on double 7" vinyl as a stand-alone EP, and also on a limited Save Rock and Roll PAX AM Edition (2013) double-disc reissue. The double 7" vinyl pressing was limited to 3,000, and released on November 29 as part of Record Store Day - Back to Black Friday. Each copy came with a code for a bonus song download, a cover of "New Dreams" by Naked Raygun. The code was found stamped into the dead wax of the 7". On September 30, Fall Out Boy announced the EP and its release date, as well as premiered the first digital single "Love, Sex, Death" with its accompanying video. PAX AM Days was the band's second release in 2013 after the comeback album Save Rock and Roll, and marks a return to their hardcore musical roots with aggressive guitar work, the "antithesis" to the polished Save Rock and Roll.
Adams reached out to the group at the request of Fall Out Boy's friend and collaborator Butch Walker. Bassist Pete Wentz commented "I think there’s a side of our band in our fans that would appreciate some of the noise that Ryan comes up with, and it would be great for the fans to be able to hear that – hear sort of the raw energy that happens from sessions like that." The band called it "a collection of songs we did for fun...us letting out some demons" rather than a new album. On October 7, the entire EP was released for free streaming online. The EP debuted at No. 25 on the US Billboard 200 with 11,000 first week sales.
After returning from a three-year hiatus in early 2013, Fall Out Boy released their fifth studio album Save Rock and Roll in April that year to commercial success and mostly positive reviews. The album featured a greater emphasis on pop music than the band's previous releases. They supported the record by promoting it with a worldwide Monumentour and performing on various TV shows. In July, Fall Out Boy visited Adams' Los Angeles studio to play punk rock; the existence and release of the EP was confirmed less than half a year after Save Rock and Roll's release. Wentz first revealed the impromptu project via an Instagram picture taken inside Adams' studio.
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