Rotation (album)
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| Studio album by Cute Is What We Aim For | ||||
| Released | June 24, 2008 | |||
| Genre | Power pop, pop punk | |||
| Label | Fueled by Ramen | |||
| Producer | John Feldmann | |||
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| AbsolutePunk.net | (74%) |
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| The Skinny | (C) |
| The Tune | (C) |
| Ultimate Guitar | 7/10 |
Rotation is the second studio album by pop punk band Cute Is What We Aim For, released on June 24, 2008.
The Same Old Blood Rush with a New Touch was released in June 2006. Bassist Fred Cimato left the band in October and was replaced by Jack Marin. Marin subsequently left mid-tour in April 2007 and was replaced by Cimato. Cimatoleft a further time in 2008 and was replaced by Dave Melillo.
Recording took place at Foxy Studios in Los Angeles, California with producer John Feldmann. Matt Appleton and Kyle Moorman engineered the sessions. On the recordings, Feldman performed additional vocals, string arrangement, keyboards and percussion, while Appleton performed additional vocals, horns and keyboards. In addition, gang vocals were done by Hacikyan, Melillo, Czum, Feldmann, Kyle Moorman, Appleton, Chris Dauray, and Dave Taylor. "Time" featured additional instrumentation from several people: Appleton (oboe and flute), Julian Feldmann (additional vocals), Dauray (alto sax) and Jess Neilson (clarinet and bass clarinet). Feldmann mixed the recordings while Joe Gastwirt mastered them.
All of the music was written by Cute Is What We Aim For and Feldmann, except "Practice Makes Perfect", "Loser", "Safe Ride", "Marriage to Millions" and "Miss Sobriety", which were written solely by the band. Hacikyan wrote all of the lyrics.
The first single from the album is "Practice Makes Perfect". The next single was "Doctor". Later on, the songs "Doctor" and "Safe Ride" were released on their Myspace in whole for fans to hear. The video for "Practice Makes Perfect" was shot on May 22, 2008 in Los Angeles and was released on YouTube by their label, Fueled by Ramen. The video was directed by Walter Robot and premiered on MTV2's 'Unleashed' which showed the video once each hour for the day.
On June 4, 2008, the band posted "Safe Ride" onto their PureVolume page. On June 15, the band's music video for "Practice Makes Perfect" was released on MTV2's Unleashed. The video was directed by Walter Robot and features all members of the band partaking in party behaviour they later regret. Between mid-June and mid-August, the band went on a headlining US tour with support from Ace Enders and A Million Different People, Danger Radio and Powerspace. The band released an album sampler on their Myspace profile on June 17.Rotation was made available for streaming on June 20 through their Myspace, before being released through Fueled by Ramen on June 24. While on a tour of Canada with Simple Plan and Metro Station, it was announced that drummer Tom Falcone had quit the band on September 2. Falcone said he quit "because the personality conflicts and daily drama made it impossible for me to live a peaceful, happy life."Not by Choice drummer Liam Killeen temporarily filled in for Falcone.
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