Second Coming (Second Coming album)
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| Studio album by Second Coming | ||||
| Released | 22 September 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1997-98 at Robert Lang Studios in Shoreline, Washington; Bob's Garage; London Bridge Studio in Seattle; Triple D Studios | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, Electronic rock | |||
| Length | 55:38 | |||
| Label | Timestyle Records Capitol |
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| Producer | Kelly Gray and Dudley Taft | |||
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| Amazon.com | (Favorable) |
| Maximum Ink | (Favorable) |
Second Coming is the eponymous second studio album by the American rock band Second Coming. It was originally released independently with eight tracks through their own label, Timestyle, and later reissued and re-released with three additional tracks - "Tonight [The Goodnight King]", "The War", and "Unknown Rider" - on September 22, 1998, through Capitol Records. It is the first Second Coming album to feature vocalist Travis Bracht, who became their permanent singer until the band broke up in 2008, and the only one to feature guitarist Dudley Taft.
Before joining drummer James Bergstrom and bassist Johnny Bacolas, the only two band members on this album who were also involved with its predecessor L.O.V.Evil, guitarist Dudley Taft enjoyed moderate success with the band Sweet Water; he appeared on their first two albums Ter and Sweet Water. Meanwhile, vocalist Travis Bracht sang in a band called Peace and Silence, which recorded and released one album called Fathom That.
To raise funds for this album, Second Coming moonlighted as a cover band called FTA, an acronym for "Funding the Album". Initially, they independently recorded an eight-track album that would later be reissued by Capitol Records with three additional tracks. Bacolas said, "We had already been done with our album for two months when we were signed by Capitol, and we were going to do our own distribution, so the deal was like an added bonus."
"This has all happened really quickly," summed Taft, who co-produced the album with Kelly Gray. "We wanted to record a short CD to put out ourselves and see what happens, hoping it would get us to the next place. The more things happen, the more we realize maybe these are the songs to make something happen… That’s what everyone around us seems to be thinking."
Bracht is credited for writing all the lyrics off Second Coming with the exception of "Vintage Eyes", which is credited to Taft. Taft is credited for writing or co-writing all the music off this album except for "Travisty", an apparent personal song written by Bracht (the title is a play on his first name) about the time he spent growing up in the foster care system in his teenage years.
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