Shoegazing Kids
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| Studio album by Stuck in the Sound | ||||
| Released | 26 January 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 2008 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, shoegazing | |||
| Length | 45:16 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Discograph | |||
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Shoegazing Kids is the second studio album by French indie rock band Stuck in the Sound. Released on 26 January 2009 through Discograph Records, the album was available as both a physical release and download in their home country of France, but exclusively as a download in a number of other countries. The songs on the album were all recorded in the same studio and the record was mixed in New York City by producer Nick Sansano and mastered by Ted Jensen. The record contains a mixture of indie rock and shoegaze genres, and the track "Ouais" was in particular hailed for its Britpop style. The album featured the first instrumental track to be released by the band and has been described as more ambitious and experimental than Stuck in the Sound's previous effort, Nevermind the Living Dead.
In France, the album sold over 10,000 copies in its first three months and achieved a peak position of #69 on the French albums chart. Two singles have so far been released from the record; "Ouais" was released in December 2008 and "Shoot Shoot" was released in June 2009. The album was accompanied by a European tour and following its release the band made a number of festival appearances. Upon its release the album received mostly positive reviews and was described by one critic as "really exciting", although it was also criticised for relying too heavily on its influences, and was branded as unpleasant by one reviewer.
Stuck in the Sound wrote the songs for Shoegazing Kids in their home country of France before travelling to New York in 2008 to work with American producer Nick Sansano. The band were effusive in their praise of Sansano, saying "we'd come up with an image or a colour for each track and Nick retranscribed our ideas perfectly, adding his own personal touch along the way". The band themselves felt that thanks to the fact they had worked together in one studio to produce the album, the tracks on Shoegazing Kids were more coherent than those on their previous record. Stuck in the Sound bassist Arno Bordas explained: "All the tracks were recorded in the same place, written more or less around the same period and mixed by the same person. So there's a real unity of time and place". The record was mastered by Grammy Award winner Ted Jensen.
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