Basic Glitches

{{short description|Album by Eleventyseven}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Basic Glitches

| type = studio

| artist = Eleventyseven

| cover = Basic Glitches album art.png

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2020|1|17}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Synthpunk, pop punk, electropop

| length = {{Duration|m=43|s=51}}

| label = Rock Candy Recordings

| producer = Matt Langston

| prev_title = Rad Science

| prev_year = 2017

| next_title =

| next_year =

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Mountain Xpress

|rev1score = (Favorable){{cite journal |first=Knopp |last=Bill|url=https://mountainx.com/arts/album-review-basic-glitches-by-eleventyseven/ |title=Album review: Basic Glitches by Eleventyseven |journal=Mountain Xpress |access-date=February 29, 2020}}

|rev2 = Rock On Purpose

|rev2score = (Favorable){{cite journal |first=Mary |last=Nikkel |url=https://rockonpurpose.live/2020/01/24/basic-glitches-by-eleventyseven/ |title=On Growing Up: Basic Glitches by eleventyseven |journal=Rock on Purpose |access-date=November 6, 2020}}

}}

Basic Glitches is the sixth studio album by the pop punk band Eleventyseven. It was independently released on January 17, 2020.{{cite web |title=Rad Science by Eleventyseven on Apple Music |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/basic-glitches/1485021981 |publisher=Apple Music |access-date=February 29, 2020 }}{{cite web |title=Basic Glitches album latest from South Carolina's Eleventyseven |url=https://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/news/Basic_Glitches/66740/p1/ |publisher=Cross Rhythms |date=January 1, 2020 |access-date=February 29, 2020}} The release was fan-funded through a Kickstarter campaign.{{cite web |title=Eleventyseven Launch Kickstarter for New Album Already Funded |url=https://www.indievisionmusic.com/news/eleventyseven-launch-kickstarter-for-new-album-already-funded/ |publisher=Indie Vision Music |date=November 11, 2019 |access-date=February 29, 2020}}

Singles

On November 15, 2019, Eleventyseven released the lead single "Killing My Vibe" to pledgers and later publicly on November 29, 2019.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/ca/album/killing-my-vibe-single/1482992046 |title="Killing My Vibe" - Single by Eleventyseven on Apple Music |publisher=Apple Music |date=November 29, 2019 |access-date=February 29, 2020}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = Album release

| all_writing = Matt Langston, except where noted

| total_length = 43:51

| title1 = Killing My Vibe

| writer1 =

| length1 = 3:38

| title2 = Fear the Fire

| writer2 =

| length2 = 4:18

| title3 = Birthrite

| writer3 =

| length3 = 3:22

| title4 = Skip

| writer4 =

| length4 = 3:57

| title5 = Letterman Jacket

| writer5 =

| length5 = 4:27

| title6 = Cookie

| writer6 =

| length6 = 3:21

| title7 = Battlecats

| writer7 =

| length7 = 2:55

| title8 = Shelf Life

| writer8 =

| length8 = 3:27

| title9 = Dizzy

| writer9 =

| length9 = 3:43

| title10 = Natsunoyo

| writer10 =

| note10 =

| length10 = 2:43

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Physical CD hidden tracks

| total_length =

| title11 = Teenage Dirtbag

| writer11 = Brendan B. Brown

| length11 = 3:41

| note11 = originally performed by Wheatus

| title12 = Girl U Want

| writer12 = Gerald Casale, Mark Mothersbaugh

| length12 = 3:19

| note12 = originally performed by Devo

}}

Personnel

;Eleventyseven

;Additional production

  • Jeremy Griffith – executive producer
  • Troy Glessner – mastering
  • Kent Hernández – album design/layout

B-Sides EP

{{Infobox album

| name = Betamosh

| type = EP

| artist = Eleventyseven

| cover =

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2020|11|6}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Synthpunk, pop punk, electropop

| length = {{Duration|m=25|s=02}}

| label = Rock Candy Recordings

| producer = Matt Langston

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title =

| next_year =

}}

On November 18, 2019, during the Kickstarter campaign for the release of Basic Glitches, the band announced that the project had met its first stretch goal after reaching their initial main funding objective. The first of said goals was the release of a free companion B-Sides EP that would contain cut tracks and acoustic versions of tracks from the album.

On September 25, 2020, Eleventyseven's debuted the lead single from the EP entitled "Hellmouth" featuring North Carolina–based hip-hop artist Spaceman Jones while also announcing the EP's name as Betamosh. The single was followed later by the full release on November 6, 2020.{{cite web |title=Betamosh by Eleventyseven on Apple Music |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/betamosh/1531413876 |publisher=Apple Music |access-date=November 6, 2020 }}

On October 30, 2020, the music video for "Hellmouth" debuted on the band's YouTube channel.{{cite web |title=Eleventyseven - Hellmouth Feat. Spaceman Jones (Official Music Video) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm2CdC3EgK0&ab_channel=eleventyseven |publisher=YouTube |access-date=November 6, 2020 }}

{{Track listing

| headline =

| all_writing = Matt Langston

| total_length = 25:02

| title1 = Hellmouth

| writer1 =

| length1 = 3:26

| note1 = featuring Spaceman Jones

| title2 = Hellmouth

| writer2 =

| length2 = 3:09

| title3 = Damage

| writer3 =

| length3 = 3:31

| note3 =

| title4 = Brains

| writer4 =

| length4 = 3:21

| note4 =

| title5 = Bleachers

| writer5 =

| length5 = 4:30

| note5 =

| title6 = Holding Out

| writer6 =

| length6 = 3:07

| note6 = Acoustic Version

| title7 = Milk the Lightning

| writer7 =

| length7 = 2:58

| note7 = Acoustic Version

}}

Notes

  • The album received a track-by-track commentary on the band's podcast.{{Cite web|url=https://eleventylife.libsyn.com/episode-95-basic-glitches-album-commentary-part-1 |title=Episode #95 - Basic Glitches Album Commentary - Part 1 | publisher=libsyn.com |date=February 21, 2020 |access-date=February 29, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://eleventylife.libsyn.com/episode-96-basic-glitches-album-commentary-part-2 |title=Episode #96 - Basic Glitches Album Commentary - Part 2 | publisher=libsyn.com |date=February 28, 2020 |access-date=February 29, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://eleventylife.libsyn.com/episode-97-basic-glitches-album-commentary-part-3 |title=Episode #97 - Basic Glitches Album Commentary - Part 3 | publisher=libsyn.com |date=March 6, 2020 |access-date=November 6, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://eleventylife.libsyn.com/episode-98-basic-glitches-album-commentary-part-4 |title=Episode #98 - Basic Glitches Album Commentary - Part 4 | publisher=libsyn.com |date=March 13, 2020 |access-date=November 6, 2020}}
  • According to lead singer Matt Langston, the track "Birthrite" is specifically directed towards the criticism surrounding the band's change in direction via the release of their reunion record of Rad Science.
  • There was a music video treatment created for "Birthrite" that was inevitably scrapped as it was, according to Langston, "kind of hard to watch even in our mind's eye," and required too large of a budget.
  • Loaded with pop and geek culture references, the track "Battlecats" cites Fight Club, Harry Potter, The Jungle Book, The Mighty Ducks, Super Street Fighter II Turbo, The Incredible Hulk, Garth Brooks, and REO Speedwagon.
  • The title of the track "Natsunoyo" is Japanese and translates to "summer night" in English.
  • On October 11, 2019, Eleventyseven released their cover "Teenage Dirtbag" as a single,{{cite web |first= |last= |title="Teenage Dirtbag" - Single by Eleventyseven on Apple Music |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/teenage-dirtbag-single/1479700645?app=itunes&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 |publisher=Apple Music |date=October 11, 2019 |access-date=February 29, 2020}} prior to the album's release. The same day of the release, Matt Langston released an interview he performed with Wheatus lead singer Brendan Brown and debuted the track on the band's Eleventylife podcast.{{cite web |first= |last= |title=Eleventylife Episode #86 - Record Deals, Dirtbags & Alternating Currents w/ Brendan Brown of Wheatus (Part 1) |url=https://eleventylife.libsyn.com/episode-86-record-deals-dirtbags-alternating-currents-w-brendan-brown-of-wheatus-part-1 |publisher=libsyn.com |date=October 4, 2019 |access-date=October 11, 2019}}{{cite web |first= |last= |title=Eleventylife Episode #87 - Record Deals, Dirtbags & Alternating Currents w/ Brendan Brown of Wheatus (Part 2) |url=https://eleventylife.libsyn.com/episode-87-record-deals-dirtbags-alternating-currents-w-brendan-brown-of-wheatus-part-2 |publisher=libsyn.com |date=October 11, 2019 |access-date=October 11, 2019}}

References

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