Freak Out! (Teenage Bottlerocket album)

{{Short description|Album}}

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{{Infobox album

| name = Freak Out!

| type = Album

| artist = Teenage Bottlerocket

| cover = Teenage Bottlerocket - Freak Out!.jpg

| alt =

| released = July 3, 2012

| recorded = February – April 2012

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Punk rock, pop punk, {{nowrap|skate punk}}

| length = 29:05

| label = Fat Wreck Chords

| producer = Andrew Berlin, Teenage Bottlerocket

| prev_title = Mutilate Me EP

| prev_year = 2011

| next_title = American Deutsch Bag EP

| next_year = 2013

}}

Freak Out! is the fifth album by Teenage Bottlerocket. It was released on July 3, 2012 on Fat Wreck Chords.{{cite web |url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/teenage_bottlerocket_to_release_new_album_freak_out_july_3 |title=Teenage Bottlerocket to release new album "Freak Out!" July 3 |work=AltPress.com |date=April 11, 2012 |accessdate=April 11, 2012}} The band began work on the album in February 2012 at The Blasting Room with engineer Andrew Berlin,{{cite web |url=http://www.punknews.org/article/45437 |title=Teenage Bottlerocket recording in February |work=PunkNews.org |date=December 7, 2011 |accessdate=April 11, 2012}} who also co-produced the album with the band,{{cite web |url=http://critical-mass-music.blogspot.com/2012/04/interview-with-miguel-chen-of-teenage.html |title=Interview with Miguel Chen of Teenage Bottlerocket |work=Critical Mass |date=April 23, 2012|accessdate=May 1, 2012}} and finished in April.{{cite web |url=http://www.fatwreck.com/news/detail/469 |title=TEENAGE BOTTLEROCKET – studio update! |work=FatWreck.com |date=April 4, 2012 |accessdate=April 11, 2012}}

Two of the songs, "Mutilate Me" and "Punk House of Horror", were previously released on the 2011 "'Mutilate Me" EP. Another song, "Headbanger", was previously recorded by Sack, a band which featured TBR members Kody Templeman, Ray Carlisle and Brandon Carlisle. The band shot a music video for "Headbanger".