Hypochondriac (The Frights album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Hypochondriac
| type = studio
| artist = the Frights
| cover = The Frights - Hypochondriac.jpg
| alt =
| released = August 24, 2018
| recorded = February 1–13, 2018
| studio = Balboa Recording, Los Angeles, CA
| genre = {{hlist|Surf punk, indie rock}}
| length = {{Duration|m=38|s=50}}
| label = Epitaph
| producer = Zac Carper
| prev_title = You Are Going to Hate This
| prev_year = 2016
| next_title = Everything Seems Like Yesterday
| next_year = 2020
| chronology = The Frights studio
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = The Frights
| type = studio
| prev_title = You Are Going to Hate This
| prev_year = 2016
| title = Hypochondriac
| year = 2018
| next_title = Live at the Observatory
| next_year = 2019
}}
{{Singles
| name = Hypochondriac
| type = studio
| single1 = Crutch
| single1date = May 14, 2018{{cite web|url=https://dafrights.bandcamp.com/album/crutch|title=Crutch|date=May 14, 2018|website=bandcamp.com|accessdate=September 10, 2019}}
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite web |last=Monger |first=Timothy |title=Hypochondriac by the Frights |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/hypochondriac-mw0003183224 |access-date=February 10, 2023 |website=AllMusic}}
| rev2 = Upset
| noprose = yes
}}
Hypochondriac is the third studio album by American surf-punk{{Cite web |date=August 27, 2018 |title=Album Review: The Frights Hypochondriac |url=https://stitchedsound.com/album-review-the-frights-hypochondriac/ |access-date=August 17, 2019 |website=Stitched Sound}} band the Frights, released August 24, 2018 on Epitaph Records.
Background
Frontman Mikey Carnevale explains starting work on Hypochondriac in his own terms:{{cquote|I had started to brainstorm where I wanted to go with this record basically the day we released You Are Going to Hate This. At first, I overthought the hell out of it, due to coming down from the high of making our first real album in a real studio with a real producer. So it took about a year or so until I realized that I’m not special and I just forced myself to sit down with an acoustic guitar. What came of that, I think, is a confessional album that I never assumed a band like ours would make.{{cite web|url=http://www.epitaph.com/artists/the-frights/release/hypochondriac|title=The Frights: Hypochondriac |author=Epitaph |date=August 24, 2018 }}}}
The band entered Balboa Recording in Los Angeles in February 2018 with producer and Fidlar frontman Zac Carper, spending two straight weeks recording songs. Hypochondriac marked the debut of guitarist Jordan Clark and was the band's first release for Epitaph Records.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Mikey Carnevale
| title1 = Tell Me Why I'm Okay
| length1 = 3:17
| title2 = Crutch
| length2 = 2:44
| title3 = Broken Brain
| length3 = 3:13
| title4 = Whatever
| length4 = 3:42
| title5 = Over It
| length5 = 3:12
| title6 = Me and We and I
| length6 = 4:50
| title7 = Goodbyes
| length7 = 3:14
| title8 = Pills
| length8 = 2:49
| title9 = No Place Like (Not Being) Home
| length9 = 4:00
| title10 = Hold Me Down
| length10 = 4:15
| total_length = 38:50
| title11 = Alone
| length11 = 3:34
}}
Notes
- "Crutch" is stylized in all uppercase.
- Some sources credit Zac Carper as a co-writer. According to The Frights official Bandcamp page, Mikey Carnevale is the sole writer of the album.{{Cite web|url=https://dafrights.bandcamp.com/album/hypochondriac|title=Hypochondriac, by the Frights|website=The Frights|access-date=2020-01-15}}
Personnel
;The Frights
- Mikey Carnevale – lead vocals, guitar
- Jordan Clark – guitar
- Richard Dotson – bass guitar
- Marc Finn – drums
;Production
- David Baker – mixing assistant
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Zac Carper – producer
- Rowan Daly – photography
- David Jerkovich – engineer
- Rob Kinelski – mixing
- Jason Link and the Frights – layout and design
Charts
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! Chart (2018) ! Peak |
| {{album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|10|artist=The Frights}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardIndependent|34|artist=The Frights}} |
References
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