Issues (Issues album)

The album's initial release was originally in November 2013, however had been pushed back to February 2014. It is the band's first release with current drummer Josh Manuel after Case Snedecor's departure in early 2013. The band released a teaser for the track, "Stingray Affliction" on November 19, 2013.{{citation needed|date=February 2014}} The official track listing was released on December 7, 2013.{{citation needed|date=February 2014}} The album's first single, "Stingray Affliction" was released on December 18, 2013,{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/issues_announce_debut_lp_release_new_song_stingray_affliction |title=Issues announce debut LP, release new song "Stingray Affliction"|work=Alternative Press |date=n.d.|accessdate=December 31, 2013}} along with the album's artwork.{{cite web|url=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bbzo89WIMAAXqY4.jpg\format=JPG|title=Photographic image|website=Pbs.twimg.com|access-date=May 23, 2023}}

The album was released as a music download, CD and as an LP through Rise Records.{{cite web|title=Issues release details|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/issues-mw0002585187/releases|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=February 18, 2014}}

On November 18, 2014, the deluxe edition was released, featuring the Diamond Dreams.

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web|last=Heaney|first=Gregory|title=Overview of Issues|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/issues-mw0002585187|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=February 22, 2014}}

| rev2 = Alternative Press

| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal |url=http://www.altpress.com/magazine/issue/308_of_mice_and_men |title=Issues – Issues |last=Kraus |first=Brian |year=2014 |journal=Alternative Press |volume=March 2014 |issue=308 |page=88 |publisher=Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. |issn=1065-1667 |accessdate=January 31, 2014}}

| rev3 = Sputnikmusic

| rev3Score = {{Rating|1|5}}{{cite web|last=Lowe|first=Robert|title=Issues – Issues review|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/61167/Issues-Issues/|work=Sputnikmusic|accessdate=March 1, 2014}}

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At Alternative Press, Brian Kraus rated the album four stars out of five stars as he praised the album's DJ-based breakdowns and called the album a mixture of metalcore and post-hardcore with elements of nu metal. Gregory Heaney of AllMusic gave the album a considerably lower score as he criticized the album's sound as the two genres (being metalcore and mainstream pop) saying, "can be a little hard to wrap your head around" and called it a new variant of the old nu metal genre. However, he praised its efforts on some tracks. Sputnikmusic's Robert Lowe expressed negativity against the album, giving it the lowest rating. He criticized the album's use of throwing in random genres with metalcore, including R&B, hip hop and nu metal and stated this failed miserably, calling it a mixture of Limp Bizkit and Justin Bieber elements, and even went as far as to say, "it could be the worst album ever." The album was included at number 16 on Rock Sound{{'}}s "Top 50 Albums of the Year" list.Bird, ed. 2015, p. 27 The album was included at number 43 on Kerrang!{{'}}s "The Top 50 Rock Albums Of 2014" list.{{cite web|url=http://www.kerrang.com/26297/top-50-rock-metal-punk-albums-2014/|title=The Top 50 Rock Albums Of 2014|work=Kerrang!|author=Emily|date=March 18, 2015|accessdate=July 25, 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721062917/http://www.kerrang.com/26297/top-50-rock-metal-punk-albums-2014/|archivedate=July 21, 2015}}

{{track listing

| title1 = Sad Ghost

| length1 = 4:31

| title2 = Mad at Myself

| length2 = 3:50

| title3 = Life of a Nine

| length3 = 3:14

| title4 = The Langdon House

| length4 = 3:57

| title5 = Late

| length5 = 3:33

| title6 = Old Dena

| length6 = 1:35

| title7 = Stingray Affliction

| length7 = 3:38

| title8 = Never Lose Your Flames

| length8 = 3:41

| title9 = Personality Cult

| length9 = 3:53

| title10 = Tears on the Runway Pt. 2

| length10 = 3:57

| title11 = The Settlement

| length11 = 2:32

| title12 = Disappear (Remember When)

| length12 = 5:23

| total_length = 43:44

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{{track listing

| headline = Deluxe edition bonus disc: Diamond Dreams

| title1 = Hooligans

| note1 = reimagined

| length1 = 4:06

| title2 = Disappear

| note2 = reimagined

| length2 = 3:41

| title3 = King of Amarillo

| note3 = reimagined

| length3 = 3:02

| title4 = Princeton Ave

| note4 = reimagined

| length4 = 3:45

| title5 = Diamond Dreams

| length5 = 2:26

| title6 = Never Lose Your Flames

| note6 = reimagined) (featuring Ben Barlow of Neck Deep

| length6 = 3:36

| title7 = Tears on the Runway

| note7 = reimagined) (featuring Nylo

| length7 = 3:28

| title8 = The Worst of Them

| note8 = reimagined

| length8 = 3:30

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;Issues{{cite web|title=Issues credits|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/issues-mw0002585187/credits|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=February 18, 2014}}

• Tyler Carter – clean vocals
• Michael Bohn – unclean vocals
• AJ Rebollo – guitars
• Tyler "Scout" Acord – turntables, keyboards, synthesizers, programming
• Josh Manuel – drums
• Skyler Acord – bass

;Additional artists

• Heather Acord – choir
• Jimmie Herrod – choir
• Sonya Kaye – choir
• Veronica Moss – choir
• Nylo – vocals on track 10

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;Artwork

• Peter Schreve – artwork, design
• Caitlin Brookins – photography

;Production

• Issues – composer
• Kris Crummett – executive producer, producer, engineer, mixing, mastering{{cite web|url=http://www.interlaceaudio.com/engineers/kris-crummett|title=Portland, Oregon Recording Studios |website=Interlaceaudio.com|accessdate=May 1, 2016}}
• Matt Malpass – executive producer, producer
• Nylo – production

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; Citations

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;Sources

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• {{cite journal|editor1-last=Bird|editor1-first=Ryan|title=Top 50 Albums of the Year|journal=Rock Sound|date=January 2015|issue=195|publisher=Freeway Press Inc.|location=London|issn=1465-0185}}

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• [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVprH0cscWZijW3ZdrzMbs-N6QvXmvPK3 Issues] at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)

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