New Wave (Against Me! album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = New Wave
| type = studio
| artist = Against Me!
| cover = Against Me! - New Wave cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = July 10, 2007
| recorded = October 1 – December 23, 2006
| venue =
| studio = Paramount Studios, Hollywood{{cite web|author=Like|url=http://www.vimeo.com/227541/|title=Against Me! – interview/performance Part 1 of 2 on Vimeo|publisher=Vimeo.com|date=|accessdate=March 3, 2012}}
| genre = {{hlist|Punk rock|emo}}
| length = 33:33
| label = Sire
| producer = Butch Vig
| prev_title = Americans Abroad!!! Against Me!!! Live in London!!!
| prev_year = 2006
| next_title = The Original Cowboy
| next_year = 2009
| misc = {{Singles
| name = New Wave
| type = Studio
| single1 = White People for Peace
| single1date = May 1, 2007
| single2 = Thrash Unreal
| single2date = October 10, 2007
| single3 = Stop!
| single3date = April 10, 2008
| single4 = New Wave
| single4date = August 5, 2008
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| MC = 74/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/new-wave/against-me!|title=New Wave by Against Me!|website=Metacritic|accessdate=October 22, 2016}}
| rev1 = AbsolutePunk.net
| rev2 = AllMusic
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1078566}}
| rev3 = Blender
| rev4 = IGN Music
| rev5 = Kerrang!
| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}
| rev6 = Okayplayer
| rev7 = Pitchfork
| rev7Score = (5.5/10){{cite web|title=Against Me!: New Wave|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10443-new-wave/|publisher=Pitchfork.com|accessdate=May 9, 2012}}
| rev8 = Rolling Stone
| rev9 =Spin
| rev9Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/against-me-new-wave-sire|title=Against Me!, 'New Wave' (Sire)|publisher=SPIN|date=|accessdate=March 3, 2012}}
}}
New Wave is Against Me!'s fourth full-length studio album and their debut album on Sire Records. Produced by Butch Vig of Nevermind fame, it was released on July 10, 2007. The album's first single, "White People for Peace", was released in May 2007, prior to the album's release. A second single, "Thrash Unreal", followed in July 2007.
The album was #1 on Spin Magazine{{'}}s Album of the Year and #9 on Rolling Stone{{'}}s list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007.{{cite magazine|title=The Top 50 Albums of 2007|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17601851/the_top_50_albums_of_2007/5|magazine=Rolling Stone|accessdate=July 5, 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071220102320/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17601851/the_top_50_albums_of_2007/5|archivedate=December 20, 2007|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}
Production
New Wave is the band's first album with major label Sire Records. Some fans responded negatively to the decision, calling them "sell-outs". Singer/guitarist Laura Jane Grace commented on this, saying "It's just kind of a self-defeating, shoot yourself in the foot-like attitude to have. I find it completely frustrating and off-putting and it turns me off of the punk scene really because people are very closed minded."{{cite web|url=http://www.thepunksite.com/interviews.php?page=againstme2|title=Interview with Tom Gabel|accessdate=December 16, 2007|author=Gorman, Bobby|date=March 31, 2007|publisher=thepunksite.com|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524173243/http://www.thepunksite.com/interviews.php?page=againstme2|archivedate=May 24, 2011|df=mdy-all}}
The album was originally scheduled for release in the spring of 2007, but was delayed due to mixing issues. Mixing was due to start on February 1, 2007 but it was pushed back to February 9. The band had to start touring on the February 20, so they ended up mixing for ten days before they had to leave. While on tour, producer Butch Vig and mixer Rich Costey would email the band a song which they would then listen to and comment back on.
Tegan Quin's collaboration on "Borne on the FM Waves of the Heart" came about on the 2006 Warped Tour when Quin and a friend were interviewing bands for Canadian music television channel MuchMusic. When her friend said he was going to interview Against Me!, Quin, being a fan of the band, requested to do it instead. During the interview, the band mentioned that they were making a new album to which Quin jokingly said something along the lines of "you should have me sing on the record." Grace was a big fan of Tegan and Sara and liked Quin's voice. Grace had an idea for a duet with Quin and she wrote "Borne on the FM Waves of the Heart" with her voice in mind.{{cite news|author=Robinson, Rowan|title=Tegan Quin, Tegan and Sara – Sister Madly|work=interview|publisher=Xpress Magazine|location=Perth|page=10|date=December 6, 2007}}
In its January 2008 issue, Spin Magazine named New Wave the best album of 2007.{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2008/01/album-year-against-me/|title=Album of the Year: Against Me!|publisher=SPIN|date=|accessdate=March 3, 2012}}
On June 17, 2008 a deluxe edition of New Wave was released in France on Fargo Records with 5 bonus tracks.
In August 2007, Australian singer-songwriter Ben Lee covered the entire album and released it as a free MP3 download on his blog. Explaining why he decided to cover the album, Lee said "I fell in love with the album. Really. Like, couldn't stop listening to it. As heavy and gnarly as it sounds at times, it is unmistakably a pop masterpiece."{{cite web|url=http://www.ben-lee.com/blog.htm#20070819|title=Why I covered the entire "Against Me!" album "New Wave"|accessdate=December 16, 2007|author=Lee, Ben|author-link=Ben Lee|date=August 19, 2007|publisher=ben-lee.com|archive-date=December 11, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211144329/http://www.ben-lee.com/blog.htm#20070819|url-status=dead}} Lee's wife, Ione Skye, would later direct the music video for the band's song "333" in 2016.{{cite web|last1=Yoo|first1=Noah|title=Against Me! Share New "333" Video Starring "Orange Is the New Black"'s Natasha Lyonne: Watch|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/67987-against-me-share-new-333-video-starring-orange-is-the-new-blacks-natasha-lyonne-watch/|website=pitchfork.com|accessdate=September 2, 2016}}
Chicago musician Mike Kinsella covered the song "Borne On The FM Waves" on his album "Other People's Songs" released under his Owen moniker.{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1711975/owen-borne-on-the-fm-waves-of-the-heart-against-me-cover/mp3s/|title=Owen – "Borne On The FM Waves Of The Heart" (Against Me! Cover)|website=Stereogum|last=Retig|first=James|date=October 15, 2014|accessdate=March 31, 2020}}
The song "Stop!" appeared in season 6, episode 8 of "One Tree Hill".{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1280370/soundtrack?ref_=tt_trv_snd|title=One Tree Hill (TV Series) Our Life Is Not a Movie or Maybe (2008) Soundtracks|website=IMDb|accessdate=March 31, 2020}} The song also appeared in the 2008 movie "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2"{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1018785/soundtrack?ref_=tt_trv_snd|title=The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008) Soundtracks|website=IMDb|accessdate=March 31, 2020}}
The title track appeared in the 2009 movie I Love You, Beth Cooper.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1032815/soundtrack?ref_=tt_trv_snd|title=I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009) Soundtracks|website=IMDb|accessdate=March 31, 2020}}
Commercial performance
The album debuted at #57 on the Billboard 200 on the week of its release.{{Cite magazine |title=Against Me! |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/against-me/ |access-date=2022-03-05 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} As of 2010, the album has sold 127,000 copies in the US.{{Cite magazine |last=Ayers |first=Michael D. |date=2010-04-13 |title=Against Me! Readying New Album, Digital EP |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/against-me-readying-new-album-digital-ep-958637/ |access-date=2022-03-05 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| total_length =
| all_writing = Laura Jane Grace
| title1 = New Wave
| length1 = 3:29
| title2 = Up the Cuts
| length2 = 2:53
| title3 = Thrash Unreal
| length3 = 4:14
| title4 = White People for Peace
| length4 = 3:33
| title5 = Stop!
| length5 = 2:34
| title6 = Borne on the FM Waves of the Heart
| note6 = Featuring Tegan Quin of Tegan and Sara
| length6 = 4:10
| title7 = Piss and Vinegar
| length7 = 2:27
| title8 = Americans Abroad
| length8 = 2:17
| title9 = Animal
| length9 = 3:21
| title10 = The Ocean
| length10 = 4:39
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Deluxe edition bonus tracks
| title11 = Gypsy Panther
| length11 = 3:26
| title12 = So Much More
| length12 = 3:46
| title13 = Full Sesh
| length13 = 3:05
| title14 = Untitled
| length14 = 2:26
| title15 = You Must Be Willing
| length15 = 4:26
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Special edition bonus DVD 'Live at the Key Club'
| title1 = Cliché Guevara
| length1 = 2:52
| title2 = From Her Lips to God's Ears (The Energizer)
| length2 = 2:55
| title3 = Rice and Bread
| length3 = 1:43
| title4 = Americans Abroad
| length4 = 3:17
| title5 = White People for Peace
| length5 = 3:39
| title6 = Don't Lose Touch
| length6 = 3:25
| title7 = Up the Cuts
| length7 = 2:52
| title8 = New Wave
| length8 = 3:38
| title9 = Sink, Florida, Sink
| length9 = 2:27
| title10 = The Ocean
| length10 = 4:40
| title11 = Problems
| length11 = 2:55
| title12 = Pints of Guinness Make You Strong
| length12 = 3:20
| title13 = Bastards of Young (The Replacements cover)
| length13 = 5:13
| title14 = Walking Is Still Honest
| length14 = 2:46
| title15 = We Laugh at Danger (And Break All the Rules)
| length15 = 4:39
}}
= B-sides =
File:Against Me! - New Wave B-Sides cover.jpg
A digital release titled New Wave B-Sides compiled several of the available B-sides in one EP. It was made available on Amazon's MP3 download service on July 29, 2008.
{{Track listing
| total_length =
| title1 = "Gypsy Panther" (also on Stop 7")
| length1 = 3:26
| title2 = "So Much More" (also on New Wave 7" and New Wave Deluxe Edition)
| length2 = 3:46
| title3 = "Full Sesh" (also on White People for Peace 7")
| length3 = 3:05
| title4 = "Untitled" (also on New Wave Deluxe Edition)- Later posted on Laura Jane Grace's MySpace under the name "Graceful Concession" by Elephant Ears
| length4 =2:26
| title5 = "You Must Be Willing" (also on Thrash Unreal 7")
| length5 =4:26
}}
The digital release is missing the following released b-sides
- "White People for Peace" (Butch Vig remix) which was previously available on the "White People for Peace" 12" single and iTunes digital download
- "Animal" (acoustic) which was previously available on the "Thrash Unreal" iTunes EP{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/thrash-unreal-ep/262092507 |title=Thrash Unreal - EP by Against Me!|publisher=Apple |access-date=2018-10-11}}
- "New Wave" (acoustic) which was previously available on the UK "Thrash Unreal" CD single{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Against-Me-Thrash-Unreal/release/2266166 |title=Against Me! - Thrash Unreal |publisher=Discogs |accessdate=2018-10-11}}
- "Stop!" (Funky Face vs. The DBL Stops Mix) which was previously available on UK versions of the "Stop!" single{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/stop-ep/277773932 |title=Stop! - EP by Against Me!|publisher=Apple |access-date=2018-10-11}}{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Against-Me-Stop/release/2266155 |title=Against Me! - Stop! |publisher=Discogs |accessdate=2018-10-11}}
Personnel
- Laura Jane Grace – vocals, guitar, "Panther" cover
- James Bowman – guitar, backup vocals
- Andrew Seward – bass, vocals
- Warren Oakes – drums, vocals
- Tegan Quin – additional vocals on "Borne on the FM Waves of the Heart"
- Butch Vig – producer, mixer on "White People for Peace"
- Rich Costey – mixer
- Paul Schiek – photos
- The Small Stakes – layout
Charts
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| Chart (2007)
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| {{album chart|Billboard200|57|artist=Against Me!|accessdate=August 3, 2015|rowheader=true}} |