Solid States
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{{Infobox album
| name = Solid States
| type = studio
| artist = The Posies
| cover =Solid States album.jpg|border=yes
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2016|4|29}}
| recorded = 2015
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Alternative rock, power pop, indie rock
| length = 43:58
| label = Lojinx
| producer = Jon Auer, Ken Stringfellow, Colbey Haney, Eddie Grinnell, Frankie Siragusa, Steve Squire{{Cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/release/8855488-The-Posies-Solid-States | title=The Posies – Solid States | website=Discogs }}
| prev_title = Blood/Candy
| prev_year = 2010
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
Solid States is the eighth and final studio album by American alternative rock band The Posies, released on 29 April 2016 by American label MyMusicEmpire.{{cite web|url=http://www.mymusicempire.com/#/artist/theposies#artist-intro|title=The Posies on MyMusicEmpire}} It was the band's first new album release in six years, and the first since the deaths of drummer Darius Minwalla{{cite web|url=http://blurtonline.com/news/posies-drummer-darius-minwalla-r-i-p/|title=Posies Drummer Darius Minwalla R.I.P.|work=Blurt Magazine| date=22 May 2015 }} and bass player Joe Skyward.{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/64438-joe-skyward-member-of-sunny-day-real-estate-and-the-posies-has-died/|title=Joe Skyward, Member of Sunny Day Real Estate and the Posies, Has Died – Pitchfork|website=Pitchfork| date=28 March 2016 |publisher=}}
The band's first single, "Squirrel vs. Snake", was released as a free download on 3 March 2016,{{cite web|url=http://hypem.com/track/2fpw4/The+Posies+-+Squirrel+vs+Snake|title=Squirrel vs Snake|work=Hype Machine}} and an extensive month-long European tour promoting the album began on 29 March 2016.{{cite web|url=https://rawramp.me/2016/03/15/seattles-theposies-announce-album-solid-states-european-tour-new-free-track-here/|title=THE POSIES Announce Album SOLID STATES + European tour — New Free Track Here|work=RAW RAMP|date=2016-03-15}} The band performed live as a trio with Frankie Siragusa on drums.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow{{Cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/release/8969311-The-Posies-Solid-States | title=The Posies – Solid States | website=Discogs }}
| title1 = We R Power!
| length1 = 2:53
| title2 = Unlikely Places
| length2 = 3:41
| title3 = Scattered
| length3 = 3:39
| title4 = Titanic
| length4 = 3:49
| title5 = Squirrel Vs Snake
| length5 = 3:54
| title6 = March Climes
| length6 = 3:49
| title7 = M Doll
| length7 = 3:01
| title8 = The Definition
| length8 = 3:42
| title9 = The Plague
| length9 = 3:59
| title10 = Rollercoaster Zen
| length10 = 3:38
| title11 = The Sound Of Clouds
| length11 = 3:50
| title12 = Radiance
| length12 = 4:03
}}
Personnel
Credits adapted from Discogs{{Cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/release/8855488-The-Posies-Solid-States | title=The Posies – Solid States | website=Discogs }}
;The Posies
;Additional musicians
- Frankie Siragusa – drums (tracks: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12)
- Kliph Scurlock – drums (tracks: 1, 4, 9, 11)
- Tiz Aramini – additional vocals (tracks: 2, 4, 12)
- Aden Stringfellow – additional vocals (tracks: 1, 12)
- Gizelle Smith – additional vocals (tracks: 9)
- Skylar Gudasz – choir vocals (tracks: 4)
- Jeremy Harris – choir vocals (tracks: 4)
- Bill McShane – choir vocals (tracks: 4)
- Holly Muñoz – choir vocals (tracks: 4)
- Todd O'Keefe – choir vocals (tracks: 4)
- Ray Venta – choir vocals (tracks: 4)
;Production
- Producer – Jon Auer, Ken Stringfellow, Colbey Haney, Eddie Grinnell, Frankie Siragusa, Steve Squire
- Mixing – Cameron Lister (tracks: 3, 5, 6, 8, 11), Frankie Siragusa (tracks: 2, 10, 12), Tony Hoffer (tracks: 3, 5, 6, 8, 11), Willie Linton (tracks: 1, 7, 9)
- Additional Mixing on "Titanic" – Keith Armstrong, Madison Scheckel
;Artwork and Design
- Artwork, Art Direction – Dominique Stringfellow
- Design, Artwork – Elena Titova