Released July 10, 2007 Artist Against Me! Producer Butch Vig | Length 33:33 Release date 10 July 2007 Label Sire Records | |
 | ||
Recorded October 1–December 23, 2006 at Paramount Studios, Hollywood New Wave
(2007) The Original Cowboy
(2009) Genres Punk rock, Folk punk, Alternative rock Similar Against Me! albums, Punk rock albums | ||
Against me new wave full album
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 debuted at #57 on the Billboard 200 on the week of its release. 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.
Contents
- Against me new wave full album
- New wave against me
- Production
- Track listing
- B sides
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
New Wave is the first Against Me! full length to not feature any acoustic 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." Lee's wife, Ione Skye, would later direct the music video for the band's song "333" in 2016.
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.
New wave against me
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."
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.
In its January 2008 issue, Spin Magazine named New Wave the best album of 2007.
On June 17, 2008 a deluxe edition of New Wave was released in France on Fargo Records with 5 bonus tracks.
Track listing
All tracks written by Laura Jane Grace.
B-sides
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.
The B-side digital release did not include the Butch Vig remix of "White People for Peace" which was previously available on the "White People for Peace" 12" single and iTunes digital download.
Personnel
Songs
1New Wave3:33
2Up the Cuts2:57
3Thrash Unreal4:17