Released November 20, 2015 Strange Love
(2015) So Far
(2016) Release date 20 November 2015 Genre Alternative/Indie | Length 43:07 Artist We The Kings Producer Travis Clark | |
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Recorded February–September 2015 in Los Angeles, California; Tampa Bay, Florida; and Hartford, Connecticut Label We The Kings / Ozone Entertainment Similar We The Kings albums, Other albums | ||
We the kings strange love full album 2015
Strange Love is the fifth studio album by American rock band We the Kings. It was released on November 20, 2015. The album succeeds the band's commercially successful album, Somewhere Somehow, that was released in December 2013. It was produced by Blake Healy, the former member of Metro Station, who also produced the band's last album. The album was released independently by We the Kings and was distributed by Ozone Entertainment. The album had two singles that promoted its release. “Love Again” was released on October 30, 2015 and “Runaway” was released on November 6, 2015.
Contents
We the kings love again audio
Production
In February 2015, Travis, Coley, and Hunter started tracking guitar and vocals for the fifth album in Coley's studio in Connecticut. On March 2, Danny Duncan entered the studio in L.A. to track drums, and finished two days later. In an interview, Travis Clark said the album was ninety percent finished, and was being mixed. On August 25, Charles Trippy started tracking bass for the album in his home studio in Tampa Bay, Florida. He previewed a song off the album titled "From Here to Mars" on his YouTube vlog series, Internet Killed Television. Blake Healy of Metro Station, who produced Somewhere Somehow, is also producing this album. On September 20, Elena Coats entered the studio to record vocals for a track on the new album called “XO”. Coats previously worked with the band performing guest vocals on their song "Sad Song".
Release
On October 4, Travis Clark previewed a song off of the new album titled "All the Way" in his YouTube vlog. On October 9, We the Kings announced their next album for release. They also announced a headlining Australian tour for February 2016. On October 24, 2015 Charles Trippy announced Strange Love as the album's title and revealed the cover art work. On October 30, the band made clips of songs on the album available for streaming. On November 2, a lyric video was released for "Love Again". "Runaway" was released as a single on November 6. Strange Love was released on November 20, 2015 independently themselves and distributed by Ozone Entertainment.
Reception
In the United States, the album debuted at No. 137 on the Billboard 200, No. 11 on the Alternative Albums chart, selling 4,000 copies in its first week. It has sold 7,000 copies in the US as of June 2016.
Personnel
Songs
1Love Again2:49
2Howl at the Moon4:20
3Completely3:58