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Released
  
April 8, 2016

Artist
  
Double Experience

Label
  
Colfax Rock

Length
  
30:24

Release date
  
8 April 2016

Genre
  
Hard rock

Recorded
  
2015, at Warrior Sound Studio, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Additional recording at Orange Sound, Penmaenmawr, Wales

Producer
  
Al Jacob, Double Experience

Similar
  
Polar Similar, Requiem for Hell, Youth Authority, Light We Made, Vile Child

Double experience unsaved progress announcement


Unsaved Progress is Double Experience's third full-length album, released worldwide on April 8, 2016.

Contents

According to an interview with vocalist Ian Nichols, the album title was derived from a common video game warning message where the players quit the game without saving.

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Miscellaneous

  • The title for “So Fine” was created using abbreviations for the five chemical elements sulfur, oxygen, fluorine, iodine and neon. Additionally, each line of the chorus represents the properties of each chemical
  • Lyrics from ”The Glimmer Shot” were inspired by the video game Destiny. When Bungie, the developers of Destiny, heard the song, they awarded the band unique in-game rewards as well as accolades in their weekly blog.
  • The album features a cover of Godzilla by Blue Oyster Cult. The official video for the song took the band 3 months of production and was released on February 1, 2017.

    • Personnel

    Ian Nichols – vocals, lyrics
    Brock Tinsley – guitars, bass, lyrics
    Dafydd Cartwright – drums
    Al Jacob – production, lead engineer
    Kit Walters – Mixing
    Jamie King – Mastering
    Russ Hayes, Chris Walker – drum engineering
    Matteo Cuccato – artwork
    Buck Dharma – lyrics, composter on Track 7

    Critical reception

    Upon its release, Unsaved Progress received positive reviews. Calum Slingerland of Exclaim! noted that Double Experience "check[s] all the boxes of a modern-rock smash". David Navarro of Slicker Magazine praised the album, labeling the music as a mix of "Fall Out Boy, Queens of the Stone Age and even a little Coheed and Cambria, all while still maintaining an aesthetic that feels wholly unique perhaps entirely due to their lyrical subject matter."

    Critique de Salon reviewer Olivier Dénommée rated the album 7.5/10 as felt that the album's style was "well put-together" and "would please nerds who want to rock... even if the band will never write something as epic as actual video game music".

    Songs

    1SOFINeDouble Experience3:19
    2AAADouble Experience3:18
    3The Glimmer ShotDouble Experience3:24

    References

    Unsaved Progress Wikipedia
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