Released February 20, 2007 Artist The Ataris Producer Nick Launay | Length 52:21 Release date 20 February 2007 Label Sanctuary Records | |
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Recorded 2005 at Seedy Underbelly Studios, Los Angeles, CA Genres Alternative rock, Indie rock Similar Anywhere but Here, End Is Forever, Blue Skies - Broken HeartsN, So Long - Astoria, Live at the Metro | ||
The ataris not capable of love
Welcome the Night is the fifth studio album by the band The Ataris. It is the long-delayed follow-up to the band's previous album So Long, Astoria.
Contents
The first elegy the ataris welcome the night b side
Background
With this album, The Ataris abandoned the pop punk genre and moved to the alternative rock genre.
Release
On June 10, 2006, it was announced that the band had left Columbia Records. The band explained that they asked to be let go from their recording contract: "[since the release of So Long, Astoria,] almost every key person working at Columbia has either been fired or has quit[.] [...] We, like so many of the great people who have recently left Columbia, are not interested in remaining on a label that is in the process of being dismantled." The group mentioned that this caused a minor delay in releasing Welcome the Night. On November 7, it was announced that the band started their own label, Isola Recordings, and partnered with Sanctuary Records to release Welcome the Night. On November 14, "Not Capable of Love" was made available for streaming via the band's Myspace account, and released to radio on the same day. The song was released to iTunes on December 19, featuring "Welcome the Night" as the B-side.
Welcome the Night was released on February 20, 2007 through Isola Recordings and Sanctuary Records. Early pressings of the CD purchased at Best Buy contained a bonus disc with "The First Elegy" as track one and "Sonnet for the Early Departed" as track two. Also, early pressings of the CD purchased at Target contain the bonus track "The Ghost of Last December". The special edition of this album, sold in Canada and Europe by HMV, contains "Welcome the Night" and "The Ghost of Last December" as bonus tracks. For the release of this album The Ataris partnered with the developer of the hugely popular computer game World of Warcraft, Blizzard Entertainment, for a contest encouraging fans of the band, the game, and the medium of machinima to produce music videos of songs from the album using the Warcraft intellectual properties and animation engine.
The video for "Not Capable of Love" was released in February. From late February to early April, the band went on their first U.S. tour in three years. They were supported by Asobi Seksu and Wax on Radio.
Reception
The album debuted at number 85 on the Billboard 200, selling about 10,000 copies in its first week on the chart.
Track listing
All lyrics written by Kris Roe.
Personnel
Band
Production
Songs
1Not Capable of Love3:29
2Cardiff-By-the-Sea4:13
3New Year's Day3:14