Sports (Modern Baseball album)

Sports
Studio album by
Modern Baseball
ReleasedNovember 27, 2012
StudioDrexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Genre
Length31:00
LabelLame-O
Producer
  • Ian Farmer
  • Modern Baseball
Modern Baseball chronology
Couples Therapy
(2012) 		Sports
(2012) 		You're Gonna Miss It All
(2014)
Singles from Sports
  1. "The Weekend"
    Released: August 20, 2012
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Absolute Punk[1]
Punknews.org[3]

Sports is the debut studio album by American emo band Modern Baseball released on November 27, 2012.

Background

Sports was written while the band members were attending college.[4] Bassist Ian Farmer (who had not yet joined the band) and guitarist Jake Ewald were studying audio engineering at Drexel University and were able to record the album for free as their "first real project". The band outsourced the album to have it mixed due to their lack of comfort or experience in that stage of the production process.[5][6] The band had previously released the split EP Couples Therapy with fellow Philadelphia-based emo band Marietta and embarked on a short tour during the summer of 2012.[7] Farmer later joined the band himself. Looking back on recording, Ewald said "it was mostly our singer Bren doing most of the legwork 'cos we didn't have a real band yet".[8]

Release

Sports was later released by Lame-O Records in December 2012.[9] On June 22, 2013, a music video was released for "The Weekend". In June and July, the group went on a short US tour with Mixtapes, You Blew It! and Light Years.[10] Later in July, the group appeared at I Got Brains Fest.[11] In November, the group appeared at The Fest.[12]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bren Lukens and Jake Ewald

No.TitleLength
1."Re-Do"2:11
2."Tears Over Beers"2:48
3."The Weekend"3:30
4."@chl03k"1:40
5."Hours Outside in the Snow"3:30
6."I Think You Were in My Profile Picture Once"1:19
7."Re-Done"4:32
8."Cooke"3:45
9."See Ya, Sucker"2:12
10."Look Out"0:55
11."Play Ball!"2:15
12."Coals"2:11
Total length:31:00

Personnel

Modern Baseball

  • Jake Ewald – lead vocals (tracks: 2, 8, 12), guitar, bass, drums[13]
  • Bren Lukens – lead vocals

Additional musicians

  • Adrianne Gold – vocals (tracks: 6, 11)
  • Corey Rader – upright bass (track 4)

Production

  • Ian Farmer – engineer, producer
  • Ralph Nicastro – mixing
  • Zakk Cervini – mastering

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b c Doherty, Kelly (23 November 2012). "Modern Baseball - Sports". AbsolutePunk.net. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  2. ^ Zumic review Archived 2016-02-22 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Yancey, Bryne (24 January 2013). "Modern Baseball". PunkNews.org. Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  4. ^ Bird, ed. 2015, p. 46
  5. ^ https://www.punknews.org/article/53382/interviews-ian-farmermodern-baseball
  6. ^ "Sports - Modern Baseball". Modern Baseball Bandcamp. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Jun 22, 2012: Dane Fallon Fest 2012 at IHOP Estate Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | Concert Archives". www.concertarchives.org. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
  8. ^ Swanson 2014, p. 29
  9. ^ "Modern Baseball". Lame-O Records. Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  10. ^ Kraus, Brian (June 22, 2013). "Modern Baseball release "The Weekend" video". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. Archived from the original on December 31, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  11. ^ Campbell, Rachel (June 4, 2013). "Into It. Over It., Foreign Tongues and more to play I Got Brains Fest". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. Archived from the original on December 20, 2017. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  12. ^ Whitt, Cassie (July 26, 2013). "Lucero, J.Robbins, Modern Baseball, Tim Kasher, White Wives, Weatherbox added to Fest 12 lineup". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. Archived from the original on June 13, 2017. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  13. ^ Run For Cover Records (2014-04-24). Drum Talk with Sean Huber (Modern Baseball). Retrieved 2024-07-08 – via YouTube.

Sources

  • Bird, Ryan, ed. (April 2015). "New Noise". Rock Sound. No. 198. London: Freeway Press Inc. ISSN 1465-0185.
  • Swanson, Emily. Simmons, Amy (ed.). "Batter Up". Blunt. No. 130. Sydney: nextmedia. ISSN 1445-6974.