The Ending Is Just the Beginning Repeating

For the lead single and title track of this album, see The Ending Is Just the Beginning Repeating (song).

The Ending Is Just the Beginning Repeating
Studio album by
The Living End
Released22 July 2011 (Australia, USA, Canada, Mexico, Japan)[1]
RecordedLate 2010 – May 2011
StudioRed Door Sounds, Melbourne
301 Studios, Byron Bay[2]
GenreAlternative rock
Length40:09
LabelDew Process
ProducerNick DiDia
The Living End chronology
Rarities
(2008) 		The Ending Is Just the Beginning Repeating
(2011) 		Shift
(2016)
Singles from The Ending Is Just the Beginning Repeating
  1. "The Ending Is Just the Beginning Repeating"
    Released: 3 June 2011
  2. "Song for the Lonely"
    Released: 29 July 2011

The Ending Is Just the Beginning Repeating is the sixth studio album by Australian punk rock band The Living End, released on 22 July 2011 via Dew Process.[3][4] The album was produced by Nick DiDia. In 2011, it won the award for the Best Rock Album at the Australian ARIA Awards.

Composition and recording

In early 2010, Chris Cheney went to New York for three months to begin writing songs for the album. While in New York, he met up with The Hold Steady singer Craig Finn, whom he met through John Agnello who had produced the band's previous album, White Noise.[5] With Finn, he cowrote the song "The Ending Is Just the Beginning Repeating". Cheney said that for the new album he "wanted to meet different people and gather some fresh resources and influences to hopefully take my writing and add a different element".[5]

Later in the year, the band regrouped to begin rehearsals in a South Melbourne recording studio.[2] The band performed as The Safety Matches to road test new material. Cheney said that they had performed "a week's worth of gigs playing only new songs to see which ones would sink or swim" and that they had recorded fewer studio demos than for previous albums.[6][7] They then went into the studio to record the album.[8] They spent four or five weeks in Byron Bay and a further two to three weeks recording in Melbourne.[9]

Cheney said that the album took "like a year and a half of writing" and that they always seem to "go through 30-40 songs" in rehearsal.[10] He said that during writing the album they had "amassed something in the vicinity of 40-plus songs to choose from".[6] During the writing stage he said he would be "working on 30 songs at the same time."[11] When asked in a live webchat on what was different about this album, he replied, "I believe that there was a sense of not being able to top what we achieved with White Noise, so I was determined we'd create the best songs we've written. We ended up with more songs and at the end of it we went through every tune and picked the best ones that fit together."[12]

Scott Owen has said that for the album they "have taken a lot of inspiration from U2 and INXS, particularly the 'dancey' rock stuff. Rage Against the Machine as well. Something that those three bands share is the ability to get on a groove and stay on it, letting it pulsate and grow in a tribal sort of way, making it quite transfixing without changing the basic formula of each song."[13]

Recording of the album, with Nick DiDia, who came out from Atlanta to produce the album, was completed in May 2011 after which it was sent to Brendan O'Brien for mixing.[14][2]

Music and lyrics

Chris Cheney has said that for the album, the "aim has been to construct something more direct, simple and therefore tougher and bigger sounding than anything we've done before." He also said that the band "spent a lot of time experimenting with the parts of the songs to achieve this. Also and most importantly this will be an album, not just a bunch of songs."[15]

The album's producer, Nick DiDia, suggested to the band that keeping the songs slower would increase their impact. "He taught us that in slowing the tempo down it makes the song have so much more impact and be so much more direct", said Cheney. "There was an openness and air surrounding the tunes that we didn't want to clutter up playing it too fast or trying to be too fancy with our parts."[11]

Musically, Cheney has said that he used various effects to get a broader sound; "I have used more effects on this record vs others. There was the chorus peddle [sic] which gave songs an '80s flavour we were excited about. The good thing about a new guitar peddle [sic] is when it influences your writing. it's important for our songs to grow and sonically there's a broader spectrum now."[12]

Cheney said that the album title "doesn’t mean anything, but it certainly suggests a theme. Everything must rejuvenate, everything goes in cycles, and we are all going through the same thing, really. It doesn't make exact sense, which is why I kind of like it"[5][16]

For the first time, with the new album to promote, the band has hired a second guitarist to play live with them. When asked about this, Cheney said, "the songs on the new album aren't more complex but we felt there were some sounds and elements missing from our live show that are on our records. We plan to use him for some of the songs but not all, the idea is that it creates a fuller sound and you will hear parts of our record that have not been executed on stage. It will free me up to play some parts that have been missing from our gigs."[12]

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[17]
Rolling Stone[18]

The title track and lead single was premiered on Triple J Breakfast on 3 June 2011.[8][19] The single was then made available to stream on the band's official website.[14] "Machine Gun" was also made available to download via the band's Facebook page.[18] The whole album was made available to stream to members of the band's mailing list for 24 hours on 18 July 2011.[20]

The album debuted at number three on the ARIA Album Chart.[21] It received four and a half stars from Rolling Stone, saying it would "be fitting if this became the Living End's defining record".[18] The album was Radar's record of the week.[22]

However, Doug Wallen of The Vine was not so glowing. Labelling the work a 'buffed clean record deprived of heft and depth', he criticises Cheney's lyrics, stating that they are generic and clichéd. Citing a 'radio gloss' on the songs, he feels that the record lacks 'the boiling blood of the best anti-establishment music'.

The album won Best Rock Album at the 2011 ARIA Awards.[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Chris Cheney, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."In the Morning"3:17
2."Heatwave"3:08
3."Machine Gun"3:29
4."For Another Day"3:15
5."Song for the Lonely"3:16
6."Ride the Wave Boy"3:52
7."Resist"4:42
8."Away from the City"3:43
9."United"3:34
10."Universe"3:45
11."The Ending Is Just the Beginning Repeating" (Cheney/Craig Finn)4:08
iTunes edition
No.TitleLength
12."Do You Remember[23]"3:25

Singles

  • "The Ending Is Just the Beginning Repeating"
  • "Song for the Lonely"
  • "Universe"

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[25] 3
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[26] 36

Year-end charts

Chart (2011) Rank
Australian Artist Albums Chart[27] 31

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[28] Gold 35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Tour

The Ending is Just the Beginning Repeating Tour 2011

[29]

Date City Country Venue
1 September Brisbane Australia The Tivoli
2 September Brisbane The Tivoli
3 September Sydney Enmore Theatre
4 September Sydney Enmore Theatre
7 September Canberra ANU Bar
8 September Melbourne Palace Theatre
9 September Melbourne Palace Theatre[30]
10 September Adelaide Thebarton Theatre
16 September Perth Metro City

References

  1. ^ "iTunes releases for USA, Canada & Mexico". www.facebook.com.
  2. ^ a b c "New Living End Album - Tone Deaf". www.tonedeaf.com.au. 6 June 2011.
  3. ^ a b AU, POPSUGAR Celebrity. "Announcing the Winners of the 2011 ARIA Awards!".
  4. ^ "The Living End Prep Sixth Album - Undercover.fm News". Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
  5. ^ a b c "The Living End: Heading back to the beginning - Artists - the Music Network". Archived from the original on 1 July 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  6. ^ a b "The Living End January News von the Living End bei Myspace". www.myspace.com. Archived from the original on 30 November 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Living End New Album Almost Cooked Says Singer Guitarist Chris Cheney | Rock News | Triple M". Archived from the original on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  8. ^ a b "Music News". www.abc.net.au.
  9. ^ "A Bruce Springsteen Discussion Turns into a Living End Collaboration - Undercover.fm News". Archived from the original on 18 August 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  10. ^ "The Living End New Album, With Help From Craig Finn - Music Feeds". 7 June 2011.
  11. ^ a b Simmons, Amy. "A New Beginning", Blunt magazine, issue #101, pp. 28–32
  12. ^ a b c "Category". Herald Sun. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  13. ^ "The Living End - Interviews - Killyourstereo.com".
  14. ^ a b "The Living End release new song - News - Killyourstereo.com".
  15. ^ "The Living End February News von the Living End bei Myspace". www.myspace.com. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  16. ^ "We're for Sydney". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  17. ^ "The Ending Is Just the Beginning Repeating - The Living End - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic.
  18. ^ a b c "The Living End Reveal Another Song - Undercover.fm News". Archived from the original on 18 August 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  19. ^ "Music News". www.abc.net.au.
  20. ^ "The Living End". Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  21. ^ Hung, Steffen. "australian-charts.com - The Living End - The Ending Is Just The Beginning Repeating". australian-charts.com.
  22. ^ "Radar Record of the week the Living End | Radar Artists. Band info, interviews, reviews & artist music upload | Radar Radio". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  23. ^ "BIG NEWS - new TOUR, new VIDEO, album PRE-ORDERS". www.facebook.com.
  24. ^ The Ending Is Just the Beginning Repeating liner-notes
  25. ^ "Australiancharts.com – The Living End – The Ending Is Just the Beginning Repeating". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  26. ^ "Charts.nz – The Living End – The Ending Is Just the Beginning Repeating". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  27. ^ "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 50 Australian Artist Albums 2011". ARIA. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  28. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2011 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  29. ^ "BIG NEWS - new TOUR, new VIDEO, album PRE-ORDERS". www.facebook.com.
  30. ^ [1][dead link‍]

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