Track Listing 1. Being From Jersey Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry 2. Send My Love to the Dance Floor, I'll See You in Hell (Hey Mister DJ) 3. Church of Hot Addiction, The 4. Kids Are All F***** Up, The 5. It's Warmer in the Basement 6. Keep It Simple 7. It's Amateur Night at the Apollo Creed! 8. Bring It (Snakes on a Plane) 9. Ballad of Big Poppa and Diamond Girl, The 10. Pop-Punk Is Sooooo '05 11. You Can't Be Missed If You Never Go Away
| Details | | Producer: | Gabe Saporta, S*A*M, Sluggo | | Distributor: | Alternative Dis. Alliance | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Cobra Starship: Ryland Blackinton (guitar); Elisa Schwartz (guitar synthesizer); Alex Suarez (electric bass); Nate Navarro (drums). Additional personnel include: Maja Ivarsson (vocals); Joe Trohman, Nick Wheeler (guitar). Cobra Starship's Gabe Saporta first grabbed the world's attention with his catchy, tongue-in-cheek movie theme song, "Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)" (and its attendant video's all-indie-star cast), and then enjoyed some notice for his Gwen Stefani pastiche "Hollaback Boy." Here, he enlists the Ivy League's guitarist Ryland Blackinton and bassist Alex Suarez for a full-length album of exuberant and clever pop-punk built on brash guitars, funny hipster-skewering lyrics, and a confident vocal swagger that both apes and mocks emo conventions. While snark-infested tunes like "Pop-Punk is Sooooo 2005" and "The Kids are all F*cked Up" are clearly meant to be goofy, "The Ballad of Big Poppa and Diamond Girl," with its appealing electro-pop feel and a stirring melody, indicates a serious songwriting talent underneath the blankets of irony.
Editorial Reviews Every single one of WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS' swaggering 11 tracks is immediately likable...He piles on layers of synth-beats and angular guitars with slick production to propel you into a dancefloor frenzy. Alternative Press
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