Adults!!!: Smart!!! Shithammered!!! And Excited by Nothing!!!!!!!

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Adults!!!: Smart!!! Shithammered!!! And Excited by Nothing!!!!!!!
Adults!.jpg
The version of the cover used for the vinyl release
Studio album by Bomb the Music Industry!
Released February 8, 2010
Genre Ska-punk, punk rock
Length 21:40
Label Quote Unquote Records
Producer Bomb the Music Industry!, Jeff Rosenstock
Bomb the Music Industry! chronology
Others! Others! Volume 1
(2009)Others! Others! Volume 12009		 Adults!!!: Smart!!! Shithammered!!! And Excited by Nothing!!!!!!!
(2010)		 Vacation
(2011)Vacation2011

Adults!!!: Smart!!! Shithammered!!! And Excited by Nothing!!!!!!! is a studio album by Bomb the Music Industry! which was released digitally on February 8, 2010 via Quote Unquote Records. It was recorded, mixed and released in only five days.[1] Initially released as an EP, the band has more recently acknowledged the record as a "mini-album", similar to To Leave or Die in Long Island.[2]

A slightly different version of "Struggler" was previously released as a single on December 24, 2009. The original version was recorded without a full band in Jeff Rosenstock's bedroom as a tribute to "Sweet Home Cananada", released five years before.[3]

Upon release there was no set cover art for the album; instead eight different versions of cover art showed up randomly on the Quote Unquote download page, each featuring a color filtered photograph of someone who appears on the album with the word "ADULTS!" across the cover. When the album was released on vinyl by Really Records, a ninth image in the same style was used as the cover.

Adults!!! is the only Bomb the Music Industry! album to not contain samples of television shows, movies, phone messages or other songs between tracks.

Track listing

  1. "You Still Believe in Me?" – 4:00
  2. "Planning My Death" – 1:57
  3. "Slumlord" – 2:36
  4. "All Ages Shows" – 4:20
  5. "Big Ending" – 0:29
  6. "The First Time I Met Sanawon" – 3:26
  7. "Struggler" – 4:52

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Punknews.org 4/5 stars[4]
Sputnikmusic 4.5/5 stars[5]
Exclaim! positive[6]

Exclaim! named "Adults!..." No. 10 in their Punk Albums of 2010.[7] Exclaim! writer Ben Conoley said "Listening to the album is like attending a really exciting party where everyone is extremely fun but equally self-aware and well-read. Even with a little melancholy, BTMI! reminds us of how much fun life is."

Personnel

  • Jeff Rosenstock – vocals, guitars, saxophone, keyboards
  • John DeDomenici – bass
  • Tom Malinowski – guitar
  • Matt Keegan – trombone, vocals
  • Mike Costa – drums
  • Laura Stevenson – vocals
  • Neil Callaghan – farfisa organ
  • Christine Mackie – glockenspiel, vocals

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ http://reallyrecords.bigcartel.com/product/bomb-the-music-industry-adults-smart-shithammered-and-excited-by-nothing
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Punknews.org review
  5. ↑ Sputnikmusic review
  6. ↑ Exclaim! review
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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