Artist : State Of Shock
Album : Rock N' Roll Romance
Label : Universal Music Canada
Genre : Rock
Street Date : 2011-09-20
Quality : 265 kbps / 44.1kHz / Joint Stereo
Encoder : Lame 3.98.4 -V0
Size : 84.41 MB
Time : 41:54 min
Url : http://stateofshockband.com/
Tracks
1. Intro 1:00
2. The F Word 3:27
3. Have A Nice Day 3:12
4. Runaway 3:15
5. Innocent Girl 3:25
6. Wish I Woulda Wowed U 2:30
7. Mary Goes' Round 3:24
8. Gone N' Done N' Did It 2:55
9. Last Call 4:45
10. Still Got Tomorrow 3:20
11. Call Me Crazy 3:16
12. Used To Be 3:47
13. Rock N' Roll Romance 3:38
State of Shock fans need not fear. The rock band’s long-awaited new album,
Rock N’ Roll Romance, has a couple of ballads, most notably “Last Call” and
“Innocent Girl,” but it’s not entirely a lover’s lament, although it could
well have been.
“We actually had to cut some out because we keep on writing too many
ballads!” says drummer Johnny Philippon. “It’s like okay, we’ve got to stop
doing this!’”
You couldn’t have blamed the band if they had decided to go after the Bic
lighter crowd. After all, one of the biggest hits off the Vancouver
quintet’s last album, 2007’s Life, Love & Lies, was “Best I Ever Had,” a
slow and epic rocker about the toll life on the road takes on relationships.
And certainly the members of State of Shock – Philippon, guitarists Jesse
Wainwright and Simon “Kadooh” Clow, bassist Alison Toews and singer Cameron
Melnyk – have seen their fair share of personal and professional turmoil
these last few years, from breakups to business problems – all of which
acted as fodder for the new lyrics, although you may not be able to tell
which songs are about which.
“Being in a traveling rock & roll band is very tough on relationships, and
all five of us have gone through a number of relationships because it’s
really hard to make two things work that take up so much time. When you’re
in a band, you’re married to this thing,” says Wainwright.
Rock N’ Roll Romance, out August 16, was written over the course of a year,
primarily in the band members’ basements, save for one productive weekend
spent writing with Our Lady Peace frontman Raine Maida at his home in Bel
Air. Two songs came out of that session, “Still Got Tomorrow” and “Runaway,”
the latter Wainwright says will likely be released as a single at some
point. The album’s first single is the uptempo “Have a Nice Day.”
Recording took place over three months at Vancouver’s Warehouse Studios,
beginning in December 2010. Producer Jeff Dawson (Daniel Powter, Kelly
Rowland) and mixer Mike Fraser, the same team behind the boards of Life,
Love & Lies, returned for this record. Of Dawson, Wainwright says: “We get
along with him well. It’s a comfortable situation to work with. He’s not a
guy who’s telling us ‘no, no, no, no, no. This is what you guys need to do.’
He just basically lets us do what we do.”
On Rock N’ Roll Romance that means the driving rhythm of “Still Got
Tomorrow,” the hook-laden chorus of “Gone n’ Done n’ Did It” and the
passionate and haunting performance of “Innocent Girl.” While the band hopes
to duplicate the success of Life, Love & Lies, which was certified gold in
Canada, partly on the strength of the radio hits “Money Honey” and “Best I
Ever Had,” Melnyk insists that the band would never deliberately try to
write a radio hit, even if they knew how.
“We do pay attention to what’s going on in the rock world,” he says. “But
I’m not about to start putting implants in my cheeks and my shoulders! We
just want to write music, and if you write a good song and you think it will
last a long time, you’ll have a decent career, and people will respect and
appreciate what you’re doing.”
The band’s fans certainly appreciate State of Shock, having won over
thousands of them touring with the likes of Seether, Staind, Papa Roach and
Nickelback, as well as opening for Aerosmith and Bon Jovi. With touring
scheduled to start this August, the band are anxious to bring Romance to
live audiences across the country.
“From day one we’ve been devoted and dedicated, heart and soul,” says
Melnyk. “We’ve made this a life together, to do this. Rock N’ Roll Romance
is kind of an ongoing love affair with music. It’s not something we’re
necessarily content and comfortable with all the time, but we’re kind of
stuck in it. I wake up singing and humming every day. It’s something we
always do, and I’ll take it to my grave.”
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