Basic Glitches

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Basic Glitches
Basic Glitches album art.png
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 17, 2020 (2020-01-17)
Genre Synthpunk, pop punk, electropop
Length43:51
Label Rock Candy Recordings
Producer Matt Langston
Eleventyseven chronology
Rad Science
(2017)
Basic Glitches
(2020)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Mountain Xpress (Favorable) [1]
Rock On Purpose(Favorable) [2]

Basic Glitches is the sixth studio album by the pop punk band Eleventyseven. It was independently released on January 17, 2020. [3] [4] [5] The release was fan-funded through a Kickstarter campaign. [4]

Contents

Singles

On November 15, 2019, Eleventyseven released the lead single "Killing My Vibe" to pledgers and later publicly on November 29, 2019. [6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Matt Langston, except where noted

Album release
No.TitleLength
1."Killing My Vibe"3:38
2."Fear the Fire"4:18
3."Birthrite"3:22
4."Skip"3:57
5."Letterman Jacket"4:27
6."Cookie"3:21
7."Battlecats"2:55
8."Shelf Life"3:27
9."Dizzy"3:43
10."Natsunoyo"2:43
Total length:43:51
Physical CD hidden tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Teenage Dirtbag" (originally performed by Wheatus)Brendan B. Brown3:41
12."Girl U Want" (originally performed by Devo) Gerald Casale, Mark Mothersbaugh 3:19

Personnel

Eleventyseven
Additional production

B-Sides EP

Betamosh
EP by
ReleasedNovember 6, 2020 (2020-11-06)
Genre Synthpunk, pop punk, electropop
Length25:02
Label Rock Candy Recordings
Producer Matt Langston

On November 18, 2019, during the Kickstarter campaign for the release of Basic Glitches, the band announced that the project had met its first stretch goal after reaching their initial main funding objective. The first of said goals was the release of a free companion B-Sides EP that would contain cut tracks and acoustic versions of tracks from the album.

On September 25, 2020, Eleventyseven's debuted the lead single from the EP entitled "Hellmouth" featuring North Carolina-based hip-hop artist Spaceman Jones while also announcing the EP's name as Betamosh. The single was followed later by the full release on November 6, 2020. [7]

On October 30, 2020, the music video for "Hellmouth" debuted on the band's YouTube channel. [8]

All tracks are written by Matt Langston

No.TitleLength
1."Hellmouth" (featuring Spaceman Jones)3:26
2."Hellmouth"3:09
3."Damage"3:31
4."Brains"3:21
5."Bleachers"4:30
6."Holding Out" (Acoustic Version)3:07
7."Milk the Lightning" (Acoustic Version)2:58
Total length:25:02

Notes

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