Fail You Again

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Fail You Again
Fail You Again.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 10, 2017 (2017-03-10)
RecordedAugust 2016–January 2017
Genre
Length39:45
Label Pure Noise
Can't Swim chronology
Death Deserves A Name
(2016)
Fail You Again
(2017)
This Too Won't Pass
(2018)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 78/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Alternative Press Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
New NoiseStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [4]
Punknews.orgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Rock Sound 7/10 [6]

Fail You Again is the debut studio album by New Jersey rock band, Can't Swim. The album was released through Pure Noise on March 10, 2017.

Contents

Background

The band released their first single off the album, called "Stranger" on November 17, 2016. The same day the music video for the song was also released. The video features the band in various scenes in the dark in a car sitting outside a house of a couple breaking up and fighting. [7]

The band announced the debut of their full-length album to Alternative Press on February 8, 2017. The same day, they released the music video to their single "We Won't Sleep". [8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Chris LoPorto, Mike Sanchez, Greg McDevitt, Danny Rico, and Andrea Morgan

No.TitleLength
1."What's Your Big Idea?"3:13
2."We Won't Sleep"2:48
3."$50,000,000"3:01
4."Friend"3:08
5."Quitting"3:19
6."Hey Amy"3:49
7."Stranger"3:57
8."One Shot"2:26
9."Kid"3:59
10."Show Me"2:44
11."Molly's Desk"3:51
12."All the Moves We Make Are in the Dark"3:30
Total length:39:45

Personnel

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References

  1. "Reviews and Tracks for Fail You Again by Can't Swim". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved July 12, 2017.
  2. "Fail You Again - 'Fail You Again'" (Print). No. April 2017. Alt Press, Inc. Alternative Press. April 4, 2017. p. 80. Bitter basement anthems have never sounded this sweet.
  3. "Can't Swim: 'Fail You Again'" (Print). No. 18 March 2017. BMG. Kerrang!. March 18, 2017. p. 52. A record that's powered in equal parts by defiance and ambition.
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