Fireraisers Forever!

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Fireraisers Forever!
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Studio album by
Released11 October 2019 (2019-10-11)
Length44:39
Label Tapete
Comet Gain chronology
Paperback Ghosts
(2014)
Fireraisers Forever!
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 85/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Louder Than War 9/10 [3]

Fireraisers Forever! is the eighth studio album by British Indie pop band Comet Gain. It was released on 11 October 2019 under Tapete Records. [4]

Contents

The first single from the album, "Mid 8Ts" was released on 29 August 2019. [5]

Critical reception

Fireraisers Forever! was met with universal acclaim reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 85, based on 4 reviews. [1]

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeRankRef.
AllMusic Best of 2019
N/A
[6]

Track listing

Fireraisers Forever! track listing
No.TitleLength
1."We're All Fucking Morons"2:43
2."The Girl with the Melted Mind and Her Fear of the Open Door"2:35
3."Bad Nite at the Mustache"5:30
4."Society of Inner Nothing"3:59
5."Victor Jara, Finally Found!"2:40
6."The Godfrey Brothers"5:37
7."Your Life on Your Knees"3:08
8."Mid 8Ts"3:09
9."The Institute Debased"4:01
10."Her 33rd Perfect Goodbye"4:35
11."Werewolf Jacket"2:48
12."I Can't Live Here Anymore"3:51

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References

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  3. Babey, Ged (4 November 2019). "Louder Than War Review". Louder Than War . Retrieved 1 May 2020.
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