Give In

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Give In
On An On Give In album artwork.jpg
Studio album by
On An On
Released29 January 2013
Recorded Toronto, 2012
Genre Indie rock, dream pop, shoegaze
Label Roll Call Records, City Slang
Producer Dave Newfeld
On An On chronology
Give In
(2013)		And the Wave Has Two Sides
(2015)
Singles from Give In
  1. "The Hunter"
    Released: 14 November 2012
  2. "Ghosts"
    Released: 4 December 2012

Give In is the debut album by American dream pop band On An On, released on Roll Call Records and City Slang on 29 January 2013. The album has been described as "haunting yet beautifully bare". [1]

United States Federal republic in North America

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States or America, is a country comprising 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions. At 3.8 million square miles, the United States is the world's third or fourth largest country by total area and is slightly smaller than the entire continent of Europe. With a population of over 327 million people, the U.S. is the third most populous country. The capital is Washington, D.C., and the most populous city is New York City. Most of the country is located contiguously in North America between Canada and Mexico.

Dream pop is a subgenre of alternative rock and neo-psychedelia that developed in the 1980s. The style is typified by a preoccupation with sonic texture and atmosphere as much as melody. It often overlaps with the related genre of shoegazing, and the two genre terms have at times been used interchangeably.

On An On is an American indie rock band, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The band was formed by Nate Eiesland, Alissa Ricci and Ryne Estwing after the dissolution of their previous band, Scattered Trees, in 2012. On An On released their debut album Give In in 2013 and their second album And the Wave Has Two Sides was released in July 2015. The band went on hiatus in 2016.

Contents

Background

Writing and recording

Nate Eiesland, Alissa Ricci and Ryne Estwing came together in the spring of 2012 to form a new band and record new material after the dissolution of their previous band, Scattered Trees. [2] A three-week-long Scattered Trees recording session had been previously booked, so the trio decided to proceed and record in Toronto with producer Dave Newfeld. [2] The threesome decided to "dismantle" the final songs they had written for Scattered Trees and to write a fresh batch in the studio. [3] Singer Nate Eiesland described producer Newfeld as "a mad genius. His guidance was less about new sounds and more about new perspectives on how to make a record". [3] Newfeld encouraged the band to experience recording from the exploration and experimentation side, rather than being solely about performance and getting perfect takes. [4]

Scattered Trees was an American indie rock band from Chicago, Illinois. The band was on the Roll Call/EMI label before their breakup in 2012.

Toronto Provincial capital city in Ontario, Canada

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the most populous city in Canada, with a population of 2,731,571 in 2016. Current to 2016, the Toronto census metropolitan area (CMA), of which the majority is within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), held a population of 5,928,040, making it Canada's most populous CMA. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,245,438 people surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world.

Musical style and influences

After working within the confines of a traditional rock band dynamic in Scattered Trees, On An On incorporated electronic elements into their songwriting for Give In. [4] They utilised "all of these really old drum machines that Dave Newfeld had" and live drummer Tony Nesbitt-Larking was brought in to record on the album. [4] [5]

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments and circuitry-based music technology. In general, a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means, and that produced using electronics only. Electromechanical instruments include mechanical elements, such as strings, hammers, and so on, and electric elements, such as magnetic pickups, power amplifiers and loudspeakers. Examples of electromechanical sound producing devices include the telharmonium, Hammond organ, and the electric guitar, which are typically made loud enough for performers and audiences to hear with an instrument amplifier and speaker cabinet. Pure electronic instruments do not have vibrating strings, hammers, or other sound-producing mechanisms. Devices such as the theremin, synthesizer, and computer can produce electronic sounds.

A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument that creates percussion. Drum machines may imitate drum kits or other percussion instruments, or produce unique sounds. Most modern drum machines allow users to program their own rhythms. Drum machines may create sounds using analog synthesis or play prerecorded samples.

Themes

Keyboardist Alissa Ricci stated that the band were so excited to record an album that they didn't enter into the process with any preconceived statements or themes and themes which emerged during the writing process were "relationships, the tough things, the great things, death, pain, ambivalence and apathy". [4] [6] The death of principal writer Nate Eiesland's father during the making of the final Scattered Trees record the previous year continued to affect him during the making of Give In, with his lyrics reflecting a "more of an ambivalent attitude towards death, unlike the first stage of grief". [6] "The Hunter" deals with Eiesland's "level of familiarity and understanding of death". [7] Ryne Estwing revealed that the album title Give In is "another way of saying don’t give up". [3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Consequence of Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]

Music review aggregator Metacritic gives the album a score of 81, based on four reviews. [11] The band's sound drew comparisons to Beach House, Yeasayer and Awolnation. [8]

Metacritic is a website that aggregates reviews of films, TV shows, music albums, video games, and formerly, books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged. Metacritic was created by Jason Dietz, Marc Doyle, and Julie Doyle Roberts in 1999. The site provides an excerpt from each review and hyperlinks to its source. A color of green, yellow or red summarizes the critics' recommendations. It is regarded as the foremost online review aggregation site for the video game industry.

Yeasayer is an American experimental rock band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2006. The band consists of Chris Keating, Ira Wolf Tuton, and Anand Wilder.

Awolnation American electronic rock band, formed and fronted by Aaron Bruno

Awolnation is an American rock band, formed and fronted by Aaron Bruno, formerly of Under the Influence of Giants, Home Town Hero, and Insurgence. The band is signed to Red Bull Records, and their first EP, Back from Earth, was released on iTunes on May 18, 2010. They released their first studio album, Megalithic Symphony, on March 15, 2011; it featured their most notable hit, "Sail", which peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 4 on the Billboard Rock Songs chart, and number 5 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart. The song has been certified 6× platinum by the RIAA and has sold 6,000,000 copies in the United States. As of February 29, 2016, the album has been certified platinum.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Ghosts"5:07
2."Every Song"3:36
3."American Dream"3:14
4."The Hunter"3:17
5."All The Horses"4:33
6."Bad Mythology"3:07
7."War Is Gone"4:24
8."Cops"5:39
9."Panic"4:00
10."I Wanted To Say More"7:49
Total length:41:23

Personnel

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References

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  2. 1 2 Rebecca Edwards. "Q&A with ON AN ON's Nate Eiesland – Madison – Jonk Music". Jonk Music. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
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  6. 1 2 "On An On Interview: Like a Bird That Flew". Frontier Psychiatrist. Archived from the original on 11 May 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "The Chicago Maroon — Interview: ON AN ON's Nate Eiesland". chicagomaroon.com. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
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