Good Spells

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Good Spells
Good Spells EP.jpg
EP by
Eleventyseven
ReleasedSeptember 10, 2013
RecordedRock Candy
Genre Hymns, electronic
Length18:16
Label Rock Candy Recordings
Producer Matt Langston
Eleventyseven chronology
Regifted
(2012)		Good Spells
(2013)		 Rad Science
(2017)
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Good Spells is the fourth official extended play by the Christian pop punk band, Eleventyseven.

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The EP also marked the final release by the band as of their official disbandment on September 26, 2014. [4] [5] However in late 2016, the band reunited and released their next full-length album Rad Science in 2017. [6] [7]

The title, "Good Spells", is a subtle reference or play at the word "Gospels", the first four books of the New Testament in the Bible. [8]

Background

Within the first week of August 2013, the EP was first hinted at in an Instagram post where lead singer Matt Langston informed the public that the band was covering the hymn, "I Surrender All." [9] On August 29, Langston revealed the album's cover art and release date (9.10.13) via Instagram and Tumblr. [10] [11] Later, on August 29, the band posted a hymn entitled "Turn Your Eyes" on their SoundCloud account. [12] The band later renamed the posted hymn, "Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus." On September 1, Matt Langston posted on his Jellyrox Tumblr blog about why the new EP was being created. [13] Afterwards, the band proceeded to release two more hymns entitled "Come Thou Fount" and "Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus" via SoundCloud on September 3–4. [14] [15]

As expected, the EP debuted on iTunes and Amazon.com on September 10, 2013. [16] [17] Later on, the same day of the release, Matt Langston posted a "press release" of sorts for the EP on his blog. [18] On September 13, Langston reported that the EP was having a great first week, release-wise. [19]

On September 30, Matt Langston did a radio interview with Broken FM about the EP and further explained why the band decided to do a hymns EP in the first place. [8]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus" (also known as "The Heavenly Vision")Helen H. Lemmel3:49
2."Come Thou Fount" Robert Robinson 3:55
3."Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus"Louisa M.R. Stead3:20
4."It Is Well With My Soul" Horatio Spafford 3:09
5."I Surrender All"Judson W. Van DeVenter4:03

Notes

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  2. ↑ "CM Addict review" . Retrieved October 2, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Alpha Omega News review". Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Eleventyseven's official announcement of disbandment". Facebook. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Eleventyseven Comes to an End". Indie Vision Music. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
  6. ↑ "eleventyseven announces Rad Science". New Release Today. August 28, 2017. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Rad Science by Eleventyseven on iTunes". iTunes . Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  8. 1 2 "Broken FM Interview with Matt Langston of Eleventyseven (must access date to find interview)". Archived from the original on September 25, 2013. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
  9. ↑ "First hinting at Hymn EP". Instagram. Archived from the original on December 26, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Good Spells release date announcement on Instagram". Instagram. Archived from the original on December 26, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Good Spells release date announcement on Tumblr". Tumblr.
  12. ↑ ""Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus" on SoundCloud". SoundCloud.
  13. ↑ "Tumblr post on why Good Spells was being created". Tumblr.
  14. ↑ ""Come Thou Fount" on SoundCloud". SoundCloud.
  15. ↑ ""Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus" on SoundCloud". SoundCloud.
  16. ↑ "Good Spells on iTunes". iTunes.
  17. ↑ "Good Spells on Amazon.com". Amazon.
  18. 1 2 "Good Spells press release". Tumblr.
  19. ↑ Matt Langston [@eleventymatt] (September 13, 2013). "This has been an awesome release week so far! Check out the new Eleventy EP "Good Spells" if you haven't already!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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