Ours Is Chrome

Ours Is Chrome
Studio album by Superheaven
Released	May 4, 2015
Recorded	October 2014
Studio	Studio 4 Recording Studios, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
Genre	Alternative rock grunge shoegaze
Length	43:00
Label	Side One Dummy, Red Bull
Producer	Will Yip
Superheaven chronology
Jar (2013) Ours Is Chrome (2015) Superheaven (2025)
Singles from Ours Is Chrome
"I've Been Bored" Released: March 24, 2015 "Next to Nothing" Released: April 9, 2015

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	69/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Exclaim!	[3]
PopMatters	[4]
Punknews.org	[5]

Ours Is Chrome is the second studio album by American alternative rock band Superheaven. Released on May 4, 2015, it was the final album released before going on a 6-year long hiatus in 2016, ending in 2022. The snake on the cover is a DeKay's brown snake (Storeria dekayi).

Musical style

Ours Is Chrome has been labelled as a alternative rock, ^[6] grunge, ^{[6] [7]} and shoegaze album. ^[7]

Track listing

All music is composed by Superheaven

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I've Been Bored"	3:23
2.	"Next to Nothing"	4:04
3.	"Room"	3:37
4.	"All the Pain"	4:14
5.	"Leach"	3:50
6.	"Downswing"	3:41
7.	"Blur"	3:23
8.	"Gushin' Blood"	3:29
9.	"Dig Into Me"	3:35
10.	"From the Chest Down"	6:06
11.	"Poor Aileen"	4:27
Total length:		43:00

Personnel

Superheaven

• Taylor Madison – guitar, vocals
• Jake Clarke – guitar, vocals
• Joe Kane – bass
• Zack Robbins – drums

Additional personnel

• Will Yip – production, mixing, background vocals, additional percussion
• Matthew Bailey – additional percussion
• Vince Ratti – mixing
• Jay Preston – assisting engineering

Charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [8]	16
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [9]	12
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [10]	25

References

1. "Reviews for Ours Is Chrome by Superheaven". Metacritic . May 4, 2015. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
2. Monger, James Christopher. "Superheaven - Ours Is Chrome". Allmusic . Archived from the original on May 15, 2022. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
3. Ranjanathan, Branan (May 1, 2015). "Superheaven Ours Is Chrome". Exclaim! . Archived from the original on September 17, 2021. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
4. Rodríguez, Juan Edgardo (June 11, 2015). "Superheaven: Ours Is Chrome". PopMatters . Archived from the original on August 4, 2020. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
5. Matadeen, Renaldo (April 30, 2015). "Superheaven - Ours Is Chrome". Punknews.org. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
6. Senior, Nicholas (July 14, 2015). "Superheaven Produce Some Of The Best Alt / Grunge Since The Genre's Heyday". New Noise Magazine. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
7. Chelosky, Danielle (November 12, 2024). "Superheaven Share New Song "Long Gone," Announce Tour Dates". Stereogum . Retrieved November 21, 2024.
8. "Superheaven Chart History (Top Alternative Albums)". Billboard.
9. "Superheaven Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.
10. "Superheaven Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard.