Summer Bones

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Summer Bones
Summer Bones.jpg
Studio album by
Hit the Lights
ReleasedMarch 24, 2015
Genre Pop punk [1]
Length26:34
Label Pure Noise
Producer Jay Wayman
Hit the Lights chronology
Invicta
(2012)		Summer Bones
(2015)		 Just to Get Through to You
(2016)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Alternative Press Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Rock Sound 8/10 [4]
AbsolutePunk 6/10 [5]
Ultimate Guitar 7.4/10 [1]

Summer Bones is the fourth full-length studio album from the American pop punk band Hit the Lights, released on March 24, 2015. It was produced and mixed by Kyle Black (New Found Glory/All Time Low/State Champs). This is the band's first release on Pure Noise Records, as well as their shortest full-length album to date. The album's final track features guest vocals from original vocalist Colin Ross.

Contents

Release history

In January 2015 Hit the Lights announced the title and release date for the album. A few days later, they premiered the first track off the album, "Fucked Up Kids," along with the track listing. Leading up to its release, the band premiered more songs including "The Real" and "No Filter" to build anticipation. The band announced on Twitter that they "wrote Invicta because we wanted to push ourselves. We wrote Summer Bones because we wanted to rip shit. We stand by both." [6] Summer Bones premiered on the Glamour Kills website on March 18, 2015. [7] [8]

The music video for "Life on the Bottom" premiered on ESPN.com on April 9, 2015. [9] In July and August, the group supported State Champs on the Shot Boys of Summer Tour with Tiny Moving Parts, Let It Happen, and Northbound. [10] On March 9, 2016, a music video for "No Filter" was released on YouTube. [11] The single has since been streamed over 3 million times. [12] [13] In October 2016, the group supported Simple Plan on their tour of Canada. [14] In October and November, the group supported Good Charlotte on their headlining US tour. [15]

Acoustic versions of "Blasphemy, Myself and I," "Fucked Up Kids," and "Summer Bones" were released on the band's 2016 EP Just to Get Through to You.

Reception

The album was included at number 30 on Rock Sound's top 50 releases of 2015 list. [16]

Track listing

  1. "Fucked Up Kids" – 2:31
  2. "The Real" – 2:37
  3. "Life on the Bottom" – 2:27
  4. "Revolutions and Executions" – 3:05
  5. "No Filter" – 2:54
  6. "Blasphemy, Myself and I" – 2:40
  7. "Summer Bones" – 3:45
  8. "Keep Your Head – 1:29
  9. "Sitter" – 2:25
  10. "Old Friend" – 2:33

Personnel

Hit The Lights

Other

Chart positions

Chart (2015)Peak
position
US Billboard Independent Albums [17] 23
US Billboard Alternative Albums24
US Billboard Rock Albums [18] 36

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Citations

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  3. ↑ Brian Kraus. "Hit The Lights – Summer Bones". Alternative Press. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
  4. ↑ "Hit The Lights – Summer Bones". Rock Sound Magazine.
  5. ↑ Solomon, Blake. "Hits The Lights – Summer Bones – Album Review". AbsolutePunk . SpinMedia . Retrieved October 9, 2016.[ dead link ]
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  8. ↑ "Hit The Lights on Twitter".
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