Veracity (album)

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Veracity
Veracity 2.jpg
Studio album by
Evacuate Chicago
ReleasedMay 8, 2008 (2008-05-08)
Recorded2004 – May 2008
StudioToxic Recording [1] [2]
Genre Metalcore, alternative rock, experimental rock
Length41:03
Label Rock Ridge Music [1] [2]
Producer Alex Preiss, Josh Key
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Veracity is the only studio album released by Evacuate Chicago, the serious persona of comedy metal band Psychostick. The album features Psychostick's brand of metal/hardcore without their usual humor, and instead a much more serious tone. [1] [2]

Contents

On September 17, 2009, Preiss announced on the band's MySpace that the album would be released January 12, 2010 through Rock Ridge Music. It was later changed to January 26. [1] [2]

History

The album has been in the works since 2004, and was originally planned to be called The Damage Has Been Done. The band recorded a demo of "Deny" in 2004 [1] [2] that was available for play on the band's various websites. Drummer Alex Preiss told Songfacts that it was the first song he ever wrote. [4]

In an interview with The Metal Reporter, Preiss stated, "Evacuate Chicago is largely my own project. I’m only playing drums and doing the occasional back up vocals, but I wrote the 9 out of 12 songs. Josh did all the guitars and main back ups, and Rob did the lead vocals. Josh did a lot of stuff actually, he wrote the remaining 3 songs, and he engineered and mixed it. But it’s a really personal, pissed off record I wrote when I was 19 and reading a lot of Alice Miller books. It’s very honest, thus the name “Veracity”." [5] When asked if the album will be released on CD, Preiss responded with, "We are in fact! Chadd, the artist who did the latest Screaming Mechanical Brain cover did the art for this one as well, and it’s awesome. I can’t draw anything though, so I am easily impressed. But no, that guy rules. And now, as soon as we can afford to get it pressed, we will do so, and have it available online and at shows." [5]

In a Psychostick webcast, Alex Dontre claimed that the album was a product of a "miserable" year in 2004 [6] and noted that a next Evacuate Chicago album is unlikely, because the band is happy and doesn't want to write dishonest songs. [7]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Occasional Letter Number One"Josh KeyKey3:56
2."Nothing Like You"Alex PreissPreiss, Key1:56
3."Deny"PreissPreiss, Key2:29
4."Perfect Ratio"PreissPreiss4:00
5."The Hole"KeyKey4:27
6."The Damage Has Been Done"PreissPreiss2:22
7."Proof of Dark Matter"PreissPreiss, Key3:57
8."Progress Beyond Repair"PreissPreiss, Key2:11
9."Velociraptors"PreissPreiss3:02
10."Time Lapse Photography"KeyKey, Preiss4:28
11."Peace, Love, and Santa Claus"PreissPreiss, Key3:28
12."Forgiveness Epidemic"PreissPreiss, Key4:48
Total length:41:03

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Carras, Mark (November 24, 2009). "Evacuate Chicago Set To Release Veracity in January 2010". rockmyonkey.com. Retrieved November 26, 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Psychostick Members Get Serious With Evacuate Chicago". antimusic.com. November 24, 2009. Retrieved November 27, 2009.
  3. ↑ Swigart, James (January 26, 2010). "Album Review: Evacuating Chicago: Veracity.". Chicks With Guns Magazine (CWG).
  4. ↑ "Deny". Songfacts.com. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
  5. 1 2 3 ""A Word" With Alex Preiss From Psychostick !". The Metal Reporter.Net. April 6, 2009. Archived from the original on June 1, 2009. Retrieved June 27, 2009.
  6. ↑ Psychostick - Stupid Dumb Awesome Webcast (14:53)
  7. ↑ Psychostick - Stupid Dumb Awesome Webcast (1:18:00)
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