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, released on March 17, 2023, through

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in Canada and

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and

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in the United States. The band continued their collaboration with Swedish music producer

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who worked with them on their previous albums '' Wake Up Call'' and '' Say Nothing''. The album returns to a more guitar-oriented

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sound.

Track listing

Personnel

Theory of a Deadman * Tyler Connolly – vocals, guitar, piano * Dave Brenner – guitar, backing vocals * Dean Back – bass, backing vocals * Joey Dandeneau – drums, backing vocals Production *

Neal Avron Neal Avron (born December 31, 1965) is an American record producer, mixer, audio engineer, and musician. Working predominantly in rock music, Avron began working on records in 1993 and achieved his production breakthrough when he co-produced Eve ...

– mixing * Tyler Connolly –

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, producing, programming * Clem Cherry – engineering, programming * Dyre Gormsen – engineering *

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ing * Jorge Arango Kure – engineering *

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– programming * Scott Skrzynski – mixing * Martin Terefe – producing *

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– engineering * Oskar Winberg – engineering, programming

Charts

References

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