''Feel'' is the third studio album by American
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band
Sleeping with Sirens was released by June 4, 2013. This is the last album released on
Rise
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. The entire album was produced by
Cameron Mizell
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who had produced their debut album.
It is the final album to feature rhythm guitarist Jesse Lawson after his departure from the band later in 2013. The album also features guest appearances by Fronz (
Attila
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), Matty Mullins (
Memphis May Fire) and Shayley Bourget (
Dayshell, ex-
Of Mice & Men).
Background
In December 2012, vocalist Kellin Quinn teased about a new album, stating "If the world doesn't end before #2013,
e'lldeliver an amazing album to you!"
[ On February 6, 2013, Quinn posted that he had finished tracking vocals for the album. Recording was done at Chango Studios with producer ]Cameron Mizell
Cameron Pierce Mizell is an American artist, songwriter, singer, record producer and owner of Chango Studios. He began producing music in 2003 & has worked with Billboard top charting artists such as Sleeping With Sirens, Memphis May Fire, Woe Is ...
, who also acted as the engineer, and was assisted by Alex Prieto. Shawn Christmas and Earl Halasan contributed additional programming. Dan Korneff
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mixed the album at Sonic Debris Recording Studio in New York, while Ted Jensen
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Ted ...
mastered it.[
The majority of the songs on the album were written by the band, except for a few: "Alone" by the band and Kelly; "Congratulations" by the band and Mullins; "These Things I've Done", "Satellites", and "Sorry" by the band and Mizell.][
]
Release
In March and April 2013, the group went on a headlining US tour, dubbed the Take It or Leave It Tour, with support from Conditions, Dangerkids and Lions Lions
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. On April 22, ''Feel'' was announced for release in June. In addition, a lyric video was released for "Low". On May 20, "Alone" was made available for streaming. The following day, it was released as a single. On May 24, "The Best There Ever Was" was made available for streaming. A day later, "Free Now" was made available for streaming. On May 26, "Congratulations" was made available for streaming. Later that day, the rest of the album was made available for streaming. In May and June, the band went on a headlining tour of the UK and Europe.
''Feel'' was released on June 4 through Rise Records.[ Two days later, a music video was released for "Alone". In the summer, the group embarked on the ]Warped Tour
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. In September and October, the group went on a tour of Europe and the UK. On October 16, it was announced that guitarist Jesse Lawson had left the group, choosing to focus on his family. On October 29, a music video was released for "Congratulations". In October and November, the group embarked on The Feel This Tour in the US with support from Memphis May Fire, Breathe Carolina
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, Issues and Our Last Night
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.
Reception
Critical response
''Feel'' received generally positive reviews from music critics. Gregory Heaney of AllMusic
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commented that "the talented vocal of Kellin Quinn making an album like Feel a shining light in an increasingly homogenized post-hardcore landscape." Scott Heisel of ''Alternative Press
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'' stated "while the collaboration with MGK
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Machine Gun Ke ...
gels perfectly and could totally be a crossover smash, the collaboration with Memphis May Fire’s Matty Mullins is misguided" and continued "still, the good more than outweighs the bad, and as a whole, ''Feel'' is a big step up."
Commercial performance
The album debuted at number 3 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling around 60,000 copies in its first week, making the album one of the highest charting post-hardcore
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albums of all time.[ Chart History- Billboard.com] It has sold 180,000 copies in the US as of March 2015. The album also debuted at number 36 on UK Albums Chart
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.[ARIA]
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Track listing
All songs written by Sleeping with Sirens, except where noted.[
]
Personnel
Personnel per booklet.
Sleeping with Sirens
* Kellin Quinn – lead vocals
* Jesse Lawson – guitar
* Jack Fowler – guitar
* Gabe Barham – drums
* Justin Hills – bass
Additional musicians
* Shawn Christmas – additional programming
* Earl Halasan – additional programming
* Machine Gun Kelly
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– additional vocals (track 4)
* Matty Mullins – additional vocals (track 8)
* Shayley Bourget – additional vocals (track 5)
* Chris Fronzak – additional vocals on "The Best There Ever Was"
Production and design
* Cameron Mizell
Cameron Pierce Mizell is an American artist, songwriter, singer, record producer and owner of Chango Studios. He began producing music in 2003 & has worked with Billboard top charting artists such as Sleeping With Sirens, Memphis May Fire, Woe Is ...
– producer, engineer
* Alex Prieto – assistant engineer
* Dan Korneff
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– mixing
* Ted Jensen
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Ted ...
– mastering
* Ryan Clark – art direction, design
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
External links
''Feel''
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(streamed copy where licensed)
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2013 albums
Sleeping with Sirens albums
Rise Records albums
Albums produced by Cameron Mizell