''If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say...'' is the second studio album by
post-hardcore
Post-hardcore is a punk rock music genre that maintains the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression. It was initially inspired by post-punk and noise rock. Like post-punk, the term has been ...
band
The Bunny the Bear, released through
Victory Records
Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several record labels. It has featured many prominent artists including Thur ...
on June 28, 2011. The album peaked at number 34 on the ''Billboard''
Top Heatseekers
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chart.
The album's lead single "Aisle" was independently released in December 2010, and caught the attention of Victory Records, who signed the band shortly after. The album spawned a dual single in October 2011 featuring the tracks "Ocean Floor" and "C'est Pas Si Loin", both of which were released with accompanying music videos. "Aisle" remains the band's most well-known song, accumulating over 1.02 million views on YouTube as of December 2015.
The tracks "Prelude to Pregnancy" and "Lust Touch Seed" were re-recorded from the band's 2010 debut album ''
The Bunny The Bear''.
Track listing
Chart performance
Personnel
The Bunny the Bear
*Chris "The Bear" Hutka – clean vocals
*Matthew "The Bunny" Tybor – unclean vocals, songwriting, lyrics
*Erik Kogut – guitars
*Amber Kogut – guitars
*Derek Anthony – bass
*Brian Dietz – drums, percussion
Additional personnel
*Doug White – additional guitars, producing
*Alan Douches – mastering
*Natalie Oyler-Lusco – composition of synthesizers and piano on "C'est Pas Si Loin"
*Seth Cooper – additional vocals on "Rough Eyes"
*Jessica Steward – additional vocals on "Sympathy for the Queen of Lies"
References
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2011 albums
The Bunny the Bear albums
Victory Records albums