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band

The Cribs The Cribs are a British indie rock band originally from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, that formed in 2001. The band consists of twins Gary and Ryan Jarman and their younger brother Ross Jarman. They were subsequently joined by ex-The Smiths guit ...

via

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. It was released on 7 May 2012. The band announced the record title and track-listing on 14 February 2012.

Background

After the departure of guitarist Johnny Marr from the group was announced on 11 April 2011, the Cribs started working on writing the follow up to ''

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'' as a three-piece. They played several headlining slots at UK festivals in summer 2011, as well as a show at Le Zenith,

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, and a trip to Brazil for two shows in

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. In December, the band headlined the Clockenflap festival in

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, debuting material from the new album for the first time.

Recording

Recording for the album began in summer 2011 with

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producer David Richards, at

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. However, the sessions were later shelved, for unspecified reasons. Instead, the majority of the LP was recorded at

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, Cassadaga with producer and engineer David Fridmann in autumn and winter 2011 and early 2012. Sessions at

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studio,

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with engineer

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-produced " Chi-Town". A self-produced session at

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yielded the final four-song suite that closes the record. Sam Okell and Pete Hutchings engineered the Abbey Road sessions. The album was mastered at Sterling Sound,

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by Greg Calbi.

Personnel

;The Cribs *

Gary Jarman Gary John Jarman is a British multi-instrumentalist, best known for being bassist and singer in the Wakefield music group The Cribs. Formed in 2002, The Cribs have released eight albums to date, and numerous singles and EPs. their latest thre ...

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Ross Jarman Ross Anthony Jarman (born 22 September 1984) is a British drummer who is a member of the rock band The Cribs. The Cribs Ross was born and raised in Wakefield, England. He formed The Cribs in the early 2000s with brothers Ryan and Gary in Wa ...

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;Additional personnel *Rodrigo Etguello - violin *Tristan Beck – cello *Dave Fridmann - Mellotron, Omnichord *Greg Calbi - mastering *Nick Scott - artwork, layout

Singles

Four singles were released to promote the album. The band gave away the song " Chi-Town" as a free digital download on February 14th 2012. The first official single, " Come On, Be A No One" was released on 23 April, with " Glitters Like Gold" following on 22 July. Both singles were backed with original b-sides. A collaboration with artist

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produced ''Work #1431'', a video for "

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Accolades

Charts

Track listing

References

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