Background
Iwrestledabearonce wrote and recorded ''It's All Happening'' within the course of 2008 through 2009 upon their signing to Century Media. Upon its release on June 2, 2009, it sold 4,300 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 121 on The Billboard 200 chart. The album landed at position No. 1 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart. On June 29, 2010, the band re-released ''It's All Happening'' as a 3-disc special edition that includes the regular album, a remix album entitled "It's All Remixed!", and a DVD. This special edition also includes song stems to allow fans to create their own remixes. Several songs have titles related to various cartoons. For example, the song title "I'm Cold And There Are Wolves After Me" is a quote from ''Reception
The album generally received mixed to positive reviews. Ultimate Guitar commented by saying "Iwrestledabearonce are one of the strangest yet most unique bands out there today, and ''It's All Happening'' displays their style superbly. There are also random things thrown into songs, whether it's the famous 'Dixie' carhorn from The Dukes of Hazzard or the hillbilly sounding section in 'You Ain't No Family'. Besides their obvious random and strange sections, other sections display superior musicianship showing their ability to flawlessly change styles and switch sections."Track listing
Personnel
; Iwrestledabearonce * Steven Bradley – guitars, keyboards, samples * Dave Branch – bass * Krysta Cameron – vocals * John Ganey – guitars, keyboards, samples * Mikey Montgomery – drums, backing vocals ;Production *Programming by John Ganey and Steven Bradley *Artwork by Sons of NeroCharts
References
{{Authority control 2009 debut albums Century Media Records albums Iwrestledabearonce albums Albums with cover art by Sons of Nero