''KABOOM!'' is the debut studio album by American
chiptune-based
rock
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band
I Fight Dragons
I Fight Dragons is an American chiptune-based rock band from Chicago. Their music is a combination of rock with chiptune, featuring electronic sounds made using Nintendo Game Boys and Nintendo Entertainment Systems, a genre also known as Nint ...
, released in 2011 by
Photo Finish Records
Photo Finish Records is an American independent record label founded in 2006 in New York City by Matt Galle, listed as one of Billboard’s “40 Under 40” in 2013 and 2015 as well as named a 2020 Billboard Indie Power Player and cited twice o ...
. When the band won their release from the record label, they started offering it for free on their site. This has, however, been replaced with the band's newest album, ''Canon Eyes''.
Versions of the band's discography on USB Dogtags, released on the official online store, included an exclusive piano-ballad version of a track, titled "I Will Wait For You If You Do For Me" at the end of the album.
Track listing
Personnel
I Fight Dragons
*Brian Mazzaferri - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, chiptune (NES, SNES, NES Advantage, NES Power Pad, NES Zapper, Rock Band Guitar, Game Boy, Atari 2600, Commodore 64, Omnichord)
[
*Hari Rao - bass][
*Packy Lundholm - vocals, electric guitar][
*Chad Van Dahm - drums][
*Bill Prokopow - vocals, keyboards, piano, chiptune][
Additional musicians
*]Kina Grannis
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- vocals on "With You"[
*2010-2011 ]Glenbrook South High School
Glenbrook South High School, or GBS, is a public four-year high school located in Glenview, Illinois, a north suburb of Chicago, in the United States. It is part of Northfield Township High School District, which also includes Glenbrook North Hig ...
Choir - vocals on "Suburban Doxology"
*Matt Mahaffey - chiptune
Production
*Matt Mahaffey - production, recording, mixing, engineering
*Bill Prokopow - additional production, mixing
*Chris Athens - mastering
*Ryan Mauskopf - cover art
*Alex R. Kirzhner - art direction, design
*Carolyn Tracey - packaging production
References
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2011 debut albums
I Fight Dragons albums
Photo Finish Records albums
Chiptune albums
Nintendocore albums
Rock albums by American artists