''Mixed Reality'' is the sixth studio album by American

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band

Gin Blossoms Gin Blossoms is an American alternative rock band formed in 1987 in Tempe, Arizona, Tempe, Arizona. They rose to prominence following the 1992 release of their first major label album, ''New Miserable Experience'', and the first single released ...

. It was released on June 15, 2018, on

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Recording and release

The band's longtime producer

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died in 2014 and while they toured to promote the 25th anniversary of their most successful album, ''

New Miserable Experience ''New Miserable Experience'' is the second studio album by alternative rock band Gin Blossoms, released on August 4, 1992. The album was released to little fanfare and relatively lackluster reviews. However, nearly a year after its release the l ...

'', the band members met Don Dixon at a show in Ohio. They discussed recording together and entered Dixon's recording partner

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's studio in October 2016. Vocalist Robin Wilson says that the sessions for the album were "really inspired." The band spent about a year writing songs and doing demos before recording the album. Wilson calls ''Mixed Reality'' "sort of a companion" to ''New Miserable Experience'' and says, "It feels to me like a record we would have all wanted to make when we were 25." The band released "Break" as a lead single and followed the release with a tour that was documented on their Chicago date, where they played this album and ''

'' in their entirety.

Track listing

#"Break" ( Robin Wilson) – 4:00 #"Face the Dark" (Wilson) – 4:09 #"New Mexico Trouble" (Scott Johnson,

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) – 4:23 #"Angels Fly" (

Jesse Valenzuela Jesse Valenzuela (born May 22, 1962) is an American rock musician and singer who is perhaps best known as a member of the alternative rock band Gin Blossoms. Valenzuela was originally the vocalist in Gin Blossoms when the band first formed in ...

, Danny Wilde) – 3:51 #"Here Again" (Valenzuela, Wilde) – 4:01 #"Still Some Room in Heaven" (Johnson, Leen) – 2:58 #"Miranda Chicago" (Leen) – 3:52 #"Girl on the Side" (Johnson, Kira Brown) – 4:02 #"Fortunate Street" (Valenzuela, Wilde) – 3:46 #"Wonder" (Valenzuela, Wilde) – 3:56 #"Shadow" (Johnson, Wilson) – 3:41 #"Forever Is This Night" (Wilson) – 3:13 #"The JFK Shit Show" (Johnson, Wilson) – 0:30 #"The Devil's Daughter" (Wilson) – 2:23 #"Mega Pawn King" (Leen) – 4:49

Personnel

Gin Blossoms * Scott Hessel – drums, percussion * Scott "Scotty" Johnson – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals *

– bass guitar *

– rhythm and lead guitar, backing and lead vocals * Robin Wilson – lead vocals Technical personnel * Don Dixon –

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References

External links

* * {{Authority control 2018 albums Albums produced by Don Dixon (musician) Cleopatra Records albums Gin Blossoms albums