''One Day'' is the sixth studio album by Canadian post-hardcore band
Fucked Up. The album was released on January 27, 2023, through
Merge Records
Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as an outlet for music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expande ...
, four years after their previous album ''
Dose Your Dreams
''Dose Your Dreams'' is the fifth studio album by Canadian hardcore punk band Fucked Up. The album was released on October 5, 2018 through Merge Records.
The four-year gap between the album and their 2014 album, ''Glass Boys'', marked the longest ...
''.
Three singles were released ahead of the album's release: the self-titled track and "Found", which were released in late 2022, and "I Think I Might Be Weird", which came out in early 2023.
''One Day'' was well-received by contemporary music critics, with the album enjoying "universal acclaim" on
Metacritic and
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.
Background
The recording process of the album took over the course of three years, in part due to the
impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the music industry.
The guitars of the album were recorded one day December 2019 at Candle Studios in
Toronto,
while the bass and vocals were recorded in February 2020 at Palmer Stone Studios and Candle Stone Studios, respectively.
Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, the final mixing and mastering did not occur until April 2022.
Mixing was undertaken by Alex Gamble while
mastering was undertaken by
Heba Kadry
Heba Kadry is an Egyptian mastering engineer who currently resides in Brooklyn, New York. She is best known for her work with Bjork, Beach House, Slowdive, The Mars Volta, Neon Indian, Wooden Shjips, Lightning Bolt, White Hills, Alex G, Future ...
. Bandmember Mike Haliechuk undertook production.
Promotion and release
Singles
Three singles were released in promotion of the album. The first track, the self-titled track, came out on October 25, 2022. On November 15, 2022, the band released the second single, "Found". The third single, "I Think I Might Be Weird" came out on January 11, 2023.
Track listing
Personnel
Fucked Up
*
Damian Abraham – lead vocals (tracks 1–8, 10)
* Jonah Falco – drums, background vocals
* Mike Haliechuk – guitars, background vocals,
production (all tracks); lead vocals (9), art direction
* Sandy Miranda – bass guitar,
engineering
* Josh Zucker
Additional contributors
*
Heba Kadry
Heba Kadry is an Egyptian mastering engineer who currently resides in Brooklyn, New York. She is best known for her work with Bjork, Beach House, Slowdive, The Mars Volta, Neon Indian, Wooden Shjips, Lightning Bolt, White Hills, Alex G, Future ...
–
mastering
* Alex Gamble –
mixing, engineering
* Dylan Frankland – engineering
* James Atkinson – engineering
* Daniel Murphy – design, cover art, layout
* Jeff Bierk – photography, back cover photo
* Andrei Dornovitiy – photography
* Jeaninne Kaufer – photography
* Kirsten Thoen – photography
* Vanessa Heins – photography
References
External links
*
''One Days''at
Genius
*
''Dose Your Dreams''at
Merge Records
Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as an outlet for music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expande ...
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2023 albums
Fucked Up albums
Merge Records albums