''Relativity'' is the debut studio album by American

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band

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. It was released on July 8, 2008 through Rise Records. ''Relativity'' was produced by

Kris Crummett Kris Crummett is an American record producer and owner of the Interlace Audio in Portland, Oregon. Crummett started recording in 2002. He has worked with many notable indie music record labels, including Rise Records, Epitaph Records, Fearless Re ...

, producer of other bands such as

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and Fear Before, whom

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worked with on

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's debut album the year before. This is the band's first recording with vocalist Jonny Craig during a period away from Dance Gavin Dance. It is also the album feature rhythm guitarist Jonas Ladekjaer. The album peaked at No. 191 on the ''Billboard'' 200 as well as 33 on the

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/ref> An unreleased demo of the project included alternative versions of the tracks "Pretend.Release.The Close" and "Set It Off Like Napalm".

Track listing

Personnel

;Emarosa *

– lead vocals * ER White – lead guitar * Jonas Ladekjaer – rhythm guitar * Will Sowers – bass * Lukas Koszewski – drums * Jordan Stewart – keyboards ;Additional personnel *

– production, engineering, mixing, mastering, audio engineering, audio production * Eric Rushing and Brett Bair (

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) – management * Jeremy Holgersen (The Agency Group) – booking * Synapse Design – art direction, design * Roxanne Hartridge – photography

References

External links

* ''Relativity'' at Billboard.com 2008 debut albums Emarosa albums Rise Records albums Albums produced by Kris Crummett {{2000s-alt-rock-album-stub