''Stories'' is the fourth studio album by
post-hardcore
Post-hardcore is a punk rock music genre that maintains the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression. It was initially inspired by post-punk and noise rock. Like post-punk, the term has been ...
band
The Bunny the Bear, released through
Victory Records
Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several record labels. It has featured many prominent artists including Thur ...
on April 16, 2013. The album peaked at number 24 on the ''Billboard''
Top Heatseekers
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chart.
The album was announced in February 2013, and spawned two singles, "Another Day" and "In Like Flynn" prior its release in April 2013. "In Like Flynn" was released with an accompanying music video, which won music video of the year on Victory Records in 2013.
An additional single from the album, "Sadie," was released the following August, with a music video.
The album marks the first release with studio musicians Doug White (guitar) and Matt McGinley (drums). White, the owner of
Watchmen Recording Studios
Watchmen Recording Studios is a music recording facility owned and operated by Doug White, located in Lockport, New York, U.S. The studio opened to the public in 1995, and as of 2013 over 4,000 bands and artists have recorded at the location. The ...
in Lockport, New York had produced the band's previous two albums.
"It's Not Always Cold in Buffalo" was originally recorded in early 2012 by Tybor's side project "A Liar Wrote This Symphony," featuring singing by Chris Hutka. The version heard on ''Stories'' features altered instrumentation and re-recorded vocals. On May 25, 2015, another re-recorded version of "It's Not Always Cold in Buffalo" was released with an accompanying music video, featuring the vocals of Haley Roback, the band's new clean vocalist. This version was featured on the band's sixth album ''
A Liar Wrote This''.
Track listing
Chart performance
Personnel
The Bunny the Bear
*Chris "The Bear" Hutka - clean vocals
*Matthew "The Bunny" Tybor - unclean vocals, additional clean vocals, songwriting, lyrics, producing, bass
Additional personnel
*Doug White - guitars, producing, engineering
*Matthew McGinley - drums, percussion
*Jen Palmer - additional vocals
References
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2013 albums
The Bunny the Bear albums
Victory Records albums