''You're Gonna Miss It All'' (stylized as ''"you're gonna miss it all"'') is the second
studio album
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by American emo band
Modern Baseball
Modern Baseball (MoBo) was an American emo band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania consisting of Bren Lukens, Jake Ewald, Sean Huber, and Ian Farmer. The band formed in 2012 at Drexel University and released their first album, ''Sports'', on Lame-O ...
.
Background
Like their debut album ''
Sports
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'' (2012), ''You're Gonna Miss It All'' was written while the band members were attending college. Unlike ''Sports'' which only featured Lukens and Ewald, "we were just excited to have a full band and make
'You're Gonna Miss It All''that way", according to Ewald.
[Swanson 2014, p. 29] Discussing writing, Ewald said one member of the group would come up with a lyric "and we'll go run off by ourselves and try to build around that".
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Release
On December 10, 2013, ''You're Gonna Miss It All'' was announced for release in February 2014, revealing its track listing. In addition, " Your Graduation" was made available for streaming. Later in December, the group performed a few shows with Bayside, immediately followed by a small number of shows with The Hundred Acre Woods & The Color and Sound in January 2014. ''You're Gonna Miss It All'' was made available for streaming on February 4 via ''Pitchfork
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'', before being released on February 11 through Run for Cover Records
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. On March 6, a music video was released for "Your Graduation". In March and April, the group supported The Wonder Years
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on their North American headlining tour. In May, the band supported Real Friends Real Friends may refer to:
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on their tour of the UK and Europe. In June, the group went on a headlining US tour with support from Tiny Moving Parts
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, the Hotelier
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and Sorority Noise
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.
On August 27, a music video was released for "Pothole". In September, the group played a handful of US shows with I Am the Avalanche
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and Beach Slang
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, culminating in an appearance at Riot Fest
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. Following this, the group went on a headlining UK tour with support from Spraynard
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History
Spraynard began in 2008 with the release of a split EP with Captain, We're Sinking via Creep Records.
In 2010 the band released a split with Paramedic! via Square of Opp ...
, Chewing on Tinfoil and Losing Sleep. "Your Graduation" was released as a single on September 29. In October, the group supported The Wonder Years on their headlining US tour. In November and December, the band went on a US tour alongside Knuckle Puck
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, Crying
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and Somos Somos may refer to:
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* Somoș River (Belinul Mic), in Covasna County, Romania
* Somoș River (Malnaș), in Covasna County, Romania
* Somoș River (Olt), in Covasna County, Romania
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* Michael Somos, mathematician
** Somos seque ...
with additional support from Walter Mitty and His Makeshift Orchestra, Foxing
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and Hostage Calm
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on specific dates. In June and July 2015, the group supported Say Anything Say Anything may refer to:
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* '' Say Anything...'', a 1989 American film by Cameron Crowe
* "Say Anything" (''BoJack Horseman''), a television episode
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** ''Say Anything'' (alb ...
on their headlining US tour.
Reception
It reached No. 97 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 and No. 15 on US Alternative Albums. By September 2014, the album had sold over 12,000 copies worldwide.[ By May 2016, the album had sold almost 30,000 copies in the U.S.]
" Your Graduation" appeared on a best-of emo songs list by ''Vulture
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''.
Track listing
Personnel
Modern Baseball
*Bren Lukens – lead vocals, guitar, engineer, producer, layout
*Jacob Ewald – lead vocals, guitar, engineer, producer, layout
*Ian Farmer – bass, backing vocals, engineer, producer
*Sean Huber – drums, vocals, engineer, producer
Additional personnel
*William Lindsay – lap steel guitar (track 6)
Production
*Craig Donatucci – cover photo
*Patrick Loundas – drum engineering
*Jonathan Low – mixing
*Allison Newbold – photography
*Will Yip
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* Will (philosophy), or willpower
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– mastering
Chart performance
References
Citations
Sources
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2014 albums
Run for Cover Records albums
Modern Baseball albums