Canadian
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dance-punk band You Say Party (formerly You Say Party! We Say Die!), released September 29, 2009. It was the last release featuring the band's original longer name and the last album with drummer Devon Clifford (who died in April 2010). The album was recorded between January and August 2009.
The word "XXXX" also appears in several of the album's song titles. In each song, the four Xs represent the word "love". In an interview with
CBC Radio 3
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, the band's vocalist Becky Ninkovic explained that when finalizing the cover art for the band's first EP ''Dansk Wad'', she had wanted to leave a personal "mark of love" on it, and settled on signing it with four small Xs.
The album is often considered to be the high point of You Say Party's career, as it was a longlisted nominee for the
The Globe and Mail
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'', June 17, 2010. and won the 2010
Western Canadian Music Award
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for Rock Recording of the Year.
On September 21, 2010 a
Remix album
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consisting of three of the tracks from ''XXXX'' ("Dark Days", "There is XXXX", and "Laura Palmer’s Prom") was released under the title ''REMIXXXX''.
On August 29, 2020, a 10th anniversary edition was released, remastered by Troy Glessner.
Howard Redekopp
Howard Redekopp is a Canadian Juno Award-winning record producer, mixer, writer, musician, and recording engineer best known for his work with Tegan and Sara and La Gusana Ciega.
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