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Do We Have to Beg? Studio album by Revis Recorded 2010-2011 Genre Post-grunge Revis chronology Places for Breathing
(2003)Do We Have to Beg?
(2011)Do We Have to Beg? is the upcoming second studio album by the American rock band Revis. It was originally set to be named Fire and Ice and to be released on July 27, 2010, but was later delayed to have several more songs added before release. It was then scheduled for release on May 20, 2011, exactly eight years since their first album, 2003's Places for Breathing, but due to undisclosed legal issues, was delayed a second time, as yet to be announced date.
History
The band originally disbanded in 2005, two years after the release of their major label debut album Places for Breathing, but announced their reunion almost five years later in early 2010.[1] The band had originally started work on a second album in 2004 after touring in support of Places for Breathing, but their disbandment in 2005 brought the album's progress to a halt.[2] A few demos from those sessions have surfaced over time, but it is unknown whether any of those tracks will be revisited, with the exception of the song "New Ways," which originally appeared on a batch of demos the band recorded in 2004.
With their reunion in early 2010, the band reported that they were working on a second album titled Fire and Ice. It was to be released on July 28, 2010, and contain seven songs, "Nothing to Do", "Are You Taking Me Home", "New Ways", "Fire and Ice", "A Better Day (Relief)", "Tell Me Why", and "Another Stand".[3] On June 29, one of these songs, "A Better Day (Relief)", became available for free on the band's website.[4] However, on July 5, 2010, weeks before the release date, they announced the delay of the album to mid-August in order to add more songs.[5]
Despite the new timeframe, August came and went without any announcement on a release date, let alone an actual release. The band did continue to work on music though. On August 9, 2010, the band announced they were recording again at NRG studios, the same studio in which they recorded Places for Breathing in 2003.[6] In September 2010, the band announced that the next single would be "Are You Taking Me Home", and would be mixed by Jay Baumgardner.[7] Additionally, on the night of their October 29, 2010 comeback show, the band made an acoustic version of "Searching For Someone" available for free download from their website.[8]
In February 2011, the band announced that the name of the album was changed to Do We Have to Beg?.[9] It will contain 12 of the 25 new songs they have created,[10] but the final track list has not been decided yet, other than that the first single would be the full band version of "Searching For Someone", and that it would be released sometime in March 2011.[11] Shortly after the announcement, the band changed their mind and decided that "Save Our Souls" would be the first single,[12] and it was released on April 1.
Less than a day before the May 20 release date, the album was delayed, without a new date, due to undisclosed legal issues.
On June 6, they released the song "Fire and Ice" as a free download or any amount of donation. [13]
On August 3, the band announced that legal issues are keeping them from ever releasing the album in current form, so they are currently in the process of re-recording the entire album.[14]
Personnel
- Justin Holman – lead vocals
- Robert Davis – lead guitar
- David Piribauer – drums
References
- ^ http://thesouthern.com/entertainment/music/article_877a18e2-e2d5-11df-aa90-001cc4c002e0.html
- ^ Wippsson, Johan Interview with Revis Melodic.net (August 8, 2005). Retrieved on 6-10-09.
- ^ http://tunelab.com/2010/06/08/revis-set-date-for-new-album-working-on-follow-up/
- ^ http://music.revisrocks.com/track/a-better-day-relief?autoplay=true
- ^ http://www.melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=16595
- ^ http://www.revisrocks.com/news/post/back-at-nrg
- ^ http://rawkpit.com/2010/10/06/revis-stream-new-single-are-you-taking-me-home/
- ^ http://revisrocks.com/page:reviscomebackshow
- ^ http://tunelab.com/2011/02/11/revis-announce-release-date-for-new-album/
- ^ http://www.melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=17566
- ^ http://www.alternativeaddiction.com/musicnews/article/1999/New-Revis-Album-Due-Out-In-May
- ^ http://tunelab.com/2011/03/03/revis-announce-first-single/
- ^ http://rockaccess.net/2011/05/19/revis-delay-do-we-have-to-beg/
- ^ http://www.placesforbreathing.com/fr_home.cfm?pollaction=showresults
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