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Someday Came Suddenly 
Studio album by Attack Attack! Released November 11, 2008 Recorded 2008 at The Foundation Recording Studios in Connersville, Indiana Genre Metalcore, electronic music Length 30:24 Label Rise Producer Joey Sturgis Attack Attack! chronology If Guns Are Outlawed, Can We Use Swords?
(2008)Someday Came Suddenly
(2008)Attack Attack!
(2010)Singles from Someday Came Suddenly - "Stick Stickly"
Released: June 4, 2009 - "Dr. Shavargo Pt. 3"
Released: August 25, 2009 - "The People's Elbow"
Released: September 9, 2009
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AbsolutePunk 51%[1] Sputnikmusic 
[2]Punknews [3]Someday Came Suddenly is the debut studio album by American metalcore band Attack Attack!. It was released on November 11, 2008 through Rise Records. The album's name derives from the third track, "Bro, Ashley's Here". It is the last album to include unclean vocalist Austin Carlile.
Contents
Background
Six of the album's tracks, "Stick Stickly", "Party Foul", "What Happens If I Can't Check My MySpace When We Get There?", "The People's Elbow", "Kickin' Wing Animal Doctor", and "Dr. Shavargo Pt. 3", are remastered and renamed versions of the tracks from the band's debut EP If Guns Are Outlawed, Can We Use Swords?. "Interlude", is an electronic dance instrumental song originally released by keyboardist Caleb Shomo's side project, DJ Club.[4]
Reception
Someday Came Suddenly peaked at number 193 on the Billboard 200 and number 25 on the Independent Albums chart.[5] Its highest peak was at number 9 on the Heatseekers Albums chart, where it spent 32 weeks.[6] While the album was commercially a moderate success, it received mostly negative reviews from music critics. Positive reviews was directed at the band's "ability to be both heavy and catchy",[7] negativity was generated around the album's reliance on formulaic musicianship such as "cliched chugging" and "uninspiring riffs",[8] songwriting, and overuse of auto-tune on Johnny Franck's clean vocals.[9]
Singles
Main article: Stick Stickly (song)The first single, "Stick Stickly", was released for digital download on June 4, 2008. It is named after the infamous Nickelodeon character Stick Stickly, a popsicle stick voiced by Paul Christine that hosted the programming block Nick in the Afternoon, which aired between 1995 and 1998. An accompanying music video was released and airs on MTV and Fuse regularly.[10][11] The video is infamous for starting the Internet meme "crabcore", which shows one of the band members squatting in a "crab-like" whilst nodding his head and playing the guitar.[12] It is also referred to as a "faux genre" used to describe "europop influenced screamo bands".[13]
The songs "Dr. Shavargo Pt. 3" and "The People's Elbow" were also released as singles. "Dr. Shavargo Pt. 3" also had a music video produced for it, which consists of a live performance with the song dubbed over.
Track listing
No. Title Length 1. "Hot Grills and High Tops" 0:42 2. "Stick Stickly" 3:31 3. "Bro, Ashley's Here" 3:18 4. "Shred, White and Blue" 2:35 5. "Party Foul" 2:36 6. "What Happens If I Can't Check My MySpace When We Get There?" 2:36 7. "Interlude" 2:07 8. "The People's Elbow" 2:37 9. "Kickin' Wing, Animal Doctor" 2:28 10. "Dr. Shavargo Pt. 3" 3:42 11. "Catfish Soup" 2:58 12. "Outro" 1:24 Total length:30:24 Personnel
- Attack Attack!
- Austin Carlile - lead vocals
- Johnny Franck - rhythm guitar, clean vocals
- John Holgado - bass guitar
- Caleb Shomo - synthesizers, keyboards, programming, vocals
- Andrew Wetzel - drums
- Andrew Whiting - lead guitar
- Production
- Produced, engineered, mixed, and mastered by Joey Sturgis
- Management by Michele Abreim and Eric Rushing (The Artery Foundation)
- Booking by David Shapiro
- Legal by Scott Bradford
- Photography by Keaton Andrews
- Artwork by Sons of Nero
References
- ^ Aaron, Jeremy. "Attack Attack! - Someday Came Suddenly - Album Review". AbsolutePunk. http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=686402. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ MacAlpin, Caleb. "Attack Attack! - Someday Came Suddenly". Sputnikmusic. http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/31817/Attack-Attack!-Someday-Came-Suddenly/. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ "Attack Attack! - Someday Came Suddenly". Punknews. http://www.punknews.org/review/9187. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ http://www.indievisionmusic.com/wordpress/2009/01/29/my-first-review-attack-attack/
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/album/attack-attack/someday-came-suddenly/1191424
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/heatseekers-albums?chartDate=2008-11-29
- ^ http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=686402
- ^ http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/31817/Attack-Attack!-Someday-Came-Suddenly/
- ^ http://www.punknews.org/review/9187
- ^ http://www.myspace.com/video?vs=7
- ^ http://vimeo.com/4945942
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/jun/23/scene-and-heard-crabcore%20
- ^ http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/crabcore
Andrew Whiting · John Holgado · Caleb Shomo · Andrew Wetzel
Austin Carlile · Johnny Franck · Nick White · Ricky Lortz · Nick BarhamStudio albums Someday Came Suddenly · Attack Attack!EPs If Guns Are Outlawed, Can We Use Swords?Singles "Stick Stickly" • "Dr. Shavargo Pt. 3" • "The People's Elbow" • "Smokahontas" • "Sexual Man Chocolate" • "AC-130" • "Renob, Nevada" • "Last Breath"Related Articles Categories:- 2008 albums
- Debut albums
- Attack Attack! albums
- Rise Records albums
- Albums with cover art by Sons of Nero
- "Stick Stickly"
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