Basic Glitches Explained

Basic Glitches
Type:	studio
Artist:	Eleventyseven
Cover:	Basic Glitches album art.png
Genre:	Synthpunk, pop punk, electropop
Label:	Rock Candy Recordings
Producer:	Matt Langston
Prev Title:	Rad Science
Prev Year:	2017

Basic Glitches is the sixth studio album by the pop punk band Eleventyseven. It was independently released on January 17, 2020.^{[1] [2]} The release was fan-funded through a Kickstarter campaign.^[3]

Singles

On November 15, 2019, Eleventyseven released the lead single "Killing My Vibe" to pledgers and later publicly on November 29, 2019.^[4]

Personnel

Eleventyseven

• Matt Langston – lead vocals, synths/programming, producer, engineering, mixing

Additional production

• Jeremy Griffith – executive producer
• Troy Glessner - mastering
• Kent Hernández – album design/layout

B-Sides EP

Betamosh
Type:	EP
Artist:	Eleventyseven
Genre:	Synthpunk, pop punk, electropop
Label:	Rock Candy Recordings
Producer:	Matt Langston

On November 18, 2019, during the Kickstarter campaign for the release of Basic Glitches, the band announced that the project had met its first stretch goal after reaching their initial main funding objective. The first of said goals was the release of a free companion B-Sides EP that would contain cut tracks and acoustic versions of tracks from the album.

On September 25, 2020, Eleventyseven's debuted the lead single from the EP entitled "Hellmouth" featuring North Carolina-based hip-hop artist Spaceman Jones while also announcing the EP's name as Betamosh. The single was followed later by the full release on November 6, 2020.^[5]

On October 30, 2020, the music video for "Hellmouth" debuted on the band's YouTube channel.^[6]

Notes

• The album received a track-by-track commentary on the band's podcast.^{[7] [8] [9] [10]}
• According to lead singer Matt Langston, the track "Birthrite" is specifically directed towards the criticism surrounding the band's change in direction via the release of their reunion record of Rad Science.
• There was a music video treatment created for "Birthrite" that was inevitably scrapped as it was, according to Langston, "kind of hard to watch even in our mind's eye," and required too large of a budget.
• Loaded with pop and geek culture references, the track "Battlecats" cites Fight Club, Harry Potter, The Jungle Book, The Mighty Ducks, Super Street Fighter II Turbo, The Incredible Hulk, Garth Brooks, and REO Speedwagon.
• The title of the track "Natsunoyo" is Japanese and translates to "summer night" in English.
• On October 11, 2019, Eleventyseven released their cover "Teenage Dirtbag" as a single,^[11] prior to the album's release. The same day of the release, Matt Langston released an interview he performed with Wheatus lead singer Brendan Brown and debuted the track on the band's Eleventylife podcast.^{[12] [13]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rad Science by Eleventyseven on Apple Music . . February 29, 2020 .
2. Web site: Basic Glitches album latest from South Carolina's Eleventyseven . . January 1, 2020 . February 29, 2020.
3. Web site: Eleventyseven Launch Kickstarter for New Album Already Funded . Indie Vision Music . November 11, 2019 . February 29, 2020.
4. Web site: "Killing My Vibe" - Single by Eleventyseven on Apple Music . . November 29, 2019 . February 29, 2020.
5. Web site: Betamosh by Eleventyseven on Apple Music . . November 6, 2020 .
6. Web site: Eleventyseven - Hellmouth Feat. Spaceman Jones (Official Music Video) . . November 6, 2020 .
7. Web site: Episode #95 - Basic Glitches Album Commentary - Part 1 . libsyn.com . February 21, 2020 . February 29, 2020.
8. Web site: Episode #96 - Basic Glitches Album Commentary - Part 2 . libsyn.com . February 28, 2020 . February 29, 2020.
9. Web site: Episode #97 - Basic Glitches Album Commentary - Part 3 . libsyn.com . March 6, 2020 . November 6, 2020.
10. Web site: Episode #98 - Basic Glitches Album Commentary - Part 4 . libsyn.com . March 13, 2020 . November 6, 2020.
11. Web site: "Teenage Dirtbag" - Single by Eleventyseven on Apple Music . Apple Music . October 11, 2019 . February 29, 2020.
12. Web site: Eleventylife Episode #86 - Record Deals, Dirtbags & Alternating Currents w/ Brendan Brown of Wheatus (Part 1) . libsyn.com . October 4, 2019 . October 11, 2019.
13. Web site: Eleventylife Episode #87 - Record Deals, Dirtbags & Alternating Currents w/ Brendan Brown of Wheatus (Part 2) . libsyn.com . October 11, 2019 . October 11, 2019.