Kaboom! (album) explained

KABOOM!
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	I Fight Dragons
Cover:	KABOOM Album Cover.png
Released:	^[1]
Label:	Photo Finish/Atlantic
Prev Title:	Welcome to the Breakdown
Prev Year:	2010
Next Title:	DEMOlition - 12 Demos That Didn't Make KABOOM!
Next Year:	2010

KABOOM! is the debut studio album by American chiptune-based rock band I Fight Dragons, released in 2011 by Photo Finish Records. When the band won their release from the record label, they started offering it for free on their site.^[2] This has, however, been replaced with the band's newest album, Canon Eyes.^[3]

Versions of the band's discography on USB Dogtags, released on the official online store, included an exclusive piano-ballad version of a track, titled "I Will Wait For You If You Do For Me" at the end of the album.^[4]

Personnel

I Fight Dragons

• Brian Mazzaferri - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, chiptune (NES, SNES, NES Advantage, NES Power Pad, NES Zapper, Rock Band Guitar, Game Boy, Atari 2600, Commodore 64, Omnichord)
• Packy Lundholm - vocals, electric guitar
• Bill Prokopow - vocals, keyboards, piano, chiptune
• Hari Rao - bass
• Chad Van Dahm - drums

Additional musicians

• Kina Grannis - vocals on "With You"
• 2010-2011 Glenbrook South High School Choir - vocals on "Suburban Doxology"
• Matt Mahaffey - chiptune

Production

• Matt Mahaffey - production, recording, mixing, engineering
• Bill Prokopow - additional production, mixing
• Chris Athens - mastering
• Ryan Mauskopf - cover art
• Alex R. Kirzhner - art direction, design
• Carolyn Tracey - packaging production

Notes and References

1. Web site: I Fight Dragons announces new album: Kaboom!. 16 September 2011 . December 15, 2020. Consequence of Sound. With two EPs, including last years Welcome To The Breakdown, under their belts, I Fight Dragons are finally set to unveil their debut full length. The onomatopoeically titled Kaboom! is set for an October 25th release from Photo Finish/Atlantic. Produced by Matt Mahaffey (Beck, Tenacious D), the album was created not only with traditional rock elements, but also by using old video game soundcards – hence the term chiptune..
2. Web site: I Fight Dragons. ifightdragons.com. June 22, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120622012910/http://www.ifightdragons.com:80/freemusic.html. dead. June 22, 2012 . March 3, 2021.
3. Web site: I Fight Dragons free music email list signup. December 15, 2020. mailchi.mp.
4. Web site: I Fight Dragons - I Will Wait For You If You Do For Me (KABOOM! Bonus Track). March 3, 2021. YouTube.