| Mixed Reality | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Gin Blossoms |
| Cover: | Gin Blossoms - Mixed Reality.jpg |
| Alt: | A cartoon drawing of an alien with mid-century modern graphics |
| Recorded: | January 2017–2018 |
| Studio: | Drive-In Studios, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States |
| Genre: | Alternative rock |
| Language: | English |
| Label: | Cleopatra |
| Producer: | Don Dixon |
| Prev Title: | Icon |
| Prev Year: | 2011 |
Mixed Reality is the sixth studio album by American alternative rock band Gin Blossoms. It was released on June 15, 2018, on Cleopatra Records.
The band's longtime producer John Hampton died in 2014 and while they toured to promote the 25th anniversary of their most successful album, New Miserable Experience, the band members met Don Dixon at a show in Ohio. They discussed recording together and entered Dixon's recording partner Mitch Easter's studio in October 2016. Vocalist Robin Wilson says that the sessions for the album were "really inspired." The band spent about a year writing songs and doing demos before recording the album. Wilson calls Mixed Reality "sort of a companion" to New Miserable Experience and says, "It feels to me like a record we would have all wanted to make when we were 25."
The band released "Break" as a lead single and followed the release with a tour that was documented on their Chicago date, where they played this album and New Miserable Experience in their entirety.
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