Until This Shakes Apart Explained

Until This Shakes Apart
Type:studio
Artist:Five Iron Frenzy
Cover:Until This Shakes Apart by Five Iron Frenzy album cover.webp
Alt:Black square with the words "Until This Shakes Apart," behind the words show a building on fire. The Five Iron Frenzy logo is seen on the bottom-right corner.
Released:January 15, 2021[1]
Genre:Punk rock, ska, Christian rock
Length:43:15
Language:English
Label:Department of Biophysics
Producer:Scott Kerr[2]
Prev Title:Engine of a Million Plots
Prev Year:2013
Year:2021

Until This Shakes Apart is the seventh studio album by American christian rock ska band, Five Iron Frenzy.[3] Released in 2021, it was met with mostly positive reception.[4] [5] [6]

Overview

Background and production

After returning from their eight-year hiatus, the band released their sixth album, Engine of a Million Plots, before once again taking a hiatus. However, after a successful Kickstarter campaign, Five Iron Frenzy revealed their seventh studio album; Until This Shakes Apart.[7] Until This Shakes Apart was available on January 14 exclusively for Kickstarter backers, with its public release coming the next day.[8]

Music Videos were released for some singles.

Critical reception

Dan Macintosh of CCM gave it a 4 out of 5 stars, stating "Yes, this talented Denver band in part takes on the gun lobby with "Renegades" and various religious right positions on "While Supplies Last", but there are also just as many enjoyable and enjoyably apolitical tracks on this group's strong new release, as well."[4]

Josh Matejka said "The album's lead single, "So We Sing," succeeds as perhaps the record's best example of a pure pop song, extolling the virtues of art as protest while tapping into the defiance that made the band so relatable to young audiences in the 1990s."[9]

"As the coffee soaked into my brain cells, it dawned on me that I don't deserve such a fine platter of ska tunes" reviewed John Bear of Westword.[5]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Reese Roper.

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://www.discogs.com/Five-Iron-Frenzy-Until-This-Shakes-Apart/release/16933002
  2. https://genius.com/albums/Five-iron-frenzy/Until-this-shakes-apart
  3. Web site: UNTIL THIS SHAKES APART - FIVE IRON FRENZY -.
  4. Web site: MacIntosh . Dan . 2021-02-11 . Five Iron Frenzy 'Until This Shakes Apart' . 2023-09-13 . CCM Magazine . en-US.
  5. Web site: Bear . John . I Was an Anti-Ska *sshole; Five Iron Frenzy Is Forcing Me to Apologize . 2023-09-13 . Westword . en.
  6. https://sojo.net/magazine/septemberoctober-2021/five-iron-frenzy-has-never-sounded-better
  7. Web site: Christian Ska Act Five Iron Frenzy Won't Worship Machine-Gun Jesus. John. Bear. Westword.
  8. https://www.discogs.com/Five-Iron-Frenzy-Until-This-Shakes-Apart/release/16933002
  9. Web site: Matejka . Josh . 2021-02-19 . 'Why Is Grace Now Civil Disobedience?' The Prophetic Politics of Five Iron Frenzy's Until This Shakes Apart . 2023-09-13 . Christ and Pop Culture . en-US.