Bought to Rot

Bought to Rot
Studio album by Laura Jane Grace & The Devouring Mothers
Released November 9, 2018
Recorded May–June 2018
Studio Rancho Recordo
Length 38:21
Label Bloodshot
Producer Laura Jane Grace, Marc Hudson
Laura Jane Grace chronology
Heart Burns
(2008)		 Bought to Rot
(2018)

Bought to Rot is the debut solo full-length album by Laura Jane Grace, best known as founder and leader of Against Me!. The record is released under the pseudonym Laura Jane Grace & The Devouring Mothers, referring to the group's members: Grace herself, Atom Willard (current drummer of Against Me!) and Marc Hudson (long-time sound engineer and collaborator with Against Me!). The album is to be released on November 9, 2018, on Bloodshot Records, a Chicago label that Grace approached when she discovered the label's headquarters was a few blocks from her residence.[1]

The album's title refers to the difficulty of Grace having written the album's songs, but feeling that they were not suitable for an Against Me! record, which was expected to be the album Grace would release in 2018.[2]

Background and recording

I went in and asked if they’d consider giving the songs a home. They were cool enough to hear me out and oblige. I couldn’t be more happy about the work we’re going to do together and sharing it with the world.[1]

—Grace, on partnering with Bloodshot

Laura Jane Grace announced in July 2018 that the band she had performed previous solo tours with since 2016[3], The Devouring Mothers, had recently completed Grace's second solo record together, to be released on Bloodshot Records in Autumn 2018. The band's members since its inception have been Grace and Willard from Against Me!, as well as long-time producer and collaborator Marc Hudson.[4] The album is said to be heavily influenced by the works of Rowland S. Howard[5] and Tom Petty,[1][6] and includes collaborations with other artists.[7]

Despite Bought to Rot being announced and released as the first record with The Devouring Mothers, it is in fact the second album the trio have recorded together.[8]

Following a period of turbulence in Against Me!, the songs were recorded quickly in order to have them finalised before Grace undergoes surgery shortly after the record's release, so as not to have the songs "rot" like surplus vegetables bought.[9]

The album was announced for preorder on 29 August, with an immediate release of "Apocalypse Now (& Later)" (the fourth track on the album) on streaming services.[10] On 11 October, "The Airplane Song" began streaming online.[11]

Track listing

All tracks written by Laura Jane Grace, Atom Willard & Marc Hudson except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."China Beach" 2:04
2."Born in Black" 3:10
3."The Airplane Song" 2:30
4."Apocalypse Now (& Later)" 2:15
5."Reality Bites"Grace, Willard, Hudson, Sabrina Ellis[12]2:11
6."Amsterdam Hotel Room" 2:07
7."The Friendship Song" 3:04
8."I Hate Chicago" 3:03
9."Screamy Dreamy" 2:05
10."Manic Depression" 3:48
11."The Acid Test Song" 3:06
12."The Hotel Song" 2:49
13."Valeria Golino" 3:15
14."The Apology Song" 2:54
Total length:38:21

Personnel

Band

Additional musicians

Production and design

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Bought to Rot". 23 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Laura Jane Grace on Twitter".
  3. ↑ "Live Review: Laura Jane Grace and the Devouring Mothers at the Sinclair in Boston". 24 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "Against Me!'s Laura Jane Grace Announces Solo Album With Devouring Mothers". 31 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Laura Jane Grace on Twitter". Twitter.
  6. ↑ "Laura Jane Grace on Twitter".
  7. ↑ "Laura Jane Grace on Twitter".
  8. ↑ Bernstein, Jonathan (29 August 2018). "Laura Jane Grace on New Band Devouring Mothers and the Future of Against Me!".
  9. ↑ Bernstein, Jonathan (29 August 2018). "Laura Jane Grace on New Band Devouring Mothers and the Future of Against Me!".
  10. ↑ "Laura Jane Grace & the Devouring Mothers 'Bought to Rot'".
  11. ↑ https://youtube.com/watch?v=NJ0__vF3bUk
  12. ↑ http://repertoire.bmi.com/DetailView.aspx?detail=titleid&keyid=28026890&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&blnAltTitles=True
  13. ↑ "Laura Jane Grace on Twitter".
  14. ↑ "Laura Jane Grace on Twitter".
  15. ↑ "Laura Jane Grace on Twitter".
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