Breed Obsession

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Breed Obsession
Breed Obsession cover
Studio album by Gyroscope
Released March 8, 2008
Recorded 2007
Elevator Studios (Liverpool)
Genre Post-grunge
Length 42:59
Label Festival Mushroom
Warner
Producer Dave Eringa
Professional reviews
Gyroscope chronology
Are You Involved?
(2005)		 Breed Obsession
(2008)
Singles from Breed Obsession
  1. "Snakeskin"
    Released: October 27, 2007
  2. "1981"
    Released: February 18, 2008
  3. "Australia"
    Released: June 14, 2008

Breed Obsession is the third studio album by Australian post-grunge band Gyroscope. The album was released on March 8, 2008 and debuted at #1 on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart.[1]

The album was recorded at Elevator Studios in Liverpool with Dave Eringa (Idlewild, Manic Street Preachers), and mixed at Livingstone in London, United Kingdom. Zoran Trivic in an interview explaining why they recorded so far away from the home town of Perth:

"We didn’t really decide to travel afar purposely. We loved Dave Eringer’s work [producer on Breed Obsession] for his previous records with Idlewild. His sounds are broad and varied and raw but still precise. He lives in London so we had to travel to work with him. And he was a godsend to tell you the truth. A great experience."[2]

The first single from the album, "Snakeskin", was released on 27 October 2007, debuting at #30 on the ARIA singles chart[3], was #1 most voted on JTV, #1 most requested song on Triple J’s Super Request and was ranked #16 on Triple J's Hottest 100 for 2007. The "Snakeskin" video was shot in Wiltshire, near Stonehenge, south of London. The video sees the band playing in the middle of a 200 metre crop circle that was made specifically for the video, in the same farm where the Led Zeppelin crop circle was made that featured on the cover of the Remasters compliation album.[4] "Snakeskin" was featured in all Network 10 promotions for the 2008 AFL season.[5] The song also won two WAMi Awards for 'Best Single' and 'Best Video'.

On February 18, 2008 the band released the second single from the album, "1981", which peaked at #67 on the ARIA singles chart.[6]

The song, "Australia", has already been heralded as a potential hit and unoffical anthem with Mushroom Records chief Michael Parisi saying "This is a new anthem. Massive, massive, massive."[7] The song pays tribute to indigenous people, first settlers, Diggers and recent reconciliation efforts. Songwriter Daniel Sanders stating"

"I wanted to express it for my own sake. So I could rejoice in what I love about this country. Each to their own, but this is simply one Australian talking to another about how blessed we are. It's not patriotic or waving flags. It's a song to be enjoyed with a beer. Cheers, Australia. Tip of the cap."[7]

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs were written by Daniel Sanders, Rob Nassif, Brad Campbell, Zoran Trivic.[8]

  1. "Snakeskin" – 4:10
  2. "All In On One" – 3:25
  3. "These Days" – 4:02
  4. "Australia" – 3:49
  5. "O.K." – 3:54
  6. "Weapon. Enemy. Friend." – 3:36
  7. "Polyphons and Multidors" – 2:44
  8. "The River Between" – 3:32
  9. "Her Design" – 3:26
  10. "1981" – 3:38
  11. "Silver Heart" – 3:00
  12. "Time" – 3:50
  13. "5am" (Demo) - 4:20 (iTunes bonus track)
  14. "Body Aches" (Demo) - 2:37 (iTunes bonus track)
  15. "Left Field" - 3:05 (Bonus track on Warner Music website)

[edit] Personnel

Gyroscope
Production

[edit] References

  1. ^ ARIA Albums Chart search for: Gyroscope. Australian-charts.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-23.
  2. ^ Q&A with Gyroscope's Zoran Trivic. Ozmusicscene.com (2008-02-26). Retrieved on 2008-03-20.
  3. ^ Australian ARIA Singles Chart. ARIA. Retrieved on 2008-03-16.
  4. ^ Snakeskin. Herald Sun. Retrieved on 2008-03-20.
  5. ^ Gyroscope: Breeding Obsession. FasterLouder.com (2008-03-13). Retrieved on 2008-03-20.
  6. ^ Gyroscope crashes in at #1. The Department of Culture and the Arts (Western Australian Government). Retrieved on 2008-03-26.
  7. ^ a b Te Koha, Nui (2008-03-08). Gyroscope's new song "Australia" full of pride. Sunday Times. Retrieved on 2008-03-20.
  8. ^ Australasian Performing Right Association. APRA. Retrieved on 2007-11-28.

[edit] External links

Preceded by
Sleep Through the Static by Jack Johnson		 Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
March 17, 2008 - March 24, 2008		 Succeeded by
In Ghost Colours by Cut Copy
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