Shape Shift with Me
2016 studio album by Against Me!
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 79/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Pitchfork | 7.4/10 |
| AllMusic | |
Shape Shift with Me is the seventh and currently final studio album by American punk rock band Against Me! before entering an indefinite hiatus. It was released on September 16, 2016 on Total Treble Music and Xtra Mile. The title is a lyric from the song "Norse Truth", which appears as track 10. Shape Shift with Me features a shift in vocal style on many of its songs, with Grace hailed for a more spoken word-like structure in her singing on songs such as "12:03", "333" and "Norse Truth".
No non-promotional singles have been released from the album. However, both of the B-sides recorded for the album, as identified from the band's publishing catalogue, "Stabitha Christie" and "First High of the Morning", were released on a 7" single to mark Record Store Day 2017. It is the group's only studio album recorded with bass player Inge Johansson.
01Accolades
| Publication | Accolade | Year | Rank | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Songwriter | Top 50 Albums of 2016 | 2016 | 30 |
02Track listing
All lyrics are written by Laura Jane Grace; all music is composed by Grace, James Bowman, Inge Johansson, and Atom Willard, except tracks 1 and 4 (Grace), 3 (Grace, Cody Votolato, Marc Hudson), 10 (Grace, Votolato), and 11 (Grace, Willard).
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "ProVision L-3" | 1:55 |
| 2. | "12:03" | 2:56 |
| 3. | "Boyfriend" | 3:55 |
| 4. | "Crash" | 2:35 |
| 5. | "Delicate, Petite & Other Things I'll Never Be" | 4:17 |
| 6. | "333" | 3:17 |
| 7. | "Haunting, Haunted, Haunts" | 2:25 |
| 8. | "Dead Rats" | 4:08 |
| 9. | "Rebecca" | 2:38 |
| 10. | "Norse Truth" | 3:07 |
| 11. | "Suicide Bomber" | 3:37 |
| 12. | "All This (And More)" | 3:36 |
| Total length: | 38:26 | |
03Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.
- Against Me!
- Laura Jane Grace, lead vocals, guitar, art direction
- James Bowman, guitar, backing vocals
- Inge Johansson, bass on all tracks except "Boyfriend" and "Suicide Bomber"
- Atom Willard, drums
- Additional musicians
- Marc Hudson, bass on "Boyfriend" and "Suicide Bomber"
- Masukaitenero, Japanese backing vocals on "ProVision-L3"
- Béatrice Martin, backing vocals (uncredited) on "Suicide Bomber" and "All This (And More)"
- Production
- Marc Hudson, producer, mix engineer, recording engineer
- Stephen Marcussen, mastering
- Stewart Whitmore, mastering
- Design
- Christopher Norris, art direction
- Steak Mtn, design, typography, and illustration
04Charts
| Chart (2016) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA) | 61 |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard) | 72 |
| Scottish Albums (Official Charts) | 74 |
| US Billboard 200 | 80 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard) | 5 |
Sources and credits
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