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Not Accepted Anywhere is the début album from Welsh rock band The Automatic, the album was released on 19 June 2006, supporting three singles prior to release "Recover", "Raoul" and "Monster", the album's release was then followed by the re-release of "Recover" and "Raoul", followed by a re-release of "Monster" for the album's release in the United States on 22 June 2007.
[edit] Recording and productionFor the recording of Not Accepted Anywhere the band worked with a number of producers in a number of locations.[5] The first track to the released was 2005 single "Recover" on 7 November, the track was recorded initially at The Elevator studios, Liverpool and is the only track to have been recorded with Ian Broudie as producer.[6] "Raoul" was produced and engineered with Stephen Harris, who also mixed all of the tracks from the album. Other studios used for the recordings also included The Chapel Studios in Lincoln, The Pearce Rooms, Hammersmith and Stir Studios in Cardiff with Richard Jackson - the band's primary producer, who went onto mix their follow-up record This Is a Fix.[7]  For the release in the United States the band along with Leon Zervos at Sterling Studios in New York re-worked and re-mixed the entire record, changing various levels of previous recordings to sound how they had originally envisioned; "The production is different, its been mixed to sound a bit more raw and a bit more rock, which is probably more reflective of the way we are live than the UK version is". [8] The record was also released under the title The Automatic Automatic after the band were faced with legal action with a artist in the United States who owned legal rights to the title The Automatic.[9] The albums title is a spin off of the Mastercard promotional phrase "Accepted Everywhere", and came after a number of different titles were submitted to the band's management, included "Now Here In Nowhere".[10] [edit] ArtworkThe Not Accepted Anywhere main cover depicts a number of related imagery to the songs themselves; "Raoul" is represented by a sandwich, the pill relates to "Monster"'s line "without these pills, you're let loose", "Keep Your Eyes Peeled" is shown by alert eyes, and a sign saying home represents "Lost at Home". "Team Drama" is represented by a baseball bat with drama written on it, and a rat sits on top of the banner which reads the automatic, obviously to show the song "Rats", "Recover" is represented by a megaphone from the red megaphones used in the phaelon edit of the video. "You Shout You Shout You Shout You Shout" could also be represented by the megaphone. 2That's What She Said" is represented by a speech bubble. "Seriously...I Hate You Guys" is represented by a small piece of paper that has 'HATE' scrawled on it several times. The artwork itself was designed and created by D*Face (Richard Stockton), who also worked on some of the bands other art including that for "Raoul"[11] [edit] Release Main article: The Automatic tour history [edit] PromotionThe first single from Not Accepted Anywhere was released on 7 November 2005, titled "Recover" the single featured b-sides "Song 6" and "Jack Daniels" and was released on 7" vinyl and CD, the vinyl was limited to only 1500 copies, and was not chart eligible.[12] Soon following the release of "Recover" the band toured the United Kingdom as headliners with The Marshals for 15 dates. Preceding the release of "Raoul" the band performed the upcoming single on The Friday Night Project[13][14] on 24 February 2006 and again on 18 March on The Album Chart Show[15] and Popworld, before on 27 March 2006 releasing the track "Raoul" which was the first chart eligible release, this was followed by the bands appearance on the NME New Music Tour 2006 with Boy Kill Boy, Howling Bells and Forward Russia throughout May 2006[16] On 27 April NME revealed that the debut album titled Not Accepted Anywhere would be released on 19 June, preceded by a third single "Monster" on 5 June[17] The release of "Monster" came with a series of in-store performances at HMV and Fopp, with the first being on the release date, 5 June in Cardiff's HMV[18] In the build up to the albums release the band went on to appear on a number of shows including Transmission, Later with Jools Holland after Keane were unable to play[19] and on live broadcasts of T4 On the Beach 2006, where they mimed "Raoul", "Recover" and "Monster", despite protesting against having to mime, with Rob Hawkins stating to The Daily Star "Will we go on drunk? Let's just say there will be some interesting dancing going on as we aren't allowed to plug in our instruments"[20] Upon release of Not Accepted Anywhere the band began their first album tour crossing the UK on 13 dates with Cat the Dog and Viva Machine[21] Amongst this tour the band on 21 July were asked to perform on GMTV at around 9:00am, with a performance the night before at Carling Academy Bristol and being unhappy with performing on GMTV the next day James Frost stated that the band "decided to stay up all night after the gig".[22][23] The performance resulted in James Frost and Alex Pennie destroying their rented equipment, diving into the drum kit, and getting undressed, whilst singer/bassist Rob Hawkins and drummer Iwan continued to mime along to "Monster", Pennie later explained "Frost was pretty drunk when we started Monster, and I'm easily led. Before we knew it I was standing in my boxer shorts in the GMTV garden and Frost had trashed all the equipment".[24] During the incident a cameraman allegedly received a glancing injury from guitarist James Frost and threatened the band with legal action. This matter was later resolved. The band have stated that they doubt they will ever be asked back, although they have 'not been banned' by GMTV.[25] On 12 July 2006 the band put out a call for fans to appear in their next music video, which would be filmed in central London on Friday 14 July[26] The track was soon revealed to be a re-release of "Recover" the band justified its re-release to gigwise.com; "We're re-recording and re-releasing Recover because we didn't feel the original version did the song full justice and we wanted more people to hear the song"[27] Promoting the fourth single the band made a return visit to The Friday Night Project on 11 August 2006, making them the first ever band to appear twice on the show. Later in the month the members made an appearance along with Manic Street Preachers on Sky Sports show Soccer AM, their track "Raoul" was also soon featured on the show's soundtrack to the year.[28] The single was released on 18 September preceding the bands main album tour, 25 dates across the UK starting on 3 October, and ending on 3 November.[29] the tour was followed soon by Alex Pennie appearing on Never Mind The Buzzcocks on 16 November 2006.[30] Over the Christmas of 2006 the band returned to the studio to write and record new material for the new year, new songs that were recorded included "Steve McQueen" and "Revolution", the band also worked on a new cover of Talking Heads "Life During Wartime", the new material was for the bands headline slot on the NME 2007 Rock Tour, who they would perform along with The View, The Horrors and Mumm-Ra.[31] In support of the tour the band originally hoped to release "Steve McQueen" as a single, however the bands management chose to re-release "Raoul"[32][33] The re-release of "Raoul", originally set for release in November 2006[34], would see "Easy Target" and a cover of Kanye West track "Gold Digger" which had first been performed in Radio 1 Live Lounge in 2006.[35]  After more festival and smaller dates across the United Kingdom the band set for the release of Not Accepted Anywhere in the United States of America, the release on 22 June 2007 would be followed-up by a tour of the USA and a slot on the Vans Warped Tour 2007. The single "Monster" was released on 14 May 2007. On the band's trip to the USA they appeared on Fuse TV's 'Vinnie Langdon Show'. <vinnielangdonshow.com> [36] A USA only release was released one week before the album So Nice Say It Twice EP featured "Monster", "Recover" and "You Shout" as well as a remix of "Monster" and was made available on Yahoo through Columbia records.[37] Touring and promotion for Not Accepted Anywhere ended on 26 August 2007 at Get Loaded In The Park with Alex Pennie finishing his commitments with the rest of the band and leaving.[38] [edit] Lyrical themes and styleThe first track of the album "Thats What She Said" drones of unhappy day to day lives, waiting for the weekend to begin, much in a similar style to "Raoul", a sandwich shop owner working opposite the Cardiff studio that much of Not Accepted Anywhere was written, Raoul was revealed to be a metaphor for getting away from work; "Lets go see Raoul".[39] "You Shout You Shout You Shout You Shout" makes fun of those who only listen to popular songs on the radio "So much trash on the radio today, Keep dancing in the routine way" without any personal views or opinions on the song.[40] Both "Recover" and "Monster" hit out at drink and drug issues in the UK, with "Recover" about a waster trying to motivate themselves, "Get up" and "Recover", whilst "Monster" is about how binge drinking reveals the Monster in people.[41][42] The track "Lost At Home", a slower song dealing with finding who you really are, "On The Campaign Trail" is a reference to American journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72.[43] "Team Drama" and "Seriously...I Hate You Guys" are both written about people who force their problems onto you with the lyrics in "Team Drama" "Walking crisis make sure everyone knows your pain Keep a surprise not your private lives to make sure we're all entertained" being a prime example of this.[43] "By My Side", vocalist Robin Hawkins reported this was the track he was most happy with lyrically, screaming out "Is this the end of the world, i can't tell, its been like this so long" the song is about introspection and examining yourself to find out what you really want to be in life, as well as growing up. Many of "Rats" lyrics like "Thats What She Said" and "Raoul" refer to the day to day lives, and the music scene and people who follow the different scenes "If everyone in the room could hear themselves sing out of tune then they'd feel like i do".[44] [edit] ReceptionNME journalist Dan Martin rated the album highly, praising the "multi-voice" sound of the record, calling the bands single "Monster"; this year’s "I Predict A Riot" (Kaiser Chiefs) and the catchiest indie hit of the summer, also taking a liking to Alex Pennie; "the Tourette’s bashing a keyboard with his fists and screeching backing vocals, have made him sound like a new instrument all of its own" rating the album 8/10 overall.[45] Sophie Heawood of The Guardian was praising of the record, giving it 3/5, calling Monsters chorus "As idiotic choruses go, it's a keeper".[46] Chad Grischow of IGN expressed a common criticism of the record "the overly repetitive one-note sound of Not Accepted Anywhere makes The Automatic a rather boring", rating the album only 5.8/10[47]
[edit] Chart performanceThe album itself hit No. 3 in the UK Album Chart. Four of the five UK singles were also entered to UK Singles Charts. Monster topped all 4, hitting number 4, whilst Recover reached 25, and Raoul releases reached 34 and 44.[49][50]
[edit] Personnel[edit] Musicians
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