Abandon All Ships is first release by post-hardcore

Post-hardcore

Post-hardcore is a genre of music that developed from hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader punk rock movement. Like post-punk, post-hardcore is a term for a broad constellation of groups...

 band Abandon All Ships

Abandon All Ships

Abandon All Ships is a Canadian rock band from Toronto, Ontario. Formed in 2006, the group is currently signed to Universal Music Group, Underground Operations along with Rise Records and its subsidiary, Velocity...

. Recorded and produced in Toronto, Canada, that release on July 15, 2009, officially in Canada, on July 20 in US.

Release and promotion

The EP, being Abandon All Ship's first production, was criticized by many magazines in Canada and the US principally by their style, eurodance

Eurodance

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 and metalcore

Metalcore

Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...

. However, the first song "Pedestrians Is Another Word for Speedbump

Take One Last Breath

"Take One Last Breath" is a song by Canadian post-hardcore band, Abandon All Ships. It was released as the first single from their debut album, Geeving. The single was released on iTunes on June 29, 2010, followed by the music video being released on June 30, 2010, where it premiered on...

" and "Megawacko" along with the other songs were the basis for the band's full-length debut album, Geeving

Geeving

-Release history:- Musicians :Abandon All Ships* Angelo Aita – unclean vocals, composer* Martin Broda – clean vocals, bass guitar, composer* Kyler Stephen Browne – lead guitars* Andrew Paiano – guitars, bass guitar, drums, composer...

. They launched the EP in North America in July, and started to gain the attention of Underground Records and Rise Records after they appeared on Disband performing songs from this release.

Track listing

Release history

Region	Date	Via
Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...	July 15, 2009	In stores, pre-order
United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	July 20, 2009	In stores, pre-order

Credits

Abandon All Ships

• Angelo Aita – lead vocals
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• Martin Broda – clean vocals
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  , drums
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• David Stephens – guitar
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• Andrew Paiano – guitars
• Francesco Pallotta – bass guitar
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• Sebastian Cassisi-Nunez – synthesizer
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  s, keyboards
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  , programming
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