Crimes is the fourth studio album

Studio album

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 by the American band The Blood Brothers released on October 12, 2004. It is their second major label album and their first for V2

V2 Records

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 (a Virgin Records

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 subsidy). Produced by John Goodmanson

John Goodmanson

John Goodmanson is an American recording engineer and indie rock record producer.-Selected discography:*Aiden "Conviction " *Simple Plan "Crash and Burn"...

, the album was recorded in two months in the band's home town of Seattle and is currently ranked on Metacritic

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's list of the 200 best-reviewed albums, with a score of 85. http://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/

Track listing

All songs written by The Blood Brothers.

1. "Feed Me to the Forest" – 2:23
2. "Trash Flavored Trash" – 2:38
3. "Love Rhymes with Hideous Car Wreck" – 3:14
4. "Peacock Skeleton with Crooked Feathers" – 4:31
5. "Teen Heat" – 2:07
6. "Rats and Rats and Rats for Candy" – 3:52
7. "Crimes" – 4:00
8. "My First Kiss at the Public Execution" – 2:50
9. "Live at the Apocalypse Cabaret" – 3:12
10. "Beautiful Horses" – 1:47
11. "Wolf Party" – 3:28
12. "Celebrator" – 2:16
13. "Devastator" – 2:45

2009 Re-issue

1. "Ladies and Gentlemen" - 2:46
2. "Metronomes" - 4:55
3. "Crimes (alt. version)" - 3:55
4. "Peacock Skeleton With Crooked Feathers (alt. version)" - 3:30
5. "Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck (live)" - 3:21
6. "Trash Flavored Trash - Live" (Reading Festival 2005) - 2:44
7. "Peacock Skeleton With Crooked Feathers - Live" (Reading Festival 2005) - 4:39
8. "My First Kiss at the Public Execution - Live" (Reading Festival 2005) - 2:35
9. "Live at the Apocalypse Cabaret - Live" (Reading Festival 2005) - 3:45
10. "Rats and Rats and Rats for Candy - Live" (Reading Festival 2005) - 4:04
11. "Teen Heat - Live" (Reading Festival 2005) - 2:02

Album leak

The album originally leaked as a 19-track unmastered CD. The following tracks were on the leaked version but did not make the final version of the album:

• "Ladies and Gentlemen" (also known as "Champagne Party")
• "Metronomes"
• "Wolf Faced Gladiators" (also known as "Gladiators")
• "Crimes (Alternate Version)"
• "Rats And Rats And Rats For Candy (Acoustic Riff)"
• "Noise"

Of the cut tracks, "Ladies and Gentlemen," "Metronomes," and the alternate version of "Crimes" were released on the band's Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck

Love Rhymes with Hideous Car Wreck

Love Rhymes with Hideous Car Wreck is a single by the American post-hardcore band The Blood Brothers, from the album Crimes , released on V2 as an EP in 2005...

EP released in 2006.

Lyrical Content

Much of the lyrics for the album are a political reaction to the mass media and the military policy of the Bush administration,http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=54268 inspired heavily by the election year of 2004. “I thought the collective dissent of our generation would bring about positive change. When that didn’t happen I felt like the bottom had fallen out.” -Jordan Blilie

Jordan Blilie

Jordan Blilie is the vocalist for the bands Past Lives and Head Wound City. However, he is best known as the co-lead vocalist and co-lyricist for The Blood Brothers, which he was a part of since their formation in 1997 until their breakup in 2007...

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• Feed Me to the Forest is "a picture of the hyper-industrialized times we live in."
• Trash Flavored Trash is "about the emptiness of news media."
• Teen Heat is about the distribution company Artistdirect
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   with whom the band was having difficulties at the time.
• Celebrator and Devastator are direct criticisms of the United States military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Performers

• Jordan Blilie
  Jordan Blilie
  Jordan Blilie is the vocalist for the bands Past Lives and Head Wound City. However, he is best known as the co-lead vocalist and co-lyricist for The Blood Brothers, which he was a part of since their formation in 1997 until their breakup in 2007...
  
   - vocals
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  , guitar
  Guitar
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  , percussion
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• Mark Gajadhar - drums
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   and percussion
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• Morgan Henderson
  Morgan Henderson
  Morgan Henderson is the former bassist of the post-hardcore band The Blood Brothers and the indie rock band Sharks Keep Moving, and the current bassist in the post-punk band Past Lives and a multi-instrumentalist with Seattle-based folk-pop group Fleet Foxes.. Henderson has also been credited for...
  
   - bass
  Bass guitar
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  , guitar
  Guitar
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  , upright bass
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  , synthesizer
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  , accordion
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  , piano
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  , laptop
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  , backup vocals
• Cody Votolato
  Cody Votolato
  Cody Votolato is a musician from Seattle, Washington, best known for being the guitarist in the post-hardcore band The Blood Brothers. He grew up in the eastside suburbs of Seattle, attending high school with his bandmates in the late 1990s when the band originally formed...
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
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  , trumpet
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  , backup vocals, percussion
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  , whistle
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  , E-Bow
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  , baritone guitar
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• Johnny Whitney
  Johnny Whitney
  Johnny Whitney is a singer, author and multi-instrumentalist from Seattle.He is probably most well known for his vocals alongside Jordan Blilie in the now defunct post-hardcore band, The Blood Brothers. He is currently the vocalist of Jaguar Love. Johnny has also provided vocals for The Vogue,...
  
   - vocals
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  , piano
  Piano
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  , Wurlitzer electric piano
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  , Farfisa
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   organ, percussion
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Additional Musicians:

• Nick Zinner
  Nick Zinner
  Nicholas Joseph Zinner is the guitarist for the New York rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs. He is known for his "unmistakable" wild hair, skinny physique, and pale appearance...
  
   - guitars on "Wolf Party"

Vinyl information

1st Pressing: 333 copies

• 333 Light Blue/White Marble w/ Black Labels & Screen Printed Cover (Hand Numbered) (20 of these are screened specially – pink ink goes light to dark from left to right)

2nd Pressing: 3,050 copies

• 508 Dark Red
• 503 White
• 513 Light Blue
• 510 Purple/White Marble
• 510 Pink
• 508 Orange

3rd Press: 979 copies

• 501 Light Green
• 478 Grey

4th Press: 1,014 copies

• 338 Half Translucent Green / Half White
• 338 Translucent Dark Blue
• 338 Black / Light Blue / Light Pink Tri-Color

Production and design

• John Goodmanson
  John Goodmanson
  John Goodmanson is an American recording engineer and indie rock record producer.-Selected discography:*Aiden "Conviction " *Simple Plan "Crash and Burn"...
  
   - producer
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  , recording, mixer
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  , engineer
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• The Blood Brothers - co-producer
• Kip Beelman - engineer
• Justin Armstrong - assistant
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• Jakael Trinstram - assistant
• Aaron Malasko - drum technician
• Johnny Whitney - layout
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• Jordan Blilie - drawing
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