The Best in Town is the second album to by Welsh 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 The Blackout

The Blackout (band)

The Blackout is a post-hardcore band from Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, formed in 2003. After some time backing Lostprophets on their Liberation Transmission Tour, along with Dopamine, Covergirl, Kids In Glass Houses, The Guns and Men, Women and Children, they released their first mini-album The Blackout!...

. The album was released on 25 May 2009 in Europe, and 23 June 2009 in the USA. The track listing for the entire album was released by the band via their Myspace blog.

Background

"ShutTheFuckUppercut" was first played on BBC Radio 1

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, where it was announced it would be released as a free download in April. This free download was actually offered for less than a week from March 26, but was released as a digital single from March 30. "Children of the Night" was the album's lead single, and was played for the first time on Radio 1 on April 13, 2009. The music video was released on Wednesday, April 15 on MTV's

MTV

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 website. The studio recording features vocals from the Year 6 class of Herolgerrig Primary School, Merthyr Tydfil, where the band is from.

The video for "This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things (I Don't Care)" was recorded at the Islington o2 Academy on the 5th September 2009. The video features Josh Franceschi of You Me At Six

You Me At Six

You Me at Six is a British rock band from Weybridge, Surrey. Formed in 2004, the group rose to fame in 2008 with the success of their debut album, Take Off Your Colours, which included the singles "Save It for the Bedroom", "Finders Keepers" and "Kiss and Tell", with the latter two peaking at #33...

, as well as members of Kids In Glass Houses

Kids in Glass Houses

Kids in Glass Houses are a Welsh rock band from Cardiff, and are considered a significant part of the Cardiff music scene. The band's name is inspired by the lyrics "not throwing stones at you anymore" from Glassjaw song "Tip Your Bartender". The band achieved success on the strength of the singles...

 and Young Guns

Young Guns (band)

Young Guns are an English alternative rock band from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. On 22 June 2009 they released their debut EP Mirrors, and their debut album All Our Kings Are Dead was released a year later on 12 July 2010, peaking at #43 in the UK Albums Chart, and #3 in both the UK Rock and...

.

The title for the song "I Love Myself And I Wanna Live" is a play on the title of the Nirvana

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 song "I Hate Myself And I Want To Die".
The song "Save Our Selves" was largely based on a song previously written by Area 15 called "Robot".

Tracklisting

1. "ShutTheFuckUppercut" - 3:14
2. "Save Our Selves (The Warning)" - 3:35
3. "Top of the World" - 3:28
4. "The Fire" - 3:31
5. "Children of the Night" - 2:57
6. "Said & Done" - 3:22
7. "Silent (When We Speak)" - 4:13
8. "I Love Myself and I Wanna Live" - 3:14
9. "This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things (I Don't Care)" (featuring Josh Franceschi of You Me at Six
   You Me At Six
   You Me at Six is a British rock band from Weybridge, Surrey. Formed in 2004, the group rose to fame in 2008 with the success of their debut album, Take Off Your Colours, which included the singles "Save It for the Bedroom", "Finders Keepers" and "Kiss and Tell", with the latter two peaking at #33...
   
   ) - 3:33
10. "We're Going to Hell... So Bring the Sunblock" - 3:10

The Blackout

• Sean Smith - vocals
• Gavin Butler - vocals
• James "Bob" Davies - guitar
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  , backing vocals
• Matthew Davies - guitar
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  , backing vocals
• Rhys Lewis - bass guitar
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• Gareth "Snoz" Lawrence - drums, backing vocals

Production

• Produced, Mixed and Engineered by Jason Perry
• Engineered by Mike Morgan
• Mixed by John Mitchell
  John Mitchell (musician)
  John Mitchell is guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for the UK band It Bites. He also plays guitar for a number of other progressive rock bands including Arena, The Urbane, Kino, Frost*, and John Wetton.In 2008, Mitchell joined A, playing bass in place of original bass player Daniel P...
  
  
• Mastered by Tom Baker