Cross Your Fingers (album)
Encyclopedia
Cross Your Fingers is the debut album from Minnesota post-hardcore
band For All Those Sleeping
, released through Fearless Records
on July 20, 2010. The album was produced by Cameron Mizell
(Sleeping with Sirens
, I See Stars
, Woe, Is Me
). Two singles that were released off this album are "I'm Not Dead Yet" and "Never Leave Northfield".
Production
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 For All Those Sleeping
For All Those Sleeping
For All Those Sleeping is an American post-hardcore band from Saint Cloud, Minnesota that was formed in 2007, and signed with Fearless Records in 2010...
, released through Fearless Records
Fearless Records
Fearless Records is an alternative rock-oriented record label that has been signing artists since 1994. Fearless is based in Westminster, California and are best known for their early pop-punk moments captured in the Fearless Flush Sampler and Punk Bites releases, as well as additional releases by...
on July 20, 2010. The album was produced by Cameron Mizell
Cameron Mizell
Cameron Mizell is an American record producer and owner of the Chango Studios in Orlando, Florida. Cameron Mizell started recording in 2006. Mizell was also the lead singer for the band Last Winter in which he appeared on the albums Transmission: Skyline and Under The Silver Of Machines, both of...
(Sleeping with Sirens
Sleeping with Sirens
Sleeping with Sirens is an American post-hardcore band from Orlando, Florida currently residing in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Formed in 2009 by members of For All We Know, Broadway and We Are Defiance...
, I See Stars
I See Stars
I See Stars is a post-hardcore band formed in 2006 from Warren, Michigan. They have released two full length albums. Their debut album, 3-D, featured a guest appearance from Bizzy Bone of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. The album peaked at #176 on the Billboard 200...
, Woe, Is Me
Woe, Is Me
Woe, Is Me is an American rock band from Atlanta, Georgia. Formed in 2009, the group is currently signed to Rise Records and its subsidiary, Velocity Records...
). Two singles that were released off this album are "I'm Not Dead Yet" and "Never Leave Northfield".
Track listing
Personnel
- Mike Champa - lead vocals
- London Snetsinger - vocals, bass
- Jerad Pierskalla - guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, vocals - David Volgman-Stevens - guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Ethan Trekell - drums, percussion
Production
- Cameron MizellCameron MizellCameron Mizell is an American record producer and owner of the Chango Studios in Orlando, Florida. Cameron Mizell started recording in 2006. Mizell was also the lead singer for the band Last Winter in which he appeared on the albums Transmission: Skyline and Under The Silver Of Machines, both of...
- production, engineering
Trivia
- The songs "Janice, It Ain't Funny" and "I'm Not Dead Yet" are taken from earlier material by the band.
- The lyrics of the song "He's Dead Because Mommy Killed Him" are based on the original A Nightmare on Elm StreetA Nightmare on Elm StreetA Nightmare on Elm Street is a 1984 American slasher film directed and written by Wes Craven, and the first film of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. The film features Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Amanda Wyss, Jsu Garcia, Robert Englund, and Johnny Depp in his feature film...
, with the title being a line said by the main character's mother.