Radio Down!
Encyclopedia
Radio Down! is an EP
single
by American band The Aquabats
, released on November 9, 2010.
to be released on this date, though a last-minute deal with Fearless Records
postponed the album's release to January 2011 in order to provide proper marketing and promotion. Instead, an EP featuring the first single off the new album and two non-album B-sides was released in its place.
Radio Down! was distributed primarily through digital download
, though a limited run of 2000 CDs designed with DayGlo ink was made available shortly after the digital release and sold at concerts.
Critical reception to Radio Down! was positive. Alternative Press described the EP's songs as "infectious" and "danceable", while The Marshalltown Chronicle summarized it as "fun synthpop
from right start to finish". Sputnikmusic
, though criticizing the EP's "overproduced and artificial" sound, awarded it a 3 out of 5 star rating, noting "Radio Down! is everything you’d expect from the Aquabats: catchy and smile-inducingly charming".
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
by American band The Aquabats
The Aquabats
The Aquabats are an American rock band formed in 1994 in Orange County, California. They have released five full-length studio albums and have toured internationally. They are best known for their mythology, in which they claim to be superheroes on a quest to save the world from evil through music...
, released on November 9, 2010.
Overview
The Aquabats had announced plans earlier in the year for their next studio albumHi-Five Soup!
- Personnel :The Aquabats*The MC Bat Commander – vocals*Crash McLarson – bass, backing vocals*Eagle "Bones" Falconhawk – guitar, backing vocals*Jimmy The Robot – keyboards, backing vocals*Ricky Fitness – drums, percussion, backing vocalsAdditional musicians...
to be released on this date, though a last-minute deal with 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...
postponed the album's release to January 2011 in order to provide proper marketing and promotion. Instead, an EP featuring the first single off the new album and two non-album B-sides was released in its place.
Radio Down! was distributed primarily through digital download
Music download
A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
, though a limited run of 2000 CDs designed with DayGlo ink was made available shortly after the digital release and sold at concerts.
Critical reception to Radio Down! was positive. Alternative Press described the EP's songs as "infectious" and "danceable", while The Marshalltown Chronicle summarized it as "fun synthpop
Synthpop
Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...
from right start to finish". Sputnikmusic
Sputnikmusic
Sputnikmusic, or simply Sputnik, is a music website offering music criticism and music news alongside features commonly associated with wiki-style websites...
, though criticizing the EP's "overproduced and artificial" sound, awarded it a 3 out of 5 star rating, noting "Radio Down! is everything you’d expect from the Aquabats: catchy and smile-inducingly charming".
Track listing
- "Radio Down!" (featuring Biz MarkieBiz MarkieMarcel Theo Hall better known by his stage name, Biz Markie, is an American rapper, beatboxer, DJ, comedian, singer, reality television personality, and commercial spokesperson. He is best known for his single "Just a Friend", an American Top 10 hit in 1989...
) – 3:31 - "Best Day Of My Life!" – 3:14
- "Playin' It Cool!" – 3:36
The Aquabats
- The MC Bat CommanderThe MC Bat CommanderChristian Richards Jacobs is an American musician, television producer, voice actor and former child actor. He is known for his work as the founder and lead singer of the Orange County rock band The Aquabats and as the co-creator of the popular Nick Jr...
– vocals - Crash McLarsonCrash McLarsonChad Larson is an American musician, best known as the co-founder and bass guitarist for the Orange County rock band The Aquabats, of which he performs under the stage name and persona of Crash McLarson.-Biography:...
– bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, backing vocals - Eagle "Bones" Falconhawk - guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, backing vocals - Jimmy The RobotJimmy The RobotJames Randall Briggs is an American musician, best known for his dual role as keyboardist and saxophonist for the Orange County rock band The Aquabats, of which he performs under the stage name and persona of Jimmy the Robot....
– keyboardsElectronic keyboardAn electronic keyboard is an electronic or digital keyboard instrument.The major components of a typical modern electronic keyboard are:...
, backing vocals - Ricky Fitness – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, percussion, backing vocals
Additional musicians
- Biz MarkieBiz MarkieMarcel Theo Hall better known by his stage name, Biz Markie, is an American rapper, beatboxer, DJ, comedian, singer, reality television personality, and commercial spokesperson. He is best known for his single "Just a Friend", an American Top 10 hit in 1989...
– rappingRappingRapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...
on track 1 - Chainsaw, The Prince of KarateChainsaw, The Prince of KarateCourtney Adam "Corey" Pollock is an American musician, best known as an original member of the Orange County band The Aquabats, in which he played guitar under the stage name of Chainsaw, the Prince of Karate...
- additional guitars