In Some Way, Shape, or Form

In Some Way, Shape, or Form
Studio album by Four Year Strong
Released	November 8, 2011
Recorded	June–August 2011 at House of Loud, Elmwood Park, New Jersey, U.S.
Length	40:55
Label	Decaydance, Universal Motown
Producer	David Bendeth
Four Year Strong chronology
Enemy of the World (2010) In Some Way, Shape or Form (2011) Go Down in History (2014)
Singles from In Some Way, Shape, or Form
"Just Drive" Released: September 27, 2011 "Falling On You" Released: September 8, 2011

In Some Way, Shape, or Form is the fourth full-length studio album by American rock band Four Year Strong, released through Decaydance and Universal Motown Records on November 8, 2011.^[1]

Recording and composition

The album was recorded between June–August 2011 at New Jersey's House of Loud, with producer David Bendeth. The album is the band's first without keyboardist/synthesizer player Josh Lyford, and is the band's first without synthesizers, as the band decided to remove the synthesizers from their songs, in order to mature and alter their sound. The album was influenced by Alexisonfire's Crisis (2006).^[2]

Release

On August 18, 2011, the band released the song "Stuck in the Middle" for free listening as a free taster from the album, with an unofficial music video following on October 19, which showed footage of the band on their latest tour and features scenes of the recording process of In Some Way, Shape, or Form.^[1] On September 8, 2011, the band released another song for free, "Falling on You", which was already played live on the band's latest tour.^[3][4] "Just Drive" was released to radio on September 27, 2011,^[5] with a music video following exactly a month later, on October 27.^[6]

On October 14, 2011, Alternative Press revealed the track list of the album.^[7] On October 26, 2011, the band released another song for free listening. The song, entitled "Fairweather Fan", is a special song the band dedicated to their fans and was previously leaked in low quality footage that was filmed during the band's Fall 2011 AP Tour, where they debuted the song. The band released the song as a free download on their Facebook page.^[8] On November 4, 2011, the band uploaded the whole album for free streaming on their Facebook page.^[9][10]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	60/100[11]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Absolute Punk	60%[12]
AllMusic	[13]
Alter the Press!	[14]
Big Cheese Magazine	[15]
Bring On Mixed Reviews	[16]
Glasswerk	Mixed[17]
Kill Your Stereo	[18]
Sputnik Music	[19]
The NewReview	[20]

The album sold over 6,500 copies in its first week,^[21] debuting at number 88 on the Billboard 200, nearly half of what their previous album Enemy of the World sold in its first week.

Track listing

All songs written by Dan O'Connor and Alan Day.

AP Fall Tour 7" ("Falling on You" single)

Song titles

• "The Security of the Familiar, the Tranquility of Repetition" is a line from the film V for Vendetta.
• "Only the Meek Get Pinched, the Bold Survive" is a line from the film Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
• "Fight The Future" is titled in reference to the first X-Files film, of which "Fight the Future" was the subtitle and tagline. The X-Files is also heavily referenced in the music video for the album's first single "Just Drive", including a street sign that reads "The truth is out there," one of the mottos of the series.
• When a tentative track listing was released, "Bring on the World" was shown to be titled "This Is Your Life and It's Ending One Minute at a Time", a line from the film Fight Club.

Personnel

References

Citations

Sources

External links

• In Some Way, Shape, or Form at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)