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Lighten Up (Fat Wreck Chords) the SoCal punk group Bad Cop Bad Cop's fourth full-length, paints a striking portrait of life's hard-won victories and hard-fought losses. Recorded at the Compound in Long Beach, home to veteran producer Antoine Arvizu (Sublime, Ryan Bingham). The band loved recording the singles InchShatteredInch and InchSafe and LegalInch there in 2023 with Arvizu and Migs (Sublime, Slightly Stoopid, Long Beach Dub Allstars. Bad Cop Bad Cop stretched their signature hooky, melodic punk into unexpected places, like the jazzy InchLas Ventanas,Inch the dub-inflected InchNote to Self,Inch or InchJohnny Appleseed,Inch a reimagining of the Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros classic. After tracking the instruments, the band spent 10 intense 12-hour days recording vocals with longtime collaborator John E. Carey Jr. (Old Man Markley, NOFX, Get Dead). InchThe singing was the most important part for us. We really tried things out,Inch Dee says, adding that Gallarza stepped up to sing third harmony for the first time. Lighten Up also benefits from Windsor, an expert guitarist who not only shreds (check out the end of InchI4NIInch) but whose music theory knowledge proved invaluable. InchAlex's guitar playing is just so fantastic and has really elevated our songwriting, truly,Inch Dee says. Everything about Lighten Up feels elevated and genuine. InchThis was the first time we didn't give a F**k about what anyone else was doing or wanted us to do. Lighten Up was for usInch Dee says. InchWe had a complete and total ball making it and we love it so much.Inchvinyl color black Album Tracks 1. All Together Now 2. Strugglinh 3. Straight Out of Detox 4. Note to Self 5. Disbelief 6. See Me Now 7. Human Is Human 8. I4Ni 9. Las Ventanas 10. Dead Friends 11. Johnny Appleseed
