KABOOM! is the debut studio album by American chiptune-based rock band I Fight Dragons, released in 2011 by Photo Finish Records. When the band won their release from the record label, they started offering it for free on their site.[7] This has, however, been replaced with the band's newest album, Canon Eyes.[8]

KABOOM!
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 25, 2011 (2011-10-25)[1]
Genre
Length42:02
LabelPhoto Finish/Atlantic[1]
Producer
I Fight Dragons chronology
Welcome to the Breakdown
(2010)
KABOOM!
(2011)
DEMOlition - 12 Demos That Didn't Make KABOOM!
(2010)
Singles from KABOOM!
  1. "KABOOM!"
    Released: September 26, 2011
  2. "The Geeks Will Inherit the Earth[5]"
    Released: October 11, 2011
  3. "Save World Get Girl[6]"
    Released: May 3, 2012
  4. "cRaZie$"
    Released: January 17, 2013

Versions of the band's discography on USB Dogtags, released on the official online store, included an exclusive piano-ballad version of a track, titled "I Will Wait For You If You Do For Me" at the end of the album.[9]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Brian Mazzaferri, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Fanfare"0:30
2."KABOOM!" (Brian Mazzaferri/Matt Mahaffey)3:16
3."Save World Get Girl" (Mazzaferri/Mahaffey)2:47
4."cRaZie$" (Mazzaferri/Mahaffey)2:59
5."Gloria (Interlude)"0:53
6."My Way" (Mazzaferri/Mahaffey)3:27
7."With You" (feat. Kina Grannis)3:48
8."Fight For You" (Mazzaferri/Mahaffey)3:03
9."The Geeks Will Inherit The Earth" (Mazzaferri/Greg Wells/Nasri Atweh)3:08
10."Disaster Hearts"3:30
11."Don't You?"3:45
12."Working"3:03
13."Before I Wake"3:57
14."Suburban Doxology"3:55
Bonus track
No.TitleLength
19."I Will Wait For You If You Do For Me"2:46

Personnel

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I Fight Dragons

  • Brian Mazzaferri - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, chiptune (NES, SNES, NES Advantage, NES Power Pad, NES Zapper, Rock Band Guitar, Game Boy, Atari 2600, Commodore 64, Omnichord)[4]
  • Packy Lundholm - vocals, electric guitar[4]
  • Bill Prokopow - vocals, keyboards, piano, chiptune[4]
  • Hari Rao - bass[4]
  • Chad Van Dahm - drums[4]

Additional musicians

Production

  • Matt Mahaffey - production, recording, mixing, engineering
  • Bill Prokopow - additional production, mixing
  • Chris Athens - mastering
  • Ryan Mauskopf - cover art
  • Alex R. Kirzhner - art direction, design
  • Carolyn Tracey - packaging production

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "I Fight Dragons announces new album: Kaboom!". 16 September 2011. Retrieved December 15, 2020 – via Consequence of Sound. With two EPs, including last years Welcome To The Breakdown, under their belts, I Fight Dragons are finally set to unveil their debut full length. The onomatopoeically titled Kaboom! is set for an October 25th release from Photo Finish/Atlantic. Produced by Matt Mahaffey (Beck, Tenacious D), the album was created not only with traditional rock elements, but also by using old video game soundcards – hence the term chiptune.
  2. ^ a b c "I Fight Dragons's"Kaboom!" blows up listener's headphones". 22 November 2011. Retrieved February 12, 2021 – via theumslcurrenttemporary.wordpress.com.
  3. ^ a b Raj, Josh (28 April 2012). "Nerdcore: I Fight Dragons". nerdsontherocks.com. Retrieved December 18, 2020. The album has some very fun songs that become very catchy, probably the mixture of the modern rock sound mixed with the Nintendocore.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g KABOOM! (CD). I Fight Dragons. Photo Finish Records/Atlantic Records. 2011.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ "The Geeks Will Inherit the Earth - song by I Fight Dragons". Retrieved December 15, 2020 – via Spotify.
  6. ^ "Check Out: I Fight Dragons - "Save World Get Girl" (CoS Premiere)". 29 September 2011. Retrieved December 15, 2020 – via Consequence of Sound.
  7. ^ "I Fight Dragons". ifightdragons.com. June 22, 2012. Archived from the original on June 22, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
  8. ^ "I Fight Dragons free music email list signup". Retrieved December 15, 2020 – via mailchi.mp.
  9. ^ "I Fight Dragons - I Will Wait For You If You Do For Me (KABOOM! Bonus Track)". Retrieved March 3, 2021 – via YouTube.