Of Mice & Men (album)

Of Mice & Men
Studio album by Of Mice & Men
Released	March 9, 2010
Recorded	@ The Foundation Recording Studios, Connersville, Indiana
Genre	Metalcore
Length	33:41
Label	Rise
Producer	Joey Sturgis
Of Mice & Men chronology
Of Mice & Men (2010) The Flood (2011)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AbsolutePunk	67%[1]
Review Rinse Repeat	[2]

Of Mice & Men is the eponymous debut album by American metalcore band, Of Mice & Men. It was originally planned to be released on February 23, 2010, however was delayed until the 9th of March.

Background

Of Mice & Men began progress on their self-titled debut shortly after demo session recordings. The group were signed to Rise within lead vocalist Austin Carlile's acknowledgment that the previous group he was a part of (Attack Attack!) were signed to label upon his membership. The album was officially announced by Austin Carlile on the band's YouTube channel on December 23, 2009,^[3] and is currently available on SmartPunk,^[4] MerchNOW,^[5] and InterPunk.^[6] Shortly after the album's release Carlile left the band and Jerry Roush took his position on lead vocals. After Warped Tour 2010, Jaxin Hall left the band to improve his home life and work on his clothing company, Love Before Glory. Jerry was with Of Mice & Men up to the This Is A Family Tour with label mates Attack Attack!. After this, Carlile was invited and returned to the band again with Roush fired. Austin Carlile was working on a side project with Alan Ashby at the time so when he was invited back he said that he and Alan were a package deal. Alan was put on rhythm guitar and Shayley was moved to bass, but will still be doing clean vocals. Two videos were made for the songs "Those in Glass Houses" and "Second & Sebring".^[7]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Austin Carlile, Jaxin Hall and Shayley Bourget, all music composed by Of Mice & Men

No.	Title	Length
1.	"YDG"	3:18
2.	"They Don't Call It the South for Nothing"	3:07
3.	"Second & Sebring"	3:49
4.	"Westbound & Down"	3:39
5.	"John Deux Trois"	3:17
6.	"Those in Glass Houses"	2:42
7.	"Farewell to Shady Glade"	3:41
8.	"The Ballad of Tommy Clayton & the Rawdawg Millionaire"	3:50
9.	"Seven Thousand Miles for What"	2:53
10.	"This One's for You"	3:27
Total length:		33:41

Personnel

Of Mice & Men

• Austin Carlile – unclean vocals
• Phil Manansala – lead guitar
• Shayley Bourget – clean vocals, rhythm guitar, piano on "Second & Sebring", additional unclean vocals on "Westbound & Down"
• Jaxin Hall – bass, backing vocals
• Valentino Arteaga - drums, percussion

Production

• Produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Joey Sturgis

Chart performance

Chart	Peak Position
Billboard 200	115[8]
U.S. Billboard Independent Albums	7[9]
U.S. Billboard Heatseekers Albums	3[10]
U.S. Billboard Rock Albums	35
U.S. Billboard Hard Rock Albums	10

References

1. Beringer, Drew (March 13, 2010). "Of Mice & Men - Of Mice & Men - Album Review". AbsolutePunk. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
2. Colwell, Matthew (February 18, 2010). "Of Mice And Men - Of Mice And Men". reviewrinserepeat.com. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
3. Carlile, Austin (23 December 2009). "YouTube - Of Mice & Men Video Update!". YouTube. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
4. "Of Mice And men". SmartPunk. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
5. "Of Mice & Men : MerchNOW". MerchNOW. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
6. "Interpunk.com - The Ultimate Punk Music Store!". Interpunk. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
7. Of Mice & Men premiere!
8. "Music Albums, Top 200 Albums & Music Albums Charts - Billboard.com". Billboard. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
9. "Independent Albums - Billboard.com". Billboard. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
10. "Heatseekers Albums - Billboard.com". Billboard. Retrieved 19 March 2010.