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==Face the Music Tour=
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==References==
==References==

Revision as of 22:50, 17 October 2012

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Ever After is the third studio album by Canadian rock group Marianas Trench. It was released on November 21, 2011 in the US and Canada.[7]

Background

Composition

After months of anticipation, Ramsay announced on Twitter that the album will be titled Ever After. The band announced that the album would be released on November 29, 2011, however this date was later pushed up to November 21. The band has announced that there will not be any breaks in between the tracks on the record, and will instead have a new track start as soon as the previous track ends, without a pause. Production on the album had been taking place since Spring 2011.

Storyline

Ever After is a concept album, (as was Masterpiece Theatre). There is a large storyline behind it. In addition to the fact that there is no pause between the tracks, Ever After also has a storyline told through the album's songs as well as its digital booklet. The story tells a man who has landed in the home of the heartless Queen Carolina. (who is referenced in the end track, "No Place Like Home").

The man (presumably Josh Ramsay) meets a king upon his waking up in a strange land in front of a toy factory. The King tells the character that he was overthrown by the queen of the land, Queen Carolina, and was then banned by her. The king's adopted daughter, Porcelain, is locked in a tower, stealing her heart as she does so. The Queen then locked away Porcelain's heart in a box, which also holds the character's way home. Carolina proceeded to turn the land heartless, stealing the inhabitants hearts. The king then sends the boy to find and save his daughter, Porcelain, explaining she has the other half of Carolina's key.

Carolina then comes to the character in the night, and attempts to bribe him into coming with her. The only downside to the deal was that the character could not go home. So the boy turns her away. The character then finds the human Porcelain. She has the key around her neck and is asked why she is a human, to which she replies, "I don't know." She couldn't remember her life before her heart had been stolen. The queen's soldiers, the character explains, has been stealing and locking away hearts without rebellion. All of Carolina's soldiers are heartless. The two, the character and Porcelain, continue to find the Stuttering Wise Man.

The Stuttering Wise Man is revealed to be the brother of the Outcast King, as well as having a heart. He explains that Porcelain showed up as a lost child and was adopted by the king, but she is from the same place as the character. The Stuttering Wise Man was once in love with Carolina, but after they married, she stole Porcelain's heart, breaking the King's, who was weak afterwards and fled.

The Stuttering Wise Man, (Prince, as called by the character), then leads the two into the factory where the toy soldiers are made without hearts. The characters then plead with the heartless soldiers to work together and overthrow the Queen. (Or to "Face the music when it's dire", a line repeated throughout the record). They convince the soldiers and go to overthrow Carolina. The Outcast King charges into battle with the rebel soldiers, outnumbered, as Porcelain, the Stuttering Wise Man, and the character go up to the tower where the box of all the things Carolina has stolen is held.

The Queen sees the character and brutally attacks him. Porcelain and the Prince then open the box as the Queen is snatching at the character's chest. After a flash of light, there are cheers from the courtyard below, and Porcelain is victorious over the Queen. But the Stuttering Prince is dead. The other half of the key had been his own heart. Porcelain throws the Queen off the tower to be swarmed by angry toy soldiers. The King retakes the throne and Porcelain and the character go home, but find that after the adventure, it didn't feel like home, so the two return to the kingdom and live happily ever after.

Singles

The first single on the album, entitled "Haven't Had Enough" was released in July 2011, and reached the #1 spot on iTunes Canada Top of the Charts and Pop Downloads, and the song was named "Song of the Week" by The Tune. The music video for the song was released on August 26, 2011. "By Now" was released as a free download to people who pre-ordered the Deluxe Edition of Ever After on iTunes.[8] The second official single, "Fallout" was released to iTunes on November 15. The music video was released in United States on February 1, 2012 and in Canada on February 2, 2012. The music video for their song "Desperate Measures" was released on July 3, 2012.[9]

Tours and promotion

Through YouTube, the band has previewed recordings of a gospel choir for their song Stutter, as well as a few recordings from the band. The album cover was revealed on the band's Facebook page on October 17, 2011, and it features a series of toys on a shelf. The band has announced they will be touring in the United States on the Get Your Heart On! Tour with Simple Plan, Forever the Sickest Kids, and The Cab starting on October 25, 2011, in order to promote the album. They will also be touring in Canada with Simple Plan, All Time Low, and These Kids Wear Crowns starting on February 11, 2012. They also toured with The Ready Set, Allstar Weekend, and The Downtown Fiction in the 2011 Glamour Kills Tour.

Release

The album became available for full preview on the MuchMusic website a week before the release. The album was released on iTunes the morning of November 20. Hard copies of Ever After became available on November 21. Some stores such as Wal-Mart, are selling limited edition "Fan-packs" of Ever After that include a Marianas Trench T-shirt. As of December 2011, the was album was certified gold in Canada for shipments of over 40,000 copies.[10]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Ever After"6:34
2."Haven't Had Enough"3:28
3."By Now"4:14
4."Truth or Dare"3:49
5."Desperate Measures"3:48
6."Porcelain"4:02
7."Fallout"4:14
8."Stutter"3:21
9."Toy Soldiers"4:10
10."B Team"3:12
11."So Soon"5:50
12."No Place Like Home"6:41
Ever After (Deluxe Version) [iTunes Only]
No.TitleLength
13."Haven't Had Enough" (Prance-a-tron Remix)4:50
14."Haven't Had Enough" (Frederick Miwk Mix [Extended Version])4:26
15."Haven't Had Enough" (Music Video)4:01
16."Making of the Record" (Video)1:44
17."Making of the Haven't Had Enough Video" (Video)6:01

=Face the Music Tour

Face the Music Tour

Date City Country Venue
North America
October 12, 2012[A] Barrie, Ontario Canada Barrie Molson Centre
October 13, 2012[A] Hamilton, Ontario Copps Coliseum
October 15, 2012[A] London, Ontario Budweiser Gardens
October 17, 2012[B] Oshawa, Ontario General Motors Centre
October 18, 2012[C] Montreal, Quebec Metropolis
October 21, 2012 Winnipeg, Manitoba MTS Centre
October 23, 2012 Regina, Saskatchewan Brandt Centre
October 25, 2012 Calgary, Alberta Stampede Corral
October 28, 2012 Lethbridge, Alberta ENMAX Centre
October 29, 2012 Edmonton, Alberta Rexall Place
October 30, 2012 Dawson Creek, British Columbia EnCana Events Centre
November 1, 2012 Victoria, British Columbia Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
November 3, 2012 Kamloops, British Columbia Interior Savings Centre

References

  1. ^ http://www.marianastrench.net/news/announcing-desperate-measures-as-the-new-single-
  2. ^ http://melodic.net/?page=review&id=10519
  3. ^ http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/46674/Marianas-Trench-Ever-After/
  4. ^ http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=2516242
  5. ^ http://pupfresh.com/post/13174815270
  6. ^ http://www.amazon.ca/Ever-After-Marianas-Trench/dp/B005ZX4DMS
  7. ^ "Marianas Trench Set November 21 for Ever After". Universal Music Canada. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  8. ^ "iTunes Canada - Marianas Trench - Ever After (Deluxe Edition) Preorder". 604 Records. Retrieved 2011-09-14.
  9. ^ http://www.marianastrench.net/news/announcing-desperate-measures-as-the-new-single-
  10. ^ http://musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=&ica=False&sa=marianas%20trench&sl=&smt=1&sat=-1&ssb=Artist
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