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'' Ones and Zeros '' is the third studio album by British rock band Young Guns. The album went through an extensive development period between 2013 and 2015 as the band worked across a multitude studios, countries, and music producers before being released on 8 June 2015 through Virgin EMI Records and Wind-Up Records. The album marked an evolution of sound for the band, keeping with the full alternative rock sound while adding elements of electronic rock as well. The album debuted at no. 3 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart, higher than their prior album, ''Bones,'', which peaked at no. 35, though none of the album's five singles were able to match the success of the single "Bones", with none of the single charting at all. ==Writing and recording== Work on the album began in earnest in early 2013, with frontman Gustav Wood stating that they had a few songs that were "half-written at best".〔 The band, inspired and motivated by their success with their single "Bones", which topped the ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock chart in 2013,〔http://www.billboard.com/artist/431672/Young+Guns/chart?f=376〕〔http://loudwire.com/young-guns-new-album-2014-north-american-tour-dates/〕 but still decided to make a change in their sound, both as a desire to not repeat themselves as artists, and to create music they personally would want to both make and listen to themselves.〔 The band was greatly influenced and inspired by the band Placebo, a band they felt was "universal" in their public appeal, but firmly a rock band in their roots.〔 By mid-2013, the band started a month-long session of writing, demoing, and pre-production work for the album.〔 While prior albums had been recorded in Britain and Thailand, for this album, work on ''Ones and Zeros'' began in Manhattan, New York.〔 The opportunity had opened up due to the band signing to a new record label, Virgin EMI.〔 though it had prevented the band from starting recording sessions sooner, and forced them to start over from scratch with their material.〔http://www.theshowlastnight.com/young-guns-interview/〕 Still, the band took it; as it allowed for a lot of access to the studio, which lead to improved efficiency, with less rough "home-recorded" demos, and more higher quality ones in a faster amount of time.〔 The band's first choice had been to work with pop music producer Ariel Rechtshaid, though plans feel through upon learning of the two-year waiting list for his services, in addition to stylistic concerns, with wanting to ultimately still create a rock record.〔http://ellipsisliverpool.com/2015/04/13/speaking-in-tongues-an-interview-with-gustav-wood-of-young-guns/〕 Instead, the band elected to work with Dan the Automator, who had produced the work of alternative rock/hip hop band Gorillaz.〔http://www.thenationalstudent.com/Music/2015-03-14/interview_young_guns.html〕 While Wood referred to the early sessions as a "great experience", the band ultimately decided to part ways with the producer after the early recording sessions, deeming that it "wasn’t quite what Young Guns were looking for."〔 While they had welcomed the challenge of working with a non-rock producer, ultimately, Wood stated that the band and the producer had very different approaches in creating music, and irreconcilably different ideas and end goals for the album's sound.〔 Despite the issues with producers, the band was still able to amass a "pretty great amount of material",〔 including the initial incarnation of the album's first single, "I Want Out".〔http://music.allaccess.com/qa-with-english-rockers-young-guns-talk-new-album-ones-and-zeros/〕 and their third single "Daylight".〔 The band took a break in recording to do a short tour with Bullet For My Valentine and Asking Alexandria,〔http://www.theprp.com/2013/06/14/news/bullet-for-my-valentine-asking-alexandria-young-guns-uk-tour-announced/〕 with recording sessions resuming in 2014.〔 Writing sessions started back up in April 2014, in London, in a house the band rented out.〔 The recording sessions moved to Bath, England, with music producer Steve Osborne.〔 The sessions with Osborne went far smoother, the band welcomed his "old-school" approach and extensive experience in making albums with band's like U2, which helped the band find a more mature approach to making music.〔http://www.theaureview.com/interviews/gustav-wood-of-young-guns-uk-talks-recording-process-for-ones-and-zeros-and-music-journey〕 Wood states that Osborne's input was less about it being "a perfect take", and more about whether or not he felt an emotional response to the material".〔 Even though the band meshed with Osborne better, the sessions were difficult at times. Wood and guitarist Fraser Taylor rewrote the chorus to the track "Lullaby" ten times before settling on the final version in the last recording sessions.〔http://www.cultnoise.com/interview-fraser-taylor-young-guns/〕 The band sent the final recordings to be mixed in November 2014.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ones and Zeros (Young Guns album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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