Pass the Flask (Reissue)

Pass the Flask (Reissue) is an album by Post-Hardcore band The Bled. While technically a reissue of their prior Pass the Flask album, it contains 11 bonus tracks, with hard-to-find songs from the band's beginnings. So, it is a compilation album of sorts.

Reasoning

The Bled originally released their first album on Fiddler Records, a small, now defunct record label. The album was hard to find, and the band was unable to legally sell the album at their live shows. When their second album, Found in the Flood, was released, many people thought that it was their first album. To address the problem, they reissued the first album on their new label Vagrant Records, containing all of the songs from Pass the Flask, as well as the almost impossible to find His First Crush and The Bled EPs and officially unreleased tracks that only family and friends had. Jeremy Talley, the guitarist, said that "it seemed like the right time to put them all on one disc and put it out there before too many people find out AbOUT the Internet." In the thanks section of the booklet, they say that they are "buying a Hummer" with the money from selling the CD twice.

Track listing

  1. "Red Wedding" - 2:52
  2. "You Know Who's Seatbelt" - 3:01
  3. "I Never Met Another Gemini" - 4:11
  4. "Ruth Buzzi Better Watch Her Back" - 3:30
  5. "Sound Of Sulfur" - 3:12
  6. "Porcelain Hearts And Hammers For Teeth" - 5:33
  7. "Get Up You Son Of A [...], Cause Mickey Loves Ya" - 1:33
  8. "Spitshine Sonata" - 3:30
  9. "We Are The Industry" - 5:53
  10. "Nothing We Say Leaves This Room" - 4:49
  11. "His First Crush" - 3:08
  12. "Anvil Piñata" - 3:38
  13. "Swatting Flies With A Wrecking Ball" - 2:20
  14. "Glitterbomb" - 3:58
  15. "F Is For Forensics" - 4:28
  16. "John Wayne Newton" - 2:23
  17. "Meredith" - 2:23
  18. "My Cyanide Catharsis" (Ft. Emily Long) - 4:15
  19. "Ok, But Here's How It Really Happened" - 3:01
  20. "Hotel Coral Essex" (Original Recording) - 3:29
  21. "Lay On My Cot" (K-Note Freestyle Ft. MC JayRay) - 2:16

Track origins

The first ten songs make up the reissue, coming from Pass the Flask. Track 2 was originally entitled "Dale Earnhardt's Seatbelt", but was changed for legal reasons. It is still listed as "Dale Earnhardt's Seatbelt" in the liner notes. Tracks 11-15 are from His First Crush, 16-18 are from The Bled. Song 19, "Ok, But Here's How It Really Happened", has never been officially released before. Song 20, Hotel Coral Essex" (Original Recording), is from a demo recorded for a 2004 Warped Tour sampler, although it was later added to and released on Found in the Flood. Finally, song 21, "Lay On My Cot", is said to have been "sent to us from deep space and shall never be spoken of again."

Pre-ordering

Fans who pre-ordered the album from interpunk.com or smarkpunk.com received a free gift (a t-shirt and a button set, respectively) along with the album. Also, Interpunk shipped their pre-orders on Friday, March 16, instead of the Monday release. So, some people were able to receive theirs in the mail before the official release date.

Credits

  • James Muñoz - Vocals
  • Jeremy Talley - Guitar
  • Ross Ott - Guitar
  • Mike Pedicone - Drums
  • Mike Celi - Bass
  • Beau Burchell - Engineer
  • Beau Burchell - Producer
  • Beau Burchell - Mixer
  • Ted Danson - Executive Producer
  • RJ Shaughnessy - Photography
  • Sergie - "Slapping The Art Together"
  • Ben Goetting - Additional Layout
  • Amy Fleisher, Rossmosis, and Friends - Additional Photography