Brain Pain

Brain Pain is the seventh studio album by Massachusetts pop punk band Four Year Strong, released on February 28, 2020. It was the band's first studio album in nearly five years. The album was announced on January 14, 2020, accompanied by the release of the first two singles from the album, "Talking Myself in Circles" and "Brain Pain".[6]

This article is about the studio album. For other uses see headache or encephalitis.
Brain Pain
Studio album by
Four Year Strong
ReleasedFebruary 28, 2020 (2020-02-28)
GenrePop punk, melodic hardcore
Length42:04
LabelPure Noise
ProducerWill Putney, Four Year Strong
Four Year Strong chronology
Some of You Will Like This, Some of You Won't
(2017)		 Brain Pain
(2020)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Dead Press![1]
Exclaim!8/10[2]
Kerrang!4/5[3]
Ox-Fanzine[4]
Wall of Sound4/5[5]

Release

On January 14, 2020, Brain Pain was announced for release the following month. Alongside this, the album's artwork and track listing were revealed. In addition, "Talking Myself in Circles" and the title-track were made available for streaming.[7] On February 11, a music video was released for "Learn to Love the Lie",[7] directed by Miguel Barbosa.[8] On February 27, a music video was released for "Get Out of My Head",[9] directed by Barbosa and the band.[10] The following day, Brain Pain was released through Pure Noise Records.[7] Following this, the group supported Silverstein on their 20th anniversary tour. The trek was planned to continue into April,[11] however, in mid-March the second half of shows were pushed back to July and August due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12]

Track listing
Brain Pain track listing
No.TitleLength
1."It's Cool"3:23
2."Get Out of My Head"3:10
3."Crazy Pills"3:30
4."Talking Myself in Circles"3:41
5."Learn to Love the Lie"3:44
6."Brain Pain"3:46
7."Mouth Full of Dirt"3:15
8."Seventeen"3:25
9."Be Good When I'm Gone"3:20
10."The Worst Part About Me"3:45
11."Usefully Useless"2:59
12."Young at Heart"4:06
Total length:42:04
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."MYVEK"2:46
14."Pipe Dream"2:34
15."Get Ouy of My Head (Acoustic)"3:35
16."Talking Myself in Circles (Acoustic)"3:39
17."Learn to Love the Lie (Acoustic)"3:43
18."Seventeen (Remix)"3:08
19."Bitter Sweet Symphony (The Verve cover)"3:29

Personnel

Four Year Strong

  • Alan Day – vocals, guitars
  • Dan O'Connor – vocals, guitars
  • Jake Massucco – drums
  • Joe Weiss – bass guitar

Production

Charts
Sales chart performance for Brain Pain
Chart (2020) Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC)[14] 93
US Billboard 200[15] 175

See also

References
  1. Blackburn, Steve (March 2, 2020). "ALBUM: Four Year Strong - Brain Pain". Dead Press!. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  2. Zhu, Eva (February 26, 2020). "Four Year Strong Brain Pain". Exclaim!. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  3. Law, Sam (February 25, 2020). "Album Review: Four Year Strong – Brain Pain". Kerrang!. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  4. Wahle, Sebastian. "Reviews: Four Year Strong Brain Pain". Ox-Fanzine (in German). Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  5. Citylightstam (February 25, 2020). "Four Year Strong – Brain Pain (Album Review)". Wall of Sound. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  6. "Four Year Strong Issue Two New Songs, Announce 'Brain Pain' Disc". Loudwire. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  7. Leuthauser, Adrian (January 14, 2020). "Four Year Strong drop two songs off first album in five years 'Brain Pain'". Alternative Press. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  8. Pure Noise Records (February 11, 2020). Four Year Strong "Learn To Love The Lie" Official Music Video. Retrieved June 16, 2020 – via YouTube.
  9. Campbell, Rachel (February 27, 2020). "Four Year Strong can't shake the infectious "Get Out Of My Head"". Alternative Press. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  10. Pure Noise Records (February 27, 2020). Four Year Strong "Get Out Of My Head" Official Music Video. Retrieved June 16, 2020 – via YouTube.
  11. Shoemaker, Whitney (October 7, 2019). "Silverstein celebrate 20 years with massive North American tour". Alternative Press. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  12. Smith-Engelhardt, Joe (March 17, 2020). "Silverstein reschedule 20th anniversary North American tour". Alternative Press. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  13. https://killyourstereo.com/reviews/1108839/four-year-strong-brain-pain/
  14. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  15. "Debuts on this week's #Billboard200". Billboard on Twitter. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
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