Decomposer (album)
Decomposer is the second studio album by American pop punk band The Matches. It was released by Epitaph Records on September 11, 2006 worldwide, on September 12, 2006 in the United States, and in 2016 on vinyl. Audio production was handled by Matt Rad, Mike Green, Ryan Divine & Johnny Genius, Miles Hurwitz, Blink-182's Mark Hoppus, Goldfinger's John Feldmann, Rancid's Tim Armstrong, 311's Nick Hexum, and Bad Religion's Brett Gurewitz.
Decomposer also marks a vast departure from The Matches' previous strict alternative/punk sound and a growth into a more avant-garde and art rock sound. Additionally, many of the lyrical themes explored on Decomposer were resurrected for their next offering, 2008's A Band in Hope.
The album peaked at number 18 on the US Billboard Independent Albums.Track listing
Personnel
adapted from AllMusic and Discogs
- Shawn Harris – guitar, vocals, artwork, design
- Jonathan Devoto – guitar, vocals; vibraphone
- Justin San Souci – bass, vocals
- Matt Whalen – drums; toaster percussion
- Lewis Patzner – cello
- Anton Patzner – strings, violin and viola
- Ben Richards – keyboards
- Dean Butterworth – percussion, loops
- Josie Shafer – Fender Rhodes electric piano
- Ben Kramer – trumpet
- Matt Radosevich – mixing, engineering and production
- Mike Green – programming, engineering and production
- John Feldmann – drum programming and additional percussion, mixing, engineering and production
- Matt Appleton – engineering
- Miles Hurwitz – production, executive production
- Johnny Genius – percussion, engineering, production
- Ryan Divine – engineering, production
- Marco Martin – additional engineering
- Mark Hoppus – percussion, drum programming, production
- Christopher Holmes – drum programming, engineering
- Nicholas Hexum – production
- Giff Tripp – engineering
- Jason Walters – additional engineering
- Tim Armstrong – additional vocals and percussion, production
- Michael Rosen – engineering
- Brett Gurewitz – backing vocals, percussion and production
- Pete Martinez – engineering
- Chris Roach – additional engineering
- John Morrical – engineering
- Josh Smith – engineering
- Tom Baker – mastering
- Emilee Seymour – artwork, design
