Dr Manhattan is an alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 album recorded by American band Dr Manhattan and released on March 11, 2008 by Vagrant Records

Vagrant Records

Vagrant Records is an indie rock label based in Los Angeles, California and is home to such artists as The Hold Steady, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, Active Child, PJ Harvey, Reptar, School of Seven Bells, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Thrice, James Vincent McMorrow, Placebo, and many...

. The first single off this record is Big Chomper, Big Chomper. The song's music video premiered on MTVu

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 on August 25, 2008. The album marks a departure from the band's early post-hardcore

Post-hardcore

Post-hardcore is a genre of music that developed from hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader punk rock movement. Like post-punk, post-hardcore is a term for a broad constellation of groups...

 sound, yet features a few re-recordings of tracks from the group's demo EP, such as "The Party's Opinion" and "To Feel Cozy Surrounded By Cats".

The band had announced via their MySpace

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 vlog that Big Chomper, Big Chomper would be featured on the soundtrack of the video game NHL 09

NHL 09

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. However, the song was not included in the game.

Track listing

1. "Big Chomper, Big Chomper" - 3:15
2. "You Put The I In Team" - 4:55
3. "Dirty, Scandalous, Dirty" - 4:02
4. "Claims Should Echo" - 3:10
5. "Gunpowder: A Ballet" - 5:07
6. "The Party's Opinion" - 2:39
7. "Tracey's Buns" - 3:14
8. "To Feel Cozy Surrounded By Cats" - 3:34
9. "Baton Rouge" - 4:17
10. "Minds Like Ours" - 4:56
11. "Pepper" - 4:53