Promises, Promises is the second full-length album

Album

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 by New Zealand

New Zealand

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 trio Die! Die! Die!

Die! Die! Die!

Die! Die! Die! is a noise pop/punk three-piece from Dunedin, New Zealand, formed in late 2003 and signed to Flying Nun Records.Their self-titled album Die! Die! Die! was released in 2005 in New Zealand, with an international release soon after. It was recorded in Chicago's Electrical Audio by...

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It was produced by Shayne Carter

Shayne Carter

Shayne Carter is best-known for being the Straitjacket Fits' principal singer/songwriting/guitarist in the late 80s/early 90s, and later on a founding member of Dimmer.Carter comes from a musical family...

, member of New Zealand bands Straitjacket Fits

Straitjacket Fits

Straitjacket Fits formed in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1986 and were a prominent band in the Flying Nun label's second wave of the Dunedin Sound.-Biography:...

 and more recently Dimmer; Engineered by Kevin McMahoon and mastered by Howie Weinberg at Masterdisk

Masterdisk

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. The cover art was designed and hand sewn by Mark Rutledge.

It was released on 8 October 2007 on Tardus in New Zealand and has an unconfirmed release date for Australia on Etch and Sketch. The album is to be released in the USA and Canada on 5 February via SAF records.

Track listing

All songs by Andrew Wilson, Michael Prain, Lachlan Anderson, except track 13, by Die! Die! Die! & H. Oliver.

1. "Blinding" – 3:01
2. "Britomart Sunset" – 2:17
3. "Sideways Here We Come" – 4:32
4. "Death to the Last Romantic" – 2:33
5. "Whitehorses" – 4:41
6. "A.T.T.I.T.U.D." – 2:56
7. "Maybe: Definitely" – 2:27
8. "People Talk" – 3:29
9. "Promises, Promises" – 1:54
10. "Hold Me" – 3:03
11. "ECHOECHO" – 2:54
12. "Throw a Fit" – 1:51
13. "Blue Skies" – 3:55

Personnel

• Andrew Wilson – lead vocals, guitar
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• Lachlan Anderson - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Michael Prain – drums
  Drum kit
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