Relativity is the debut album by American rock band Emarosa

Emarosa

Emarosa is an American rock band from Lexington, Kentucky. Formed in 2006, they released one EP in 2007 titled This Is Your Way Out, and shortly after, the group underwent significant lineup and sound changes, dropping their heavy metal influence and leaning toward a soul inspiration...

. It was released on July 8, 2008 through Rise Records

Rise Records

-History:Rise was founded in 1991 by Craig Ericson in Roseburg, Oregon. He released a small number of 7" records before putting the label on hiatus to attend college. Ericson didn't release anything further until 1999, after moving to Portland, Oregon. He began issuing small-print 7" records, and...

. Relativity was produced by Kris Crummett

Kris Crummett

Kris Crummett is a Portland, OR based record producer who is largely associated with the label Rise Records. He is the owner and operator of Interlace Audio studio....

, producer of other bands such as Drop Dead, Gorgeous

Drop Dead, Gorgeous

Drop Dead, Gorgeous is a band from Denver, Colorado. They are currently signed to Suretone Records. The band consists of frontman Danny Stillman , Kyle Browning , Jake Hansen and Danny Cooper...

 and Fear Before The March of Flames.

This is the band's first recording with vocalist, Jonny Craig

Jonny Craig

Jonathan Monroe Craig is a Canadian-American singer. He is currently the lead vocalist for the band Dance Gavin Dance, and former vocalist of the bands Emarosa and Ghost Runner on Third. He has an eponymous solo project, with which he has released one studio album and a live album to date...

 during a period away from Dance Gavin Dance

Dance Gavin Dance

Dance Gavin Dance was an American post-hardcore band formed in Sacramento, California in 2005. They released four full length studio albums and one EP...

. The album peaked at 191 on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

 as well as 33 on the Top Independent Albums.

Track listing

Lyrics: ER White, Jonny Craig
Composed: Emarosa
Producer: Kris Crummett

• Even Bad Men Love Their Mothers features Jonny Craig's mother, Jacqueline Craig, who sings in the song.
• On July 2, 2009, Emarosa released an acoustic version of Heads or Tails? Real or Not on their myspace which features Jaime Preciado of Pierce the Veil
  Pierce the Veil
  Pierce the Veil is an American post-hardcore band from San Diego, California. Formed in 2006, the group was founded by brothers Vic and Mike Fuentes after the disbandment of the group Early Times which was formed out of the San Diego punk rock scene...
  
  .

Performance

• Emarosa - primary artist
  • Jonny Craig
    Jonny Craig
    Jonathan Monroe Craig is a Canadian-American singer. He is currently the lead vocalist for the band Dance Gavin Dance, and former vocalist of the bands Emarosa and Ghost Runner on Third. He has an eponymous solo project, with which he has released one studio album and a live album to date...
    
     - vocals
  • ER White - guitar
  • Jonas Ladekjaer - guitar
  • Will Sowers - bass
  • Lukas Koszewski - drums
  • Jordan Michael Stewart - keys

Technical

• Produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Kris Crummett
  Kris Crummett
  Kris Crummett is a Portland, OR based record producer who is largely associated with the label Rise Records. He is the owner and operator of Interlace Audio studio....
  
  
• Recorded by Emarosa
• Management by Eric Rushing and Bret Bair (The Artery Foundation
  The Artery Foundation
  The Artery Foundation is a full service management company based in California and founded in 2004. The Artery Foundation represents, finds, supports and manages various entertainment artists....
  
  )
• Booking by Jeremy Holgersen (The Agency Group)
• Art direction and design by Synapse Design
• Photography by Roxanne Hartridge

External links

• Relativity at Billboard.com