AFI "The Art Of Drowning" Rocktober 2022 The album was recorded in

The album was recorded in fifteen days during the summer of 1997 with producer Hiili Hiilesmaa whom vocalist Ville Valo has credited as the honorary sixth member of the band due his help in honing the band's sound

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Swift was 16 years old at the time of the album's release and wrote it's songs during her freshman year of high school

old school hip-hop melded with the 90s’ postmodern aesthetic so that a track such as ‘Sure Shot’ could mix jazz flute (a loop from Jeremy Steig’s ‘Howlin’ For Judy’) with a crisp drum beat and lyrics that cycle through references to 70s crime movies (The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three) and sonic pioneers the likes of Lee “Scratch” Perry

AFI "The Art Of Drowning" Rocktober 2022 The album was recorded inHardcore punk goes goth in the hands and screams of AFI. Grind in some metal and a little emo, and you've got a kickin' album with "The Art of Drowning." AFI's fifth studio effort really gets to the core of classic punk. Rowdy and restless, it rages against the powers that be. The album peaked at 174 on the Billboard 200 chart.