Good Views, Bad News

Good Views, Bad News is the second album by the punk rock band Broadway Calls. It was recorded at Blasting Room in Fort Collins, Colorado,[4] Produced by Descendents drummer Bill Stevenson[5] & Jason Livermore.[6]

Good Views, Bad News
Studio album by
Broadway Calls
ReleasedAugust 18, 2009
RecordedEarly 2009
StudioFort Collins, Colorado
GenrePop punk, punk rock
Length34:09
LabelSideOneDummy
ProducerBill Stevenson, Jason Livermore
Broadway Calls chronology
Broadway Calls
(2007)		 Good Views, Bad News
(2009)		 Comfort/Distraction
(2013)
Singles from Good Views, Bad News
  1. "Be All That You Can't Be"
    Released: July 21, 2009
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Punknews.org [2]
Read Junk [3]

Release

The album was preceded by the single "Be All That You Can't Be", released on July 21, 2009[7][8] on 7" vinyl in 3 colours.[9] On August 4, 2009, "Tonight Is Alive" was posted on the band's Myspace profile.[10] Three days later, a music video was released for "Be All You Can't Be".[11] On the album's release date, each of the tracks were made available for streaming through a different website, such as "Midnight Hour" through Punknews.org.[12] They appeared at the Reading and Leeds Festivals in the UK in August 2009.[13] Following this, they supported Streetlight Manifesto on their North American tour.[14] In October and November 2009, they supported the Bouncing Souls on their headlining US tour, and appeared at The Fest.[15][16] In November and December 2009, they went on a European tour with Set Your Goals and Fireworks.[17] In January 2010, the band supported Anti-Flag on their headlining US tour for a few shows.[18] In March 2010, the band appeared at Harvest of Hope Fest and the South by Southwest music conference.[19][20] Bookending these performances were a handful of shows with Red City Radio and Cobra Skulls. Following this, the band went on a North American tour with the Flatliners and Cobra Skulls until April 2010.[21] Additional dates were added, extending the trek into May 2010.[22] On May 13, 2010 a music video was released for "Basement Royalty".[23] In August 2010, the band performed at the Summer Sonic Festival in Japan.[22]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Broadway Calls

Good Views, Bad News
No.TitleLength
1."Midnight Hour"2:50
2."Be All That You Can't Be"2:57
3."Election Night"3:12
4."Basement Royalty"3:04
5."To the Sheets"2:45
6."Give Up the Ghost"2:56
7."Sundowners"3:09
8."Tonight Is Alive"3:48
9."Best Year"3:39
10."Wake Up Call"2:59
11."At the End"2:50
Total length:34:09
Bonus tracks
UK bonus track
No.TitleLength
12."The Call Out"2:11

Personnel

Ty Vaughn - Lead Vocals/Guitar
Matt Koenig - Bass/Vocals
Josh Baird - Drums / Percussion

Other Contributors

References
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  4. "Broadway Calls Records at Blasting Room, FC, Colorado". SideOneDummyRecords. Archived from the original on 2016-01-11. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
  5. "Broadway Calls Records with Producer Bill Stevenson". SideOneDummyRecords. Archived from the original on 2016-01-11. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
  6. "Broadway Calls finish pre-production". Broadway Calls. Archived from the original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
  7. "Side One Dummy Records announced new Broadway Calls single". Side One Dummy. Archived from the original on 2016-01-11. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
  8. Yancey, Bryne (May 14, 2009). "Broadway Calls: 'Be All That You Can't Be', 'Midnight Hour'". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  9. "Be All That You Can't Be single information". Side One Dummy. Archived from the original on 2016-01-11. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
  10. Paul, Aubin (August 4, 2009). "Broadway Calls: 'Tonight is Alive'". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  11. Paul, Aubin (August 7, 2009). "Broadway Calls: 'Be All You Can't Be'". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  12. Paul, Aubin (August 18, 2009). "Broadway Calls: 'Midnight Hour'". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  13. Paul, Aubin (June 17, 2009). "Anti-Flag, Faith No More, Rise Against to play Reading and Leeds Festival 2009". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  14. Paul, Aubin (August 5, 2009). "Streetlight Manifesto / Outernational / Broadway Calls". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  15. Yancey, Bryne (September 9, 2009). "The Fest 8 confirms more bands: Broadway Calls, The Swellers, Panthro UK United 13, more". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
  16. Paul, Aubin (August 25, 2009). "Bouncing Souls / Bayside / Broadway Calls". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  17. Paul, Aubin (November 23, 2009). "Set Your Goals / Broadway Calls / Fireworks". Punknews.org. Archived from the original on August 3, 2017. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
  18. Paul, Aubin (December 4, 2009). "Menzingers, Star F*cking Hipsters, Broadway Calls, Trash Talk added to Anti-Flag tour". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
  19. Whtie, Adam (December 3, 2009). "Broadway Calls, the Riverboat Gamblers, Apostle of Hustle at SXSW 2010". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
  20. Yancey, Bryne (January 22, 2010). "7 Seconds, Smoke or Fire, Crime in Stereo, more added to Harvest of Hope". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  21. Yancey, Bryne (February 23, 2010). "Broadway Calls (North America)". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  22. Yancey, Bryne (April 16, 2010). "Broadway Calls adds more dates". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  23. Paul, Aubin (May 13, 2010). "Broadway Calls: 'Basement Royalty'". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
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