Walk It Off

Walk It Off is the second album from the Minneapolis-based band Tapes 'n Tapes, released on 2 April 2008.

While their previous album, The Loon, was produced by the band's bassist and producer, Eric Applewick, and was recorded in a friend's unfinished basement studio, Walk It Off was recorded by producer, David Fridmann at Tarbox Road Studio in Cassadaga, New York. The album has 12 tracks, although it was originally planned to have fifteen. The first single released for the album was "Hang Them All".

The critical reception to the album was generally favourable, scoring a rating of 61% from MetaCritic.

History

In March 2007, Josh Grier announced that a variety of new untitled songs had been written after an extensive bout of touring that began in January 2007. In an interview with Billboard, Grier said the band would wait until their April tour before playing any new material to make sure the lyrics were written, so the songs wouldn't sound like "[mumbled] words." The band announced on October 25, 2007, that recording for Walk It Off was finished. Grier commented that the band tried to make sure each song had its own personality and sound. He explained that there would be material on Walk It Off that would differ to songs the band played previously, because the band intentionally experimented with new sounds.