Watch Out! is the second studio album from Canadian post-hardcore band Alexisonfire, released on June 8, 2004. The album debuted at number 6 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 6,580 copies in its first week of release, and was certified Platinum (indicating sales of over 100,000 copies) by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) in 2007. It spawned music videos for "Pulmonary Archery", "Counterparts and Number Them", and "Water Wings (And Other Poolside Fashion Faux Pas)", all of which achieved success on the TV channel MuchMusic and its sister channel MuchLoud. The album would eventually sell 30,000 copies in Canada, and peak at number 127 in that country. "Side Walk When She Walks" uses metal guitar riffs and different tempo changes. "No Transitory" opens mid-screaming.
Release
In March 2004, the group went on the Equal Vision Records Tour with Bane, Armor for Sleep and Silent Drive. On April 19, 2004, Watch Out! was announced for release in two months' time. Alongside this, the album's track listing was posted online. In April and May 2004, the band went on a tour of Canada with Boys Night Out and Blue Skies at War. On May 27, 2004, "Accidents" was made available for download. In May and June 2004, the band went on tour with Silverstein, Emery, the Higher, and Hawthorne Heights. Watch Out! was released in Canada on June 8, 2004, through Distort Entertainment with distribution from EMI Music Canada. The US release occurred three weeks later, through Equal Vision Records. The following month, the band appeared at Hellfest, and a music video for "Accidents" was released to video outlets.
Following this, the band supported Hot Water Music on their headlining North American tour for two months, and appeared at The Fest. They played two shows in Australia, before embarking on a tour of the United Kingdom with the Bled and ending the year with a few Canadian gigs. Between January and April 2005, Alexisonfire toured the US West Coast with Rise Against, the US East Coast with Emanuel, the Black Maria and Codeseven, and a tour of Canada with Rise Against. Alexisonfire and Rise Against then toured across Europe in April and May 2005. The band toured Canada in September 2005 with the Used and Underoath, which was followed with a headlining tour of Europe the next month. They closed out the year with a US tour in November 2005 with A Wilhelm Scream, the Receiving End of Sirens, Idiot Pilot, and 3.
Reception
Watch Out! was met with generally favourable reviews from music critics. AllMusic reviewer Johnny Loftus wrote that the band "discovered a new yen for moody exploration, and fill the middle of Watch Out! with battered water wings that float on waves of emotion and reverb", though the album "really only refines what Alexisonfire already had the chops and lyrical potential for." By April 2005, it had sold 50,000 copies in Canada, and 27,500 copies in the US. It was certified Platinum in Canada in April 2007.
Alexisonfire
- George Pettit – unclean vocals
- Dallas Green – rhythm guitar, clean vocals
- Wade MacNeil – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Chris Steele – bass
- Jesse Ingelevics – drums
Production and design
- Alexisonfire – producer
- Julius Butty – producer, engineer, mixer
- Brett Zilahi – mastering
- Justin Winstanley – art concept, illustrations
- Garnet Armstrong – design
Charts
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! scope="row"| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)
| 25
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| 21
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Certifications
References
Citations
Sources
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