Gimme Some

Gimme Some is the sixth album by Peter Bjorn and John. It was released on 28 March 2011 in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world on Cooking Vinyl, and the following day in the US, on Startime International.

Released28 March 2011

StudioTambourine Studios (Malmö, Sweden)^[1]

GenreIndie pop, indie rock, neo-psychedelia

Length37:38

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Gimme Some
Studio album by Peter Bjorn and John
Released	28 March 2011
Studio	Tambourine Studios (Malmö, Sweden)[1]
Genre	Indie pop, indie rock, neo-psychedelia
Length	37:38
Label	Cooking Vinyl (UK) Startime (USA)
Producer	Per Sunding
Peter Bjorn and John chronology
Living Thing (2009) Gimme Some (2011) Breakin' Point (2016)
Singles from Gimme Some
"Breaker Breaker" Released: Spring 2011 "Second Chance" Released: Spring 2011 "Dig a Little Deeper / What I Could Do (If I Wanted To)" Released: Record Store Day 2011

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Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	74/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Clash	[4]
Pitchfork Media	(6.2/10)[5]
Spin	[6]

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"Breaker, Breaker", "Second Chance", "Dig a Little Deeper" and "May Seem Macabre" were released as singles, the latter as a radio-only single. "Second Chance", released on 24 January 2011, is perhaps best known as the opening theme of the American television sitcom 2 Broke Girls. The US tour for Gimme Some was notable for being characterized by free food being provided at each show by a catering company local to the city the band were playing at, tying in with some lyrics and themes of the album's main thematic song "Down Like Me". Live performances from this era were characterized by a back-to-basic, punk-like energy that came as a result of an effort by the band to revert to a more stripped-down sound after the electronic, layered compositions of their previous album Living Thing and Re-Living Thing [Not mentioned in chronology]. Three singles were released from the album: "Breaker Breaker", "Second Chance", and "Dig a Little Deeper". "May Seem Macabre" was also promoted for radio circulation. The band also created a music video in collaboration with Pitchfork.TV of the entire album.