Thoughts and Prayers (album)
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| Thoughts and Prayers | ||||
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| Released | July 19, 2019 | |||
| Studio | The Blasting Room, Fort Collins | |||
| Genre | Melodic hardcore, hardcore punk, skate punk, punk rock | |||
| Length | 28:22 | |||
| Label | Fat Wreck Chords (FAT 124) | |||
| Producer | Bill Stevenson and Jason Livermore | |||
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Thoughts and Prayers is the ninth studio album by the Santa Cruz, California-based hardcore punk band Good Riddance, released July 19, 2019 through Fat Wreck Chords. It is the band's second studio album since their 2007 breakup and 2012 reunion. Unlike previous albums which featured some musical writing contribution from Luke Pabich and Chuck Platt, Thoughts and Prayers was solely written by frontman Russ Rankin.
Following the band's reunion in 2012[1] and the performance of a few shows, Good Riddance returned to the studio. From those studio sessions came Peace in Our Time, released on April 21, 2015.
Four years later, on May 16, 2019, the band announced the upcoming release of a new studio album titled Thoughts and Prayers on Instagram.[2] With that announcement came the early release of the track "Don't Have Time." Four weeks later, the band released "Our Great Divide" as a preview as well.[3]
On July 17, two days before the official release date, British rock magazine Kerrang! released a free stream of the album on YouTube. The early release also came with a short description of the lyrical message behind every track.[4]