Admission by Cheer-Accident

“(Cheer-Accident have) earned a reputation for extreme left turns - following collections of complex, metallic art rock with albums stuffed with piano-driven balladry cementing a practice of defying expectations that’s endured for more than three or four decades, depending on when you recognize as the group's actual genesis” - THE WIRE

- From Cheer-Accident's liner notes:
It’s weird to have so few words to say about our best album to date, but… well…
Our Best Album?
Out of 26?
That’s not nothing.

What makes it “our best?” Is it the songs? Is it the production? Is it the convergence of those two elements? What if we added “accessibility?” It is, after all, a pop album. You know, very much in the same way that “The Why Album” and “What Sequel?” are. In fact, we very nearly named it “Now What”, viewing it as the final installment in this pop trilogy.

But that started to feel wrong, because: Why get locked into a “series” every time we happen to lean on the more melodic and concise aspect of what we do?

You know, and the thing is, this isn’t any kind of “return.” This is something new. Though it certainly shares DNA with the aforementioned What/Why releases, it also very much incorporates the rock and dissonance and experimentation present in many of our other forays. Maybe this is simply where we landed. Maybe this is what we are now. Maybe we’ve finally found the combination of ingredients that so perfectly synthesize as our aesthetic that there’s no need to go on from here. Maybe we’ve stopped. Maybe we’re done. Maybe we’ve finally found that sweet spot between the “adventurous” and the “palatable,” and we now intend to rest on our laurels.

What an Admission that would be.

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PRESS QUOTES:
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+ "Cheer-Accident knows the popular music song rules… they just choose to break them” - AVANT MUSIC NEWS

+ “it’s impossible to say what’s going to come next - just one more thing that makes Cheer-Accident truly progressive” - BANDCAMP DAILY

+ “Cheer-Accident reveal the melodicism that has always been a part of their work” - DPRP

+ “How do I describe Cheer-Accident? One of the most eccentric groups I have had the fortune of coming across” - THE DAILY VAULT

+ “If you already know then you know. If you don’t, then you really should” - THE ORGAN


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HIGHLIGHTS:
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+ Limited Edition 12” vinyl of “Admission” is pressed on random colored vinyl. No two are alike!

+ Vinyl comes complete with a double-sided “Footlong OBI” containing lyrics and a message from the band. Entire package is wrapped in a resealable crystal clear polybag.

+ Glass-Mastered Compact Disc is packaged in an attractive digipak, complete with lyrics.

+ Recorded, mixed and mastered by Todd Rittmann (US Maple / Dead Rider) at Shy Diamond Studio in Chicago.

+ CHEER-ACCIDENT will be touring the USA this July and August in support of “Admission

This is your destination for the collected works of CHEER-ACCIDENT on SKiN GRAFT Records.

Since 1981, CHEER-ACCIDENT have strived to surprise their audiences and themselves through relentless reinvention.

From dreamy pop to angular art-rock, the band strikes a powerful balance between personalized and unique studio wizardry & the visceral excitement of a well-honed, explosive live rock band.