Charm Offensive

This article is about the Damien Done album. For other uses, see Charm offensive.

Charm Offensive
three people sitting in the subway
Charm Offensive standard cover art.
Studio album by
Damien Done
ReleasedMarch 2, 2018 (2018-03-02)
Recorded2016 (2016)–2017 (2017)
Studio
  • Wisner Productions, St. Cloud, Florida
  • Cloud City Studio, Garden City, Michigan
Genre
Length41:15
LabelMind Over Matter
Producer
Damien Done chronology
Stay Black
(2016) 		Charm Offensive
(2018) 		Baby, Don't Hearse Me
(2019)
Singles from Charm Offensive
  1. "Curious Thing"
    Released: August 25, 2017 (2017-08-25)
  2. "The Lord Fox"
    Released: January 13, 2018 (2018-01-13)
  3. "Roof Access"
    Released: February 16, 2018 (2018-02-16)
Test pressing cover art
hand opening blinds
Charm Offensive test pressing cover art.
Deluxe Creep Kit edition cover art
man covering his eyes
Charm Offensive Deluxe Creep Kit edition cover art.
Tour edition cover art
man covering his eyes
Charm Offensive satin tour edition cover art.

Charm Offensive is the debut full-length album by American gothic rock/post-punk band Damien Done.[2][1] Originally scheduled for release on February 16, 2018, by American record label Mind Over Matter Records,[4] the digital version was pushed back to March 2, 2018,[5] while the 12-inch vinyl version was delayed until April 26, 2018.[6][7] Belgian record label Hypertension Records licensed the rights to issue the album on 12-inch vinyl for the European market, releasing its edition on August 10, 2018, to coincide with the band's European and British tour.[8]

The band released three singles from Charm Offensive: "Curious Thing" on September 8, 2017 (though its music video premiered beforehand on August 25, 2017),[9][10] "The Lord Fox" on January 13, 2018,[4] and "Roof Access" on February 16, 2018.[3] A fourth music video was also produced for the non-album Killing Joke cover "Primitive", which appeared on the b-side of "Curious Thing" and with the European edition of the album.[11][12]

Founding band member and principal songwriter Damien Moyal performed, engineered and produced nearly all of the material on Charm Offensive, including lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, synthesizers, piano, percussion, as well as programming drums and bass guitar.[4][12] The material was then sent to mixing engineer James Paul Wisner, who wound up re-recording the programmed bass guitar parts with a real instrument and also added new guitar textures.[4][12] Before the album was completed, Moyal began recruiting backing members to perform live, including drummer Benjamin Moore, guitarist Andrew Dempz, and bass guitarist Laura Jane Leonard.

In promotion of the release, Damien Done toured the United States, United Kingdom and Europe between July 2018 and April 2020, up until the American outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, which halted the band's live performances. The band also performed at notable festivals like Ieperfest in Ypres, Belgium, No Rest Festival in Detroit, Michigan and Iron Festival in Newport, Kentucky.

  1. ^ a b Senior, Nicholas (March 1, 2018). "Premiere: Damien Done - 'Charm Offensive'". New Noise Magazine. Archived from the original on March 5, 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "The Underground Sounds of America: Damien Done". Kerrang!. July 31, 2018. Archived from the original on July 31, 2018. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Yoe, Adam (February 16, 2018). "Damien Done "Roof Access" Exclusive Video Premiere". CVLT Nation. Archived from the original on February 26, 2021. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d Ramirez, Carlos (January 30, 2018). "3 Unlikely Musical Artists Who've Influenced Me, by Damien Moyal, aka Damien Done". No Echo. Archived from the original on February 12, 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  5. ^ Kihn, Austin (February 2, 2018). "News". Mind Over Matter Records. Archived from the original on March 15, 2018. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  6. ^ Kihn, Austin (April 13, 2018). "News". Mind Over Matter Records. Archived from the original on April 16, 2018. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  7. ^ Kihn, Austin (March 24, 2018). "Vinyl Update". Mind Over Matter Records. Retrieved July 10, 2022 – via Facebook.
  8. ^ "Damien Done Ltd Euro Version". Hypertension Records. May 25, 2018. Archived from the original on June 5, 2018. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  9. ^ Kamiński, Karol (August 28, 2017). "Damien Done premiere new video "Curious Thing"!". Idioteq. Archived from the original on September 5, 2017. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  10. ^ Ramirez, Carlos (August 25, 2017). "Damien Done (As Friends Rust, Culture, Morning Again, Shai Hulud) Drops New Video | Features". No Echo. Archived from the original on September 1, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  11. ^ Moyal, Damien (September 15, 2017). "Damien Done - Primitive (Killing Joke)". Damien Done. Retrieved July 11, 2022 – via Facebook.
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