| The Winter of Mixed Drinks | ||||
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| Released | 1 March 2010 | |||
| Recorded | 2009 at Castle Sound Studios, Pencaitland, Scotland; Tarquin Studios, Bridgeport, Connecticut | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, indie folk | |||
| Length | 45:29 | |||
| Label | FatCat | |||
| Producer | Peter Katis | |||
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| Singles from The Winter of Mixed Drinks | ||||
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The Winter of Mixed Drinks is the third studio album by Scottish indie rock band Frightened Rabbit, released on 1 March 2010 through independent label FatCat Records.[1] As with its predecessor, the critically acclaimed The Midnight Organ Fight (2008), the album was recorded and produced by Peter Katis. Vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Scott Hutchison states that The Winter of Mixed Drinks is "more of a storytelling record" than the band's previous two albums,[2] and notes that the album is "about an escape and maybe even a slight breakdown. I have to say, it's semi-fictional. There's a protagonist who is possibly male but it doesn't really describe my life because if I did that it wouldn't make for an interesting album this time around as I’ve been quite solid and content, thankfully."[3]
The album was preceded by the singles "Swim Until You Can't See Land" and "Nothing Like You", released during November 2009 and February 2010, respectively. The album's third single "Living in Colour" was released on 14 June.[4] The album's title comes from a line in the song "Living in Colour", with Hutchison stating, "I think we've all had odd, lonely, fallow periods in life, where you find yourself detached from everything, drifting and lost. That's what [the title] means to me, but most importantly, it's the moments of joy afterwards, during recovery, that defines the dark period."[5] The album's fourth and final single "The Loneliness and the Scream" was released in November 2010.[6]
- ^ "Frightened Rabbit - The Winter of Mixed Drinks". FatCat Records. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
- ^ "2010: Year of the Rabbit? An Interview with Frightened Rabbit". The Skinny.
- ^ "I didn't make the album I wanted to last time - I had to exorcise that feeling". The Pop Cop. 7 October 2009. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ Blanche, Cate. "Frightened Rabbit's Postcard From A Travelodge". Drowned In Sound. Archived from the original on 7 October 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
- ^ Broad, Craig. "Frightened Rabbit Interview". God Is In The TV. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
- ^ FatCat Records: Releases - Frightened Rabbit - The Loneliness and the Scream