GAMETIME "THE FRESH START EFFECT" - LP

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Some bands take a hiatus. Gametime took seventeen years.

Formed in 2000, gone by 2004, and reborn in 2021. But this isn't a comeback record. It's proof that it's never too late to become who you were always meant to be.

The Fresh Start Effect is thirteen tracks about staring down fear, rebuilding from rock bottom, and finding your way back to the things and people you love. It's the sound of a band that stumbled on its first try and decided to take the hit anyway, because that's how growth is designed. Songs about therapy and self-reinvention sit next to odes to '90s nostalgia and punk rock roots; anthems about anxiety as an uninvited houseguest sit next to reminders that life isn't a zero-sum game. Through it all runs one steady thread: hope, and the stubborn belief that you're still worth betting on.

Two years in the making, this is a record for anyone who's ever felt stuck in a loop, questioned if it's too late to start again, or needed proof that the obstacle really is the way.

Seventeen years between songs. One album that makes every one of them worth it.

Track Listing:

01. Momentum (Feat. Maisie and Emmett Brown)
02. Triumphs and Disasters (Feat. Rishi Bahl)
03. Prove It
04. Making Up for Lost Time (Feat. Kyle Ward)
05. The Stories We Tell Ourselves
06. What’s with Today, Today?
07. Life Is Not a Zero Sum Game (Feat. Ben Wendt)
08. Still Betting on You
09. The Negotiation
10. All In (Feat. Scott Sellers)
11. Onward and Upward
12. Finding My Way (Back to You)
13. Here Goes Absolutely Everything (Feat. Caleb Blacksher)

This vinyl pressing is limited to 200 copies and is distributed by Gametime, Double Felix Records (US), Coffin Curse Records (US), Cat’s Claw Records (UK), and Pee Records (AU).

Variants Include:

50x Clear with Gold Splatter
50x Translucent Emerald
50x Random Swirl
50x Random Eco-mix