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Ø (Disambiguation)
Studio album by Underoath
Released	November 9, 2010 (2010-11-09)
Recorded	May – July 2010, at Glow in the Dark Studios, Atlanta, Georgia
Genre	Metalcore
Length	38:42 (Standard Edtion) 49:43 (Deluxe Edition)
Label	Tooth & Nail, Roadrunner
Producer	Matt Goldman, Jeremy S.H. Griffith
Underoath chronology
Lost in the Sound of Separation (2008) Ø (Disambiguation) (2010) Play Your Old Stuff (2011)
Singles from Ø (Disambiguation)
"In Division" Released: November 2, 2010 (2010-11-02) "Paper Lung" Released: April 25, 2011 (2011-04-25)

Ø (Disambiguation) is the seventh album by American metalcore band Underoath. Released on November 9, 2010 through Tooth & Nail Records,^[1][2][3] the album is the band's first without founding member Aaron Gillespie, the first with Daniel Davison, formerly of Norma Jean. As of this album, none of the members that appeared on Underoath's debut album remain in the band. Ø Disambiguation was met with a high amount of acclaim and was recorded at Glow in the Dark Studios in Atlanta Georgia, the same studio where the band's previous album, Lost in the Sound of Separation was recorded.

Recording and production

During a late 2009 interview, guitarist Timothy McTague stated that the band had "just started writing songs that may be included on the next record", and that they are hoping to enter the studio late summer or early fall 2010. On April 5, 2010, the band announced the departure of their final founding member, drummer and vocalist, Aaron Gillespie. On May 10, 2010, through their official Myspace blog, Underoath announced that they will be entering the studio on May 24 to record their follow up to Lost in the Sound of Separation, with production done by Jeremy SH Griffith and Matt Goldman (Goldman having worked with the band previously, on Lost in the Sound of Separation and Define the Great Line). The new album was aimed to be released sometime later that year. Following the departure of Gillespie, Underoath recruited ex-Norma Jean drummer Daniel Davison for drumming duties.

Release and promotion

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AbsolutePunk	94%[4]
Allmusic	[5]
Big Cheese	5/5 [6]
Billboard	Favorable [7]
Blare Magazine	[8]
Consequence of Sound	[9]
Jesusfreakhideout	Wayne Reimer: [10] Michael Weaver: [10]
Rocksound	9/10 [11]
Sputnikmusic	[12]

The band hosted a pre-release listening party on September 15, 2010, which generated two independent reviews.^[13] A postcard containing a piece of the artwork was sent to each person who pre-ordered the album. The buyer was to take a picture of that postcard and upload it to Underoath's official website. Once every piece had been uploaded, the band would release the artwork. They did so at 1 pm EST, September 21, 2010.^{[citation needed]}

Underoath hosted a game on their Twitter and Facebook profiles. It consisted of scrambled titles for tracks featured on the album. The first person who unscrambled the words won an Underoath T-shirt. The band also released one of their new songs, "Illuminator", by layers, giving away one instrument's part at a time. The song was fully uploaded on October 1, 2010. The second song Underoath released was the single "In Division", on November 2.^{[citation needed]}

The band also developed a contest, for the track "Catch Myself Catching Myself". The song was uploaded to YouTube on October 28, however, all the vocals were taken out. The lyrics were put up in the video, and viewers were told to put their own vocals over the song and upload it to YouTube. The submission chosen to be best would receive an Underoath prize pack containing a shirt, poster, stickers and more, and the guitar used for the video of "In Division". Two runners-up would receive the prize pack only.^{[citation needed]}

A music video for "In Division" was released on November 1, 2010.^[14]

In its first week, Ø (Disambiguation) sold 24,000^{[citation needed]} and debuted at #23 on the Billboard 200 charts.^[15]

A music video for "Paper Lung" was released on April 25, 2011.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Spencer Chamberlain, all music composed by Underoath^[16].

Personnel

Underoath^[17]

• Spencer Chamberlain – lead vocals, additional guitars^[18]
• Tim McTague – lead guitar, backing vocals
• James Smith – rhythm guitar, percussion
• Grant Brandell – bass
• Daniel Davison – drums, percussion
• Chris Dudley – keyboard, synthesizers

Production^[17]

• Jordan Butcher – art direction, design
• Jeff Carver – A&R
• Brandon Ebel – A&R, executive producer
• Matt Goldman – engineer, producer
• Ben Grosse – mixing
• Ted Jensen – mastering

References