Board Up the House

Studio album by Genghis Tron

Released

February 19, 2008 (CD)
March 25, 2008 (vinyl)

Recorded

Godcity Studio in Salem, Massachusetts

Genre

Experimental metal, mathcore

Length

43:00

Label

Relapse (CD)
Lovepump United (vinyl)

Producer

Kurt Ballou, Genghis Tron

Genghis Tron chronology

Triple Black Diamond
(2007)

Board Up the House
(2008)

Board Up the House Remixes Volume 1
(2008)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Blogcritics	^[2]
Consequence of Sound	B^[3]
IGN	(3.3/10)^[4]
Lambgoat	(4/10)^[5]
Metal Hammer	(7/10)
Pitchfork Media	(7.0/10)^[6]
Scene Point Blank	(8.2/10)^[7]
MetalSucks	(4.5/5)^[8]

Board Up the House is the second full-length album by the experimental metal band Genghis Tron. The album was recorded and mixed at Godcity Studio from August 29 to September 21, 2007, in Salem, Massachusetts, by Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou. It was mastered at New Alliance East by Nick Zampiello. The album was released on February 19, 2008, by Relapse Records on CD and on March 25 by Lovepump United on vinyl.

There are two different vinyl releases from Lovepump United: standard and limited. The standard has two black vinyl discs with the second being single-sided. On the unused side is an etching similar to the album artwork. The limited edition is the same except the first disc is colored with a transparent splatter design, and is limited to 400 copies.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Board Up the House"	5:54
2.	"Endless Teeth"	1:47
3.	"Things Don't Look Good"	3:35
4.	"Recursion"	2:08
5.	"I Won't Come Back Alive"	6:34
6.	"City on a Hill"	3:26
7.	"The Whips Blow Back"	2:07
8.	"Colony Collapse"	4:01
9.	"The Feast" (feat. Greg Puciato)	1:56
10.	"Ergot"	1:14
11.	"Relief"	10:47
Total length:		43:00

Personnel

Genghis Tron

Mookie Singerman – keyboard, vocals
Michael Sochynsky – drum programming, keyboard
Hamilton Jordan – drum programming, guitar

Additional musicians

Greg Puciato (The Dillinger Escape Plan) – guest vocals on "The Feast"
Kurt Ballou – toy drums on "Endless Teeth"

Production

Produced by Kurt Ballou and Genghis Tron
Engineered and mixed by Kurt Ballou
Mastered by Nick Zampiello

References

↑ Prato, Greg. Board Up the House at AllMusic
↑ Blogcritics review Archived May 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ Consequnece of Sound review
↑ IGN review
↑ Lambgoat review
↑ Pitchfork Media review
↑ Scene Point Blank review
↑ MetalSucks review

External links

Genghis Tron

Mookie Singerman Hamilton Jordan Michael Sochynsky

Studio albums	Dead Mountain Mouth Board Up the House

Extended plays	Cloak of Love Cape of Hate Triple Black Diamond

Remix albums	Board Up the House Remixes Volume 1 Board Up the House Remixes Volume 2 Board Up the House Remixes Volume 3 Board Up the House Remixes Volume 4 Board Up the House Remixes Volume 5

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2004: Isis – Panopticon
2005: Coheed and Cambria – Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness
2006: The Bronx – The Bronx
2007: Biffy Clyro – Puzzle
2008: Genghis Tron – Board Up the House
2009: Mastodon – Crack the Skye
2010: Bring Me the Horizon – There Is a Hell, Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is a Heaven, Let's Keep It a Secret.
2011: Mastodon – The Hunter
2012: The Menzingers – On the Impossible Past
2013: letlive. – The Blackest Beautiful
2014: Lower Than Atlantis – Lower Than Atlantis
2015: Bring Me the Horizon – That's the Spirit

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