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- Charm Offensive is the debut full-length album by American gothic rock/post-punk band Damien Done. Originally scheduled for release on February 16, 2018, by American record label Mind Over Matter Records, the digital version was pushed back to March 2, 2018, while the 12" vinyl version was delayed until April 26, 2018. Belgian record label Hypertension Records licensed the rights to issue the album on 12" vinyl for the European market, releasing its edition on August 10, 2018, to coincide with the band's European and British tour. The band released three singles from Charm Offensive: "Curious Thing" on September 8, 2017 (though its music video premiered beforehand on August 25, 2017), "The Lord Fox" on January 13, 2018, and "Roof Access" on February 16, 2018. 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. 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. 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. 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. (en)
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- Charm Offensive is the debut full-length album by American gothic rock/post-punk band Damien Done. Originally scheduled for release on February 16, 2018, by American record label Mind Over Matter Records, the digital version was pushed back to March 2, 2018, while the 12" vinyl version was delayed until April 26, 2018. Belgian record label Hypertension Records licensed the rights to issue the album on 12" vinyl for the European market, releasing its edition on August 10, 2018, to coincide with the band's European and British tour. (en)
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