Of Mice And Men - Restoring Force CD

Of Mice & Men (often abbreviated OM&M) is an American rock band formed in Costa Mesa, California, in 2009. The band's line-up currently consists of drummer Valentino Arteaga, guitarists Phil Manansala and Alan Ashby, and bassist and lead vocalist Aaron Pauley. The group was founded by former lead vocalist Austin Carlile and former bassist Jaxin Hall in mid-2009 after Carlile's departure from Attack Attack!. Carlile departed from the band in December 2016 citing that a long-term health condition prompted his exit. After Carlile's departure, the band continued to pursue creating music with Pauley as the band's bassist and lead vocalist.

Since 2009, the band has released eight studio albums: Of Mice & Men (2010), The Flood (2011), Restoring Force (2014), Cold World (2016), Defy (2018), Earthandsky (2019), Echo (2021), and Tether (2023). Of Mice & Men's earlier music has been described as metalcore and post-hardcore. Their later material, however, has been considered to be more melodic and shifted over to genres such as nu metal, alternative metal, and hard rock, while retaining their original sound.

The band has played international music festivals including the Vans Warped Tour in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2014 and Soundwave Music Festival in 2013 and 2015.

Restoring Force is the third studio album by American rock band Of Mice & Men. This is the band's first album to feature bassist and clean vocalist Aaron Pauley. It was released on January 24, 2014, in Europe and Australia, January 27, 2014, in Japan and the UK and January 28, 2014, in the US through Rise Records. It was produced by David Bendeth. A deluxe edition of the album, titled Restoring Force: Full Circle, was released on February 20, 2015. It featured four bonus tracks, including an acoustic version of "Feels Like Forever".

Track listing

All tracks written by Austin Carlile, Alan Ashby and Aaron Pauley.[45]

No.TitleLength

1."Public Service Announcement"3:32

2."Feels Like Forever"3:13

3."Bones Exposed"4:15

4."Would You Still Be There"3:12

5."Glass Hearts"3:15

6."Another You"3:45

7."Break Free"3:29

8."You Make Me Sick"3:21

9."Identity Disorder"3:37

10."You're Not Alone"3:21

11."Space Enough to Grow"3:38

Total length:38:37

Personnel

Of Mice & Men

• Austin Carlile – unclean vocals, additional clean vocals on tracks 6, 9, 12, 13, and 15
• Alan Ashby – rhythm guitar
• Phil Manansala – lead guitar
• Aaron Pauley – bass, clean vocals, unclean vocals on tracks 1, 7, and 8
• Valentino Arteaga – drums, percussion