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==={{anchor|''One Day Son, This Will All Be Yours'' (2007β2008)}}''One Day Son, This Will All Be Yours'' (2007β2008)=== {{Main|One Day Son, This Will All Be Yours}} After leaving [[Island Records]] due to a disagreement over the band's artistic direction,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a36783/fightstar-end-island-records-contract/ |title=Fightstar end Island Records contract |last=Regan |first=Susanna |website=[[Digital Spy]] |date=8 September 2006 |access-date=20 June 2017 }}</ref> Fightstar signed with the [[independent label]] Institute Records (a division of [[Gut Records]]) for their second album.<ref name="NME">{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/artists/fightstar#biography |title=Fightstar Biography |work=NME |access-date=15 July 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219174646/http://www.nme.com/artists/fightstar |archive-date=19 February 2009 }}</ref> According to Charlie Simpson, the band and Island had come to a "cross road" when the label began pushing Fightstar to create a more "mainstream" record.<ref name="APODS">{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=242409|title=Fightstar β 06.04.07 β Interview|website=[[AbsolutePunk]]|access-date=6 May 2007|author=DeAndrea, Joe|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130112002909/http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=242409|archive-date=12 January 2013}}</ref> The band recorded ''One Day Son, This Will All Be Yours'' in [[Los Angeles]] with [[Matt Wallace (record producer)|Matt Wallace]], who had produced ''[[Angel Dust (Faith No More album)|Angel Dust]]'' (1992) by [[Faith No More]]<ref name="APODS"/> (one of Simpson's favorite groups).<ref name="IamFS" /> To promote the album, Fightstar initially released the [[downloadable content|free downloadable]] single "99" in May 2007. The track, about being haunted by the loss of a loved one, was made available on the band's [[microsite]] with a music video.<ref name="NME99">{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/fightstar/27835 |title=Fightstar return with free single |work=[[NME]] |access-date=21 April 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070523132035/http://www.nme.com/news/fightstar/27835 |archive-date=23 May 2007 }}</ref> Its first official single, "[[We Apologise for Nothing]]", was released in September and reached number 63 on the UK Singles Chart.<ref name="UKChart"/> The third single, "[[Deathcar]]", was the first official UK [[VinylDisc]] release.<ref name="VinylDisc">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2007/oct/15/musicnews.music |title=Half vinyl, half CD, all new format |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=15 October 2007 |author=Allen, Katie |location=London |date=15 October 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204232717/http://www.theguardian.com/business/2007/oct/15/musicnews.music |archive-date=4 December 2013 }}</ref> The song, inspired by a harrowing documentary about Chinese [[execution van]]s<ref name="PennyB">{{cite web|url=http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/magsitepages/Article.aspx?id=4892 |title=Fightstar : Interview |publisher=Penny Black Music |access-date=28 October 2008 |author=Smith, Kelly |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081118032611/http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Article.aspx?id=4892 |archive-date=18 November 2008 }}</ref> and the end of Simpson's romantic relationship, produced a low-fi music video which cost Β£500 to make.<ref name="PennyB"/> The VinylDisc single reached number 92 on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number two on the Indie and [[UK Rock Chart|Rock Charts]] in its first week.<ref name="UKChart"/> The fourth single, "[[Floods (Fightstar song)|Floods]]", was released the following March. The band wrote it amid growing concern about [[global warming]] after they saw [[Al Gore]]'s documentary, ''[[An Inconvenient Truth]]''.<ref name="RSFloods">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.rocksound.tv/news/article/fightstar-rock-global-warming |title=Fightstar Rock Global Warming |magazine=[[Rock Sound]] |access-date=11 February 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091024040355/http://www.rocksound.tv/news/article/fightstar-rock-global-warming |archive-date=24 October 2009 }}</ref> Fightstar performed the song on Colin Murray's [[BBC Radio 1]] live sessions.<ref name="alt-ends review">{{cite web|last1=Fox |first1=Al |title=BBC - Review of Fightstar - Alternate Endings |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/vcqv/ |publisher=[[British Broadcasting Corporation]] |access-date=25 October 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109170829/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/vcqv |archive-date=9 January 2016 }}</ref> The band went on a 10-date UK tour in May 2008,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.nme.com/news/music/fightstar-8-1326793 |title=Fightstar announce May UK tour |magazine=NME |date=2008-03-28 |access-date=20 June 2017}}</ref> supported by the London four-piece [[Brigade (band)|Brigade]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Marcus Triggs |url=http://alternativevision.co.uk/interview42.html |title=Alternative Vision | www.alternativevision.co.uk - Where Alternative Music Meets Your Vision |publisher=www.alternativevision.co.uk |access-date=20 June 2017}}</ref> The tour included dates at the Leeds Slam Dunk Festival on 25 May and [[Carling Academy Islington]] on 29 May.<ref name="may-08-uk">{{cite web|title=Fightstar announce May UK tour |url=http://www.nme.com/news/music/fightstar-8-1326793 |publisher=[[NME (magazine)|NME]] |access-date=25 October 2016 |date=28 March 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026081826/http://www.nme.com/news/music/fightstar-8-1326793 |archive-date=26 October 2016 }}</ref> ''One Day Son, This Will All Be Yours''{{'}} last single, "[[I Am The Message]]", was released on 16 June 2008<ref>{{cite web|last1=Crowther |first1=Tom |title=I Am The Message - Fightstar Single Review |url=https://www.allgigs.co.uk/view/review/3071/Fightstar_I_Am_The_Message_Single_Review.html |website=allgigs.co.uk |access-date=11 November 2016 |date=22 June 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112142116/https://www.allgigs.co.uk/view/review/3071/Fightstar_I_Am_The_Message_Single_Review.html |archive-date=12 November 2016 }}</ref> as a [[double A side]] single; the other side was a cover of [[The Flaming Lips]]' "[[Waitin' for a Superman]]", recorded for the Colin Murray Radio 1 show.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=[[I Am the Message]] |year= 2008| type=CD Sleeve |publisher=[[Gut Records]] |id=7INSREC09 |location=Norfolk, UK}}</ref>
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