Sunday at Foxwoods

Shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic, Martin Johnson was asked by bandmate John Keefe and former bandmate Paul DiGiovanni if he wanted to make another album. Johnson agreed and they began writing songs, which he questioned "Who's it for?." He recalled, "It's easy to forget that there are people willing to sing your songs back to you." The group performed at the 2022 When We Were Young festival, where they felt motivated to record another album. It was recorded in Johnson's studio in Nashville, Tennessee. The concept of the album deals with nostalgia, while committing to reinvention. The title of the album came from the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Ledyard, Connecticut. ==Composition==

Sunday at Foxwoods was produced by Martin Johnson, Brandon Paddock and Danon Rector. An early demo of the track was recorded in 2020, which Keefe approved of and was released as the album's lead single. The seventh track, "Cry" is a ballad song, which was written nine years prior and was recorded in six takes. The album also features the pop-punk leaning "The Outside, which was written in 2015, and singalong "Brooklyn State of Mind". ==Release==

On May 19, 2023, the group released the album's lead single, "Blood and Sugar". The album's second single, "Language" was released on June 23. The band released "The Outside" on July 28, as the album's third single, along with premiering a music video for the song. "Cry" was released as the album's fourth single on August 25. The fifth and final single, "New Love" was released on September 22. In support of the album, the group embarked on the Speaking Our Language Tour from September to November 2023, with support from State Champs on all dates, as well as Four Year Strong, 3OH!3, LØLØ, the Summer Set, the Ready Set, and Max Bemis on select dates. On October 6, the group released a collaborative version of "The Outside", featuring 3OH!3, State Champs, the Summer Set and the Ready Set. ==Critical reception==

Sunday at Foxwoods was met with positive reviews from music critics. Matt Collar of AllMusic stated, "All of these songs are also expertly rendered, mixing pounding club beats right next to searing rock-guitar riffs and sharp slices of day-glo keyboards. With Sunday at Foxwoods, Boys Like Girls have made an album of rise-to-the-occasion anthems that play like the soundtrack to their own coming-of-age movie." ==Track listing==

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. Boys Like Girls • Martin Johnson – vocals, electric guitars, acoustic guitars, keyboards, piano, synthesizers, percussion, string arrangements, gang vocals, production, recording, mixing • John Keefe – drums, gang vocals • Gregory James – bass, backing vocals, gang vocals • Jamel Hawke – guitar, gang vocals (all tracks); keyboards (track 9) Additional contributors • Brandon Paddock – production, recording, programming, keyboards, guitar, string arrangements, backing vocals, bass, gang vocals • Danen Rector – production, programming, guitars, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals (all tracks); recording, mixing (2–13) • Peter Thomas – production (3) • Ryland Blackinton – additional production, recording (5) • Rob Moose – recording, strings (7, 13) • Oliver Kraus – recording, strings (7, 10) • Chris Steffen – recording (2, 4, 5, 7, 9) • Matt Huber – mixing • Chris Gehringer – mastering (1, 2, 5–13) • Brian Lucey – mastering (3, 4) • Will Quinnell – mastering assistance (1, 2, 5–13) • Ilya Toshinskiy – acoustic guitars (13) • Naomi Cooke Johnson – gang vocals • Rachel Braig – gang vocals (3) • Max Challis – gang vocals (3) • Riley Owens – gang vocals (3) • Jake Torrey – gang vocals (3) • Spencer Stewart – gang vocals (4) • Jeffery Jordan – gang vocals (4) • Abby Williams – gang vocals (9) ==References==