THE USED Artwork (2009 UK 11-track CD album - Recorded primarily at Los Angeles studios The Lair and NRG between June 2008 and February 2009 with producer Matt Squire [Panic At The Disco, Thrice], 'Artwork' finds the quartet pushing forwards with their self-declared brand of 'gross pop' that melds jarring riffs with immediate pop hooks, and features eleven new songs that mostly focus on The Used's raw, visceral power. The album's first single 'Blood On My Hands' is confined chaos, brutally thrashing one moment and proffering a pop-driven, sing-along chorus the next, 'Empty With You' surges with passion and gripping honesty, while 'Cut Yourself' balances the album's predilection for propulsive rage with its quieter, piano-driven exploration of what it means to have someone to lean on)