Sisters Aly MIchalka & AJ Michalka are an American pop rock duo, who have been making music since 2005, signing to Disney's record label Hollywood Records when they were 14 and 16 years old. They released their debut studio album 'Into The Rush' in August 2005, and it debuted at number thirty six in the United States, selling over 24,000 copies in its first week, and was later certified Gold by the RIAA, selling over 1,000,000 copies worldwide. In 2006, the duo released their second studio album, the Christmas-themed 'Acoustic Hearts Of Winter', which peaked at seventy-eight on the Billboard 200 and sold 110,000 copies. Their third studio album, 'Insomniatic', debuted at number fifteen on the Billboard 200, making it their highest debut to date, and the album's lead single 'Potential Breakup Song' is their most successful single, peaking at number seventeen on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2009, Aly & AJ renamed themselves 78violet and announced their departure from Hollywood Records the following year, and in 2013 they released their only single under that name titled 'Hothouse'. However, it later transpired that they'd recorded a whole album under that name while they were still with Hollywood Records, and which has remained unreleased. Various songs from the record have leaked over the years, although two of them, 'Damaged' and 'Civilian' remained elusive for some time, although I have now managed to track them down, so that we can at last hear the album in its entirety. The duo are still making music, releasing a new single 'Take Me' in 2017, and they had various songs compiled onto the album 'We Don't Stop' in 2020. The same year saw the limited release of another 78violet album, their previously unreleased 2013 album 'Hothouse', recorded at the same time as the single of the same name. It was issued as an exclusive release for Aly & AJ's fan club Sanctuary, strictly for year one members, except for 29 copies that were released via their webstore. These were "Triple Signed" (autographed sleeve, inner sleeve & vinyl label) and pressed on clear with purple splatter vinyl, packaged inside a tip-on sleeve with foil stamp text on front and back cover, and are obviously now very collectible. For now, though, here is that 2009 78violet album which the girls recorded under their pseudonym, and which has remained unheard for over a decade.
Track listing
01 Say Hello
02 The Good, The Bad, And The Boring
03 The Next Worst Thing
04 Damaged
05 The Edge
06 Civilian
07 Silly Boy
08 Walk Alone Tonight
09 Lovesick
10 Freak
11 Insane
12 Magellan
13 Bullet
