{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = First Fits | type = studio | artist = Fitted | cover = First Fits.jpg | alt = | released = November 8, 2019<ref>{{cite web|last=Gentile|first=John|title=Mike Watt and members of Wire form FITTED|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/70633/mike-watt-and-members-of-wire-form-fitted|work=Punknews.org|access-date=November 5, 2019}}</ref><ref name="pearis">{{cite web|last=Pearis|first=Bill|title=FITTED, ft. Mike Watt & members of Wire, share first single from debut LP|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/fitted-ft-mike-watt-members-of-wire-share-first-single-from-debut-lp/|work=Brooklyn Vegan|date= August 21, 2019|access-date=November 5, 2019}}</ref> | recorded = 2017–2018<ref name="phillips"/> | studio = {{hlist|Casa Hanzo, San Pedro, US|The Record Room, Kent, UK|Tip Top Studio, Uppsala, Sweden|Juno Studio, London, UK|BoP Garage, Alskog, Gotland, Sweden|Downtown Rehearsal, Los Angeles, US}} | genre = Alternative rock | length = 37:17 | label = ORG Music | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = }}
'''''First Fits''''' is the debut album by alternative rock band Fitted,<ref name="pearis"/> featuring Mike Watt (The Minutemen, Firehose), Graham Lewis (Wire), Matthew Simms (Wire), Bob Lee (The Black Gang).
==Production and release== The album was recorded from 2017 to 2018<ref name="phillips">{{cite web|last=Phillips|first=Marc|title=Fitted, First Fits - The Vinyl Anachronist|url=https://parttimeaudiophile.com/2019/10/23/fitted-first-fits-the-vinyl-anachronist/|work=Part-Time Audiophile|date=October 23, 2019|access-date=November 9, 2019}}</ref> with Lewis and Watt trading lead vocals.<ref>{{cite web|last=Helman|first=Peter|title=FITTED – "Training Pit Bulls For The Navy"|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2055499/fitted-training-pit-bulls-for-the-navy/premiere/|work=Stereogum|date=August 21, 2019|access-date=November 9, 2019}}</ref> The first single was "Training Pit Bulls For The Navy."<ref name="pearis"/>
The first two singles, "Training Pitbulls for the Navy" and "The Legend of Lydmar Lucia", preceded the release of the full album.<ref>{{cite web|last=Molloy|first=John|title=Introducing: Punk supergroup FITTED release singles ahead of debut LP|url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/introducing-punk-supergroup-fitted-release-singles-ahead-debut-lp-22790214|work=Hot Press|date=September 25, 2019|access-date=November 10, 2019}}</ref>
==Reception== Kevin Quinn of ''Music-News.com'' gave the album five stars.<ref>{{cite web|last=Quinn|first=Kevin|title=Fitted First Fits|url=http://www.music-news.com/review/UK/14058/Album/Fitted|work=music-news.com|date=November 8, 2019|access-date=November 10, 2019}}</ref> James Bennett of ''SLUG Magazine'' praised the album yet found it difficult to describe saying "Every track is an adventure, and every adventure is full of more twists and turns than could ever be reasonably anticipated."<ref>{{cite web|last=Bennett|first=James|title=Review: FITTED – First Fits|url=https://www.slugmag.com/national-music-reviews/fitted-first-fits/|work=SLUG Magazine|date=November 21, 2019|access-date=November 23, 2019}}</ref> ''Chattanooga Pulse'' described it as "a true joy of creation with expansive, genuinely stirring rock numbers."<ref>{{cite web|last=Paik|first=Ernie|title=New Music From FITTED, galen tipton|url=http://www.chattanoogapulse.com/music/music-review/new-music-from-fitted-galen-tipton/|work=Chattanooga Pulse|date=December 11, 2019|access-date=January 18, 2020}}</ref>
==Track listing== #"Plug in the Jug" – 8:10 #"Training Pit Bulls for the Navy" – 5:08 #"The Legend of Lydmar Lucia" – 5:39 #"Magically Blessed" – 7:19 #"The Chunk That Got Chewed" – 4:28 #"The First Fit" – 6:33
==Personnel== *Mike Watt – bass, vocals *Graham Lewis – bass, synth, vocals *Matthew Simms – guitar, modular synth, electric organ *Bob Lee – drums
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