This Is Desolation
This Is Desolation | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 21 January 2013 | |||
Recorded | 2012 | |||
Genre | Post-hardcore | |||
Length | 42:48 | |||
Label | Redfield, Germany | |||
Producer | Dávid Schram | |||
Shell Beach chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Nuskull | (9/10)[1] |
Rockstation | (5/5)[2] |
Lángoló Gitárok | [3] |
This Is Desolation is the second full-length studio album recorded by Shell Beach.[4] It was released in November, 2012.
Recording and production[]
The band worked on this 11-song record for the past two years. The album has 88 tracks and includes Matt Geise of Lower Definition (Ferret) / Dance Gavin Dance (Rise Records) and Zeek as special guest vocalists in two of the songs, with Tamás Somló (Lokomotiv GT) playing the clarinet on track #9. The second record further helped Shell Beach get established as the most prominent band of the Hungarian and Budapest post-hardcore scenes.[5] The album was recorded in Pannonia Studios and mixed and mastered by Dávid Schram.
Music videos[]
Vital Signs, the first music video for the album was released in November, 2012.[6] The video has been selected and placed in rotation on MTV Hungary[7] and VIVA Hungary.[8]
Track listing[]
- "Hoverboards Don`t Work On Water"
- "The Greatest Skeptic"
- "Vital Signs"
- "This Arm, These Vessels"
- "Saviour"
- "Hirudinean"
- "Bjornoya"
- "Black Xross"
- "Sit Down, Navigator"
- "Ghoat Node"
- "The Sleep Paralysis (ft. Zeek)"
Personnel[]
The following people contributed to This Is Desolation:
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References[]
- ^ Nuskull review
- ^ Rockstation review
- ^ Lángoló Gitárok review
- ^ "Shell Beach's Official Website". Shell Beach. 25 February 2013.
- ^ http://nuskull.hu/lemezkritikak/hazai-het-shell-beach-this-is-desolation/
- ^ http://langologitarok.blog.hu/2012/11/20/vital_signs_shell_beach-klippremier
- ^ http://www.mtv.co.hu/music/artists/shell-beach/videos/vital-signs-863676/
- ^ http://www.vivatv.hu/music/artists/shell-beach/videos/vital-signs-863676/
External links[]
- This Is Desolation at Redfield Records webpage
- 2012 albums
- Shell Beach (band) albums