Culture Scars

by Hail the Sun

Culture Scars cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 17 June 2016
  • Label: Equal Vision
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 42:49
  • Community rating: 3.59/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Known for their frantic technicality and soaring vocal melodies, Hail the Sun explores darker thematic territory on 'Culture Scars', addressing trauma, addiction, and social decay. Drummer and lead vocalist Donovan Melero delivers intensely passionate performances over the band's complex, math-rock-inflected Swancore instrumentation. The album strikes a balance between hyper-active guitar riffing and instantly memorable post-hardcore hooks.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, technical

Tracklist

  1. Paranoia (3:59)
  2. Entertainment Lies (3:45)
  3. Body Damage (4:31)
  4. Words of Gratitude (Parents) (3:02)
  5. The 'Fun' in Dysfunction (4:59)
  6. The People That Protect Us (4:24)
  7. Burn Nice and Slow (The Formative Years) (4:08)
  8. Never Kill a Mouse; Let It Kill Itself (3:53)
  9. Ministry of Truth (4:27)
  10. Doing the Same Thing and Expecting Different Results (5:36)

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