Black Line
by Respire
- Type: Album
- Released: 4 December 2020
- Label: Church Road
- Country: Canada
- Length: 41:07
- Community rating: 3.93/5 from 10 ratings
Artists on this release: Travis Dupuis, Thomas Moffett, A Paradise, Rohan Lilauwala, Eslin McKay, Ben Oliver, Andrew Moljgun, Darren Scarfo, Jordaan Mason, Emmett O'Reilly
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Respire's third album, 'Black Line', is a monumental and emotionally charged record that expands the band's sonic palette to breathtaking new dimensions. The Toronto collective blends the ferocity of blackened hardcore and screamo with the sweeping, cinematic beauty of post-rock and classical orchestration. The result is a cathartic and overwhelming experience that confronts global anxieties with both brutal intensity and moments of profound, uplifting beauty.
Genres
Descriptors: orchestral, atmospheric, blast-beats, strings, harsh-vocals, DIY, dissonant, bleak
Tracklist
- Blight (1:42)
- Tempest (4:41)
- Cicatrice (4:56)
- Lost Virtue (6:34)
- Kindling (2:15)
- Embers to End (6:27)
- Flicker and Faint (5:04)
- To Our Dead Friends (2:43)
- Catacombs Part II (6:47)
Credits
- Respire - primary artist
- Ben Oliver - bass, vocals
- Travis Dupuis - drums
- Nicolas Field - engineer
- Vince Soliveri - engineer
- Darren Scarfo - guitar, vocals
- Rohan Lilauwala - guitar, vocals, vibraphone, glockenspiel, synth
- Egin Kongoli - guitar, vocals, vibraphone, synth, banjo, lyrics by, art direction, layout
- Jack Shirley - mastered by
- Andrew Moljgun - saxophone
- Emmett O'Reilly - trumpet
- Thomas Moffett - trumpet
- Eslin McKay - violin, viola, vocals, piano
- A Paradise - vocals
- Jordaan Mason - vocals
- Paul Mack - vocals, programmed by, producer, mixed by