The Romance of Affliction

by SeeYouSpaceCowboy

The Romance of Affliction cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 5 November 2021
  • Label: Pure Noise
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 39:58
  • Community rating: 4.05/5 from 7 ratings

Artists on this release: Taylor Allen, AJ Tartol, Ethan Sgarbossa, Connie Sgarbossa, Isaac Hale

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Fully embracing the wildly chaotic, 'sass'-infused metalcore aesthetic of the mid-2000s scene, the San Diego outfit delivered their most refined and emotionally heavy project to date. Frontwoman Connie Sgarbossa tackles her survival following a fatal drug overdose in 2020, laying harrowing personal struggles over blistering mathcore riffs and soaring, highly melodic emo-pop choruses. The record firmly established them as leading figures in the modern Myspace-era hardcore revival.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, emotive, volatile, confessional, theatrical, harsh-vocals, dynamic, dissonant, ferocious

Tracklist

  1. Life as a Soap Opera Plot, 26 Years Running (3:23)
  2. Misinterpreting Constellations (3:51)
  3. The End to a Brief Moment of Lasting Intimacy (3:35)
  4. Sharpen What You Can (2:06)
  5. With Arms That Bind and Lips That Lock (3:51)
  6. Losing Sight Of The Exit... (1:02)
  7. ...and My Faded Reflection in Your Eyes (3:08)
  8. Intersecting Storylines to the Same Tragedy (3:08)
  9. Ouroboros as an Overused Metaphor (3:38)
  10. Anything to Take Me Anywhere but Here (1:53)
  11. The Peace in Disillusion (1:34)
  12. Melodrama Between Two Entirely Bored Individuals (3:39)
  13. The Romance of Affliction (5:04)

Credits

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