The Romance of Affliction

by SeeYouSpaceCowboy

The Romance of Affliction cover art

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

  • Metalcore
  • Post-Hardcore

Tracklist

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