Porcelain

by Sparta

Porcelain cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 13 July 2004
  • Label: Geffen
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 57:34
  • Community rating: 3.52/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Matt Funes, Mario DeLeon, Larry Corbett, Joel Derouin, Daniel Smith, Gabe Kerbratz, Suzie Katayama, Charlie Bisharat, Sara Parkins, Mike Major

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Serving as their sophomore full-length effort, this record sees the El Paso-based outfit expanding their dynamic range with more layered, atmospheric instrumentation. The compositions balance the aggressive, angular guitar work of their post-hardcore origins with expansive alternative rock melodies and cinematic string arrangements. It marks a significant maturation in Jim Ward's songwriting, prioritizing mood and structural complexity over sheer kinetic energy.

Genres

Descriptors: male-vocalist, complex, atmospheric, dynamic, textured, melodic, emotive

Tracklist

  1. Guns Of Memorial Park (3:49)
  2. Hiss The Villain (3:27)
  3. While Oceana Sleeps (4:24)
  4. La Cerca (3:43)
  5. Breaking The Broken (3:47)
  6. Lines In Sand (6:02)
  7. End Moraine (4:26)
  8. Death In The Family (3:37)
  9. Syncope (1:19)
  10. Tensioning (5:59)
  11. Travel By Bloodline (3:06)
  12. P.O.M.E. (0:47)
  13. From Now To Never (8:39)
  14. Splinters (4:23)

Credits

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