Whenever, If Ever
by The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die
- Type: Album
- Released: 18 June 2013
- Label: Klip
- Country: United States
- Length: 35:16
- Community rating: 3.66/5 from 14 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Whenever, If Ever' is a sprawling and symphonic document of the emo revival, blending Midwest emo traditions with grand post-rock arrangements. The large ensemble creates a dense, layered sound featuring multiple vocalists, horns, and synthesizers, evoking a sense of communal vulnerability. It is a poetic and highly emotional record that captured the spirit of a burgeoning indie scene.
Genres
Descriptors: crescendo, dynamic, confessional, expansive, twinkly, atmospheric, melodic, spoken-word, clean-vocals
Tracklist
- Blank #9 (02:12)
- Heartbeat in the Brain (05:41)
- Fightboat (02:04)
- Picture of a Tree That Doesn't Look Okay (04:01)
- You Will Never Go to Space (02:24)
- The Layers of Skin We Drag Around (01:33)
- Ultimate Steve (04:03)
- Gig Life (02:59)
- Low Light Assembly (03:19)
- Getting Sodas (07:00)
Credits
- Sema Vural - backing vocals
- Steve - backing vocals
- Ufuk Y谋ld谋r谋m - backing vocals
- 脰zkan Kurt - classical guitar
- Ulu臒bek Hakimov - directed by [musical]
- Eugene Zimmer - engineer
- Ryan Kallas - engineer
- Cemali - engineer, backing vocals
- Celal Ba臒lan - goblet drum [darbuka]
- Arzu T谋臒laz - graphics
- Cem T谋臒laz - graphics
- G枚ksel Kartal - kanun
- Mimi Spencer - kanun
- Ufuk 脟oban - mixed by, mastered by
- Ercan Irmak - ney
- 陌lyas Tetik - oud, violin
- Adil G眉ltekin - photography by
- Kutay Derin Ku臒ay - photography by
- David Brooks - recorded by [assistant]
- Mark Key - recorded by [assistant]
- William Brown - supervised by
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