The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die – Always Foreign (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die – Always Foreign (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 42:27 minutes | 497 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Epitaph

The third studio long-player from the Connecticut-based indie/emo rock troupe, Always Foreign finds the World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die nixing the mostly positive vibes of their two prior outings in favor of a deep dive into miseries both internal and external.

Raw and occasionally apoplectic, but no less big-hearted than 2015’s sleeve-bearing Harmlessness, Always Foreign wants to believe in the promise of utopia, but the caustic confluence of the 2016 election and the acrimonious departure of a former bandmate seem to have eaten through the band’s thick skin. It’s the latter ordeal that casts the biggest shadow, with multiple tracks dealing with the situation with alarming specificity; “Hilltopper” (“Can’t seem to erase you/I threw out all the records you’re on/I hope evil can see this, and you get what you deserve”), while reliably anthemic and melodic, is particularly savage. Thankfully, the band channels much of that ire into making compelling – and often beautiful and vital-sounding – music, which runs the gamut from galloping punk-pop (“The Future”) to emo-kissed post-rock (“I’ll Make Everything”). Distilling discomfort into something more palatable is never easy, but with a name like the World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die, the band probably knew that going in.

Tracklist:
1-1. The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die – I’ll Make Everything (02:26)
1-2. The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die – The Future (02:28)
1-3. The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die – Hilltopper (03:01)
1-4. The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die – Faker (05:12)
1-5. The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die – Gram (03:50)
1-6. The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die – Dillon and Her Son (02:24)
1-7. The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die – Blank #12 (01:16)
1-8. The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die – For Robin (03:59)
1-9. The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die – Marine Tigers (07:03)
1-10. The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die – Fuzz Minor (04:31)
1-11. The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die – Infinite Steve (06:13)

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