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Review Summary: I am not a number just patiently waiting to enter the belly of the beast In the opening song of The Dusk In Us, “A Single Tear”, Jacob Bannon apprehensively whimpers “When I held you for the first time / I knew I had to survive” and then again, the second time gnashing at each word. It’s from that point we see a perspective change from Bannon. He’s not some scrappy punk spouting half-baked platitudes. He’s not the storyteller that had us all embroiled in the case of a Jane Doe. He’s a father, cognizant that the world around his son is on fire. It’s a role he embraces well, and as a result, The Dusk In Us feels like Bannon passing down his way of life, what he sees in the world, and how to survive the flames. “There’s monsters among us / And at dawn they’ll go with the last shred of hope / Someday it’ll change, or so they say / Just bide your time and try to alive” he croons in the title track, moments before it breaks into sludgy rapture. Ballou, Newton and Koller pull off their usual histrionics – the Slayer-esque velocity of “Broken by Lights”‘s latter half feels ripped from When Forever Comes Crashing, and “Wildlife” draws from the armamentarium of flashy musicianship that’s defined the band for the last decade – but with even more atmospheric ruminations to complement Bannon’s somber musings. It’s a different kind of heaviness, pensive, and more palpably weighty than we’re used to, yet finessed just as we’ve come to expect from the band at this point. And that’s what is the most impressive thing about this album; whether it’s Bannon’s more contemplative tone or the rhythm section’s grimy crawl, Converge is a band of standards, refusing to release anything that falls short of them. It’s what’s given us a pantheon of classic albums, a shortlist that The Dusk In Us easily belongs on.
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Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off
I'm cheating w/ this one but w/e
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Dude nice :]
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dude thanks :*
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Good review and I appreciate Converge’s shift in lyrical approach, but for me this album was pretty sonically boring
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Sweet
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this was like a 3.3-3.4 for me, the title track and Thousands of Miles Between Us were boring as fuck
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Cool review as always dude, might have to respin this one along with the new ep.
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i dig it, short and sweet
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Thanks ya’ll
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Niceeeee Brandon. m/
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ily Ryan
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Ily2
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Great review, short and sweet. Last sentence looks like it's missing a full stop though.
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Thanks man! And you’re right, lemme fix that lol
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Dude, this is a brilliant little review. One of my favorites from you recently. I view this as one of their weaker albums but you've convinced me to revisit it.
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[2] what sowing said sans the revision bit
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great review dude
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Sowing, quished, Dom — damn, thank you all for kind words, i really appreciate them. Sowing, this took awhile for me to REALLY get into, but now it ranks among some of my favorite stuff from them. I’m glad this has convinced you to give it another go! I definitely wanna know if anything’s changed for you after another listen.
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the father perspective from the record did resonate hard when I saw the video for A Single Tear, def made the record more personal even as it's still growing on me slowly.
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