More like Travels please.

thanks for giving me a link to Travis Carleton

stoked for this album though.

I'm excited as hell for this, and NOBODY ELSE WILL BE, but that's okay!

sweet! Awesome news.

Omaha, I am!

sweet

Looking forward to it. Pretty pumped.

I have to keep my expectations low though

I'm down

Predicting an easy 4.5

Will be aoty probably. Fucking love this band more than words.

sweet

oh trebor said it already

sweet [3]

Might want to double check that link

They already said they're going back to the bass tone from Lost Ground, so I'm stoked about that at least.

People already getting wet before it's even released. EDASN was boring as fuck

Lmao, what in the hell is that link?

sweet

Looking forward to this. Really enjoyed his work at Boise State.

lmao that link

lost ground was awesome

who approved this shit?

pumped for the new album though. A quarter says it's about the father.

my fav hardcore band

mliw vs. defeater. who will win?

awww SHIT

Yessss so stoked

The press release confirmed it is from the father's perspective. They also said it is their heaviest release and they are returning more to the Travels sound.

I like the new direction they've taken with their facebook page. New record will be a 5/5 easy just going by that. m/

This time, it'll be through the eyes of the dad. They're going to do a whole "White Oak Doors" thing halfway through and 6 tracks will be silence.

Nah, it'll be awesome. Fucking stoked. 2013 fucking kills it.

I heard they're going back to more like Travels/Lost Ground

a rumored return to form? gonna suck

band is bland

whoopty fuckin doo

g, jvhjl

Y'all are crazy, EDASN > Travels every day of the week.

Won't top their best album which is EDASN.

since when was EDASN the best album, quit smoking dope you idiots
Lost Ground > Your opinion

Travels is best

Lost Ground was great. Their last release was meh. Excited, but I probably won't really be anticipating too much until I hear the full thing.

Travis Carleton is so hxc

travels is easily my fav, if this

said it is their heaviest release and they are returning more to the Travels sound.

is true then i'm stoked

Fuck yeah.

fantastic news

They need to retire this fucking story already. I don't need to hear it from the father's perspective. Shit, I didn't need to hear it from the brother's perspective.

there's no way that travis guy is actually married to a female, he's like the least hetero looking dude i've ever seen.

Release date and link fixed, sorry about that guys. I seriously can't wait for this album, the father's perspective ought to be interesting, but after this they really should retire from this storyline and form a new one.

4/5 most likely

whoo everybody get ready to get real sad

"They need to retire this fucking story already. I don't need to hear it from the father's perspective. Shit, I didn't need to hear it from the brother's perspective."

They're basically a concept band, I really can't see them doing anything else at this point.

lol the father's perspective

Track 1: Get Hammered
Track 2: Beatin My Meat, Beatin My Wife
Track 3: I Ain't No Forgiver, Wait What Was I Saying?

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Hahahahahaha

Why not have the father's perspective? What made him such a bastard in the first place? I'm really damn excited.

Now when they do the mother's side, then I'll agree they jumped the shark.

Awesome

damn i can't wait for the new album prob a 3 for me

Y'all are crazy, EDASN > Travels every day of the week.

LOL get the fuck outta hereeeeeeeeeee.

Travels = Lost Ground = EDASN

Band is purrrfekt.

I can't even place EDASN anywhere near Lost Ground and Travels. EDASN was boring.

They need to write a story about the Grandfather who sodomized the father in the ass

totally forgot about these dudes. Time to re-acquaint myself.

lol wait i knew these guys had concept albums but i didn't know that they were all "perspectives"

what perspective is lost ground and travels from then?

Lost ground is the Prophet in Plain clothes from Travels

Travels is the Younger Brother

this album sounds good, i'm keen

Cant wait for this

Please make a hardcore album, not an album of melodramatic acoustic ballads surrounded by mediocre bullshit.


Plus, I couldn't give a shit about the father. How about you just make a good hardcore album rather than trying to write a boring ass story?

To be honest, they aren't Verse. They write their stories, and that's it.

if you want the same style, pretty much, but with hardcore shit, check Verse into.

Edit: upon looking at your ratings I realised you 5'd them already

I don't want them to be Verse. I don't know where you got that assumption from.

No, I was more referring to your concept of them making a hardcore album, rather than a story album.

Also track listing: 1. Bastards
2. No Shame
3. Hopeless Again
4. Blood In My Veins
5. No Relief
6. No Faith
7. Dead Set
8. No Savior
9. Rabbit Foot
10. Bled Out

Lol as much as I love Verse, that's such a ridiculous comment.

I dunno, when I hear Verse, it kinda reminds me of that vibe Defeater has on Travels, but yeah, I dunno man.

oh man this is gonna be so weird

half the site will 5, the other 1.

it will be glorious

Still don't get how EDASN is considered "boring". It's more mature than Travels, has a much broader emotional and sonic pallet.

Just because they decided to add shitty acoustic bullshit to their already boring brand of
hardcore doesn't mean they've matured.

pit is going to have several field days.

he's gonna burn through a keyboard or two sharing his marvelous opinions with dozens of anonymous
internet users

this will be amusing

If this is anything like Empty Days, then this band is shit and a lost cause. Judging from the rumors of it being like Travels, I have my hopes up

Pre-production started around January so I'd typically agree with you, but I doubt it. It's punk after all, not rocket science.

This is gonna rule!!

track listing:
1. Bastards

Isn't that just their favourite word?

If its like Empty Days I'll still be thrilled

Isn't that just their favourite word?

If its like Empty Days I'll still be thrilled

You fucking bastards!

Bastards!

Bas...

Wait, wrong band

Lost Ground >= Travels > EDASN

but I love them all, so I have no doubt I'll like this one too, can't wait!

Farrrrrk yes!

UNWANTED

Yesss

cold steel tracks

Looking forward this

Empty Days was brilliant
Looking forward to this

It's just that Travels is more aggressive and the whole acoustic thing on Prophet wasn't as tacky/seemed more natural than
Sleepless Nights.

EDSN is still a 4.1 for me though and I adore the acoustics too so fuck yea

Can't wait for this.

Well if its from the dads perspective I expect it to be really angry

"mliw vs. defeater"

more like more than life vs. modern life is war vs defeater vs touche amore vs many many many more

pretty sure the bridge nine post included a quote from them saying the last album was a bit of a departure, so i expect this to be a lot more like travels.

stoked

More Than Life clearly worship Defeater and want to have their cum all over their ear pussies and Defeater clearly love Modern Life is War, soooo

Hopefully better than EDSN...

A band known for their captivating and comprehensive storytelling just as much as their elaborate and complex music, Massachusetts' Defeater recently wrapped recording their third full-length album, Letters Home, which is their absolute best work yet. These ten new tracks are heavy and haunting, while lyrically poignant and continuing the story of a working class family living in post-WWII America. Letters Home revolves around the father of two brothers that listeners were introduced to in two of Defeater's prior releases (Travels and most recently Empty Days & Sleepless Nights), giving a background to the character and seeing some of the events from those past albums through his eyes. Vocalist Derek Archambault commented, "Inspiration for this record came from a few places. Much like with Lost Ground, these stories are based around my two grandfathers' service in WWII ." He continued, "Musically the record hearkens back to Travels and Lost Ground. EDSN was a bit of a departure for us, and I think we took some good chances on that record but Letters Home brings it back to why we started this band in the first place five years ago."

Letters Home is legitimately Defeater's heaviest body of music thus far - featuring powerfully intricate guitar instrumentation, colossal-sounding drums, and Archambault's voice sounding more ferocious than ever before. Guitarist Jay Maas remarked, "Letters Home is more focused on sounding dirty and mean, but at the same time we have improved as songwriters so some of these ten tracks are our most accessible." The album was once again recorded at Maas's own Getaway Recording Studio (where the band's prior releases were also tracked), and features the first recorded appearance by Defeater's new drummer Joe Longobardi who "…is some kind of drum wizard. His memory for organizing parts is sincerely inhuman, and he has such amazingly tasteful composition skills. Everything he plays just feels meant to be which really lends itself to an easier time for the rest of us", said Maas. Second guitarist Jake Woodruff returns for Letters Home, as well as bassist Mike Poulin, and Derek Archaumbault on vocals and Jay Maas on guitar; all lending their skills to the newest chapter in Defeater's story.

This ten-song album is scheduled to hit stores on July 16th, 2013, once again on Bridge Nine Records. In support of Letters Home, Defeater will be on tour July 11th through August 4th on the second half of the Vans Warped Tour and will be out on the road thereafter as well. More touring plans will be announced soon, as well as album release details, track premieres, and more. Maas continued, "This is my favorite Defeater release; I think it pulls from all of the band members' influences collectively and I can't wait for people to hear it. July 16th can't come soon enough."

I are excitebike

Should be interesting. I've only really jammed to Lost Ground and Travels, couldn't really get into EDASN

Woah when did Andy leave the band?

why not

i mean there's much better hardcore out there but it's still good stuff

"anybody else completely not excited?"

band's always been boring so yeah

cool

watch out, the train's will eat you

They should do an album from the perspective of the train.

confirmed for new lyrics

I AIN'T NO WICKED TRAIN


pumped for this

I AIN'T EVER WANTED TO KILL A TRAIN, LIKE I HAVE YOU TRAIN

not quite as punchy

WE AINT SEEN NO GERTRAINS FOR DAYS.

WE AINT SEEN NO GERTRAINS FOR DAYS.

Well done gentleman.
Hopefully they'll hear about this and make some joke songs.