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Black Lines
Rock · 2015 · 12 tracks

Black Lines

Mayday Parade

Gritty, distorted, and intentionally unpolished. A sharp pivot from pop-punk polish into the raw, aggressive territory of 90s alternative and hard rock.

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It's Mayday Parade if they grew up listening to Nirvana and Brand New instead of pop-punk.

Relentless, confrontational energy with moments of exhausted tenderness.

Black Lines · vs · Mayday Parade
Aggressive+4.0σ

Aggressive saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks
01
One of Them Will Destroy the Other
3:11
02
Just Out of Reach
3:44
03
Hollow
3:12
04
Letting Go
3:51
05
Let’s Be Honest
3:52
06
Keep in Mind, Transmogrification Is a New Technology
5:28
07
Narrow
3:07
08
Underneath the Tide
2:52
09
All on Me
4:16
10
Until You’re Big Enough
3:16
11
Look Up and See Infinity, Look Down and See Nothing
2:51
12
One of Us
4:28
Moments Worth Waiting For
The jarring transition into the abrasive, screaming guest vocals on the opening track
The five-minute sprawl of track 6 where the band trades their usual structure for psychedelic experimentation
The hollow, skeletal acoustic opening of Narrow that builds into a desperate plea for escape
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