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Wires… and the Concept of Breathing
Rock · 2008 · 13 tracks · 36m

Wires… and the Concept of Breathing

A Skylit Drive

High-velocity post-hardcore defined by soaring falsetto hooks, cinematic synthesizers, and relentless percussion. A definitive document of the 2000s screamo era.

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It's like a high-speed chase through a digital landscape with vocals that hit notes you didn't know existed.

An urgent, high-frequency rush of adrenaline balanced by moments of crystalline, synth-driven melancholy.

Wires… and the Concept of Breathing · vs · A Skylit Drive
Basement Show+0.9σ

Basement Show saturates this record a touch more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks · 36m
01
In the Beginning There Was Void
1:10
02
Knights of the Round
2:49
03
Wires (and the Concept of Breathing)
2:31
04
City on the Edge of Forever
3:26
05
Eris and Dysnomia
2:08
06
I’m Not a Thief, I’m a Treasure Hunter
3:19
07
My Disease
3:09
08
This Isn’t the End
2:54
09
Sleepwalker
1:24
10
Pursuit Lets Wisdom Ride the Wind
3:21
11
Ex‐Machina
3:03
12
Balance
3:55
13
All It Takes for Your Dreams to Come True
3:15
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition from the atmospheric intro into the frantic, high-speed guitar riffing of Knights of the Round.
The soaring, glass-shattering chorus of the title track where the clean vocals reach an impossible register.
The sudden, heavy breakdown in I'm Not a Thief, I'm a Treasure Hunter that pivots from melodic synth-pop to pure aggression.
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