The Republic of Wolves - shrine (March 27, 2018) Album • Page 27

The album release show is in Brooklyn on Saturday! I’m making the hike up

 

ima be in rhode island ughhhh

 

Yea would fucking LOVE to see these songs performed live!!

 

Wonder if they will play the whole record live?

 

I’d die

 

Who have they toured with in the past? Curious what the lineup would be if they went on a full tour.

 

whole record front to back then oarsman twice for the encore

 

@Kennedy cant wait for you to hear the first bonus track.

@sophos34 what did you think of that one? Guitar work on that one is fucking wild.

 

the most overtly post-hardcore influenced song on the album some old at the drive in vibes in that guitar work

 

Yeah its a fucking heavy/intense song for them. This album has sooo much variety yet it flows so well and everything fits in perfectly. Its impressive.

 

not sure if the elephant in the room so to speak has been addressed but obviously this thing sounds a lot like brand new, but honestly, thats great because now i can listen to this band instead of them and not miss them at all. born blind is heavy daisy influenced but better than anything on daisy lol

 

Yeah I was talking to @CoffeeEyes17 that this scratches that itch that I’ve been looking for since S***** F******

 

how insane of an opener is the canyon though

 

it sounds SOOOOO MUCH like contact by as cities burn its uncanny, another perfect song

 

For me this album sort of fits in a space inbetween devil and god and daisy. Definitely has its own sound tho. What do you think of the production? I think the guitar tones are unbelievable.

 

its extremely good for a band of this size

 

According to that Sputnik review it was produced by Dan Gluszak from envy on the coast.

 

AOTY. easily.

 

yea I didn't want to be the one to say it... but yea its gonna be hard to beat..

Thrice, MWY, or La Dispute could all compete though.

 

i don't even know what's schedule to come out this year / what might come out in 2018, but this isn't gonna be easily topped. additionally, i really really fall in love with TROW in fall, so i have allllll spring / summer to enjoy this before it REALLY sets in. almost not fair to the rest of the albums coming out this year (also not interested in what has come out so far)

 

Okay I finally gave it a proper listen and I'm pleased to say I've done a complete 180 on my initial impressions. Not sure I'm ready to declare it their best record (though it probably is) or my favourite record of theirs (we're a ways off that yet), but it's definitely a brilliant piece of work. Only thing I'll say though is I wish it had some more 'left field' tracks like The Attic or Grounded, I Am Travelling Light, but probably because they were my two favourite songs of Varuna.

Early standouts - Birdless Cage, Dialogues (the Monologues callback gave me chills), Colored Out

 

I would say birdless cage and colored out feel pretty left field to me - I didn’t listen to them when they were released as singles so I was pretty surprised to hear songs like those on an album like this. I think they fit really well tho

 

mwY and La Dispute are about the only ones I can think of that have something in the works that could top this.

 

It's a "B-Side", but "(Amaterasu)" is out of left field too.

 

This album probably confirms to me now that TROW are one of my favourite active bands. I've loved everything they've ever released and the quality of Shrine just elevates them further into that category. It was worth the wait.