Respire - Black Line (December 4th, 2020)

some incredible screamo from Toronto



new album BLACK LINE out 11/13/2020 via Holy Roar

get the fuck into it

Respire "Black Line" (for US/CAN)

https://respirefamily.bandcamp.com (for EU)

A band embodying the notion of community is a sight for sore eyes as the world moves into post-2020; Canada’s Respire stands firm as one of the most forceful in the realm of new screamo and post-hardcore bands, pushing what it means to encourage diversity and representation within the roots of art.

Since their formation in 2013, Respire have been an unwavering light in the Toronto DIY scene; with prior releases (2016’s Gravity and Grace and 2018’s Dénouement) refining the band’s orchestral post-rock and viscerally sharp 90’s screamo influences. With their already accomplished history and an extended family of contributing musicians in tow, the band have forged their spirituous third album Black Line.
Written over two years and produced over six months, it is a masterful exercise in sonic scope and overwhelming swells of fervor.

The ceremonious opening of ‘Blight’ breaks into the rolling thunder of ‘Tempest’ where the album bares its teeth - black metal blast beats are met with serrated guitars and vocals that are incomparable in their power and drive forward with Deafheaven-esque determination. Moments like ‘Cicatrice’ and ‘Embers to End’ allow Respire to display their uncompromising strain of blackened hardcore with enveloping pressure, whilst

‘Lost Virtue’ and ‘Flicker and Faint’ are pure grandeur and beauty with group vocals and string arrangements that nod to Envy’s more striking crescendos.
Warm and often elating, these tracks are intended to anchor the listener from the first note.

Black Line is colossal, a swirling void that draws everything around it to its center. Despite the towering lattice of classical instrumentation and thundering hardcore that swathes the listener in a sensory cathedral throughout, Respire still carve out hope as a result; Black Line is equal parts a call to arms as it is a celebration of self in the face of the worlds blight.

Track Listing:
01. Blight
02. Tempest
03. Cicatrice
04. Lost Virtue
05. Kindling
06. Embers to End
07. Flicker and Faint
08. To Our Dead Friends
09. Catacombs Part II

 

Absolutely yes please.

 

Here for this

 

Context [tw: rape/abuse]:

Hope this album, and the other albums scheduled to drop on Holy Roar this year, can still see the light of day.

 

UPDATE: Album is indefinitely postponed.

 

Good for them - tough decision and the record rips

not a top concern at all but wonder what will happen to the pre-orders

 

This is it!

 

r u spam

 

Amazing band. Preordered the record and still waiting to hear what's gonna happen with that

 

Just a thought @Drew Beringer, maybe we should change the title of the thread and get rid of Holy Roar and put TBD on the release date?

 

looks like this is out December 4

 

Yes

 

@Drew Beringer I think you can officially update the thread now

 

This is cool!

 

song rules so hard

 

drip

 

holy shit what a cool intro

 

God damn, this album is something. Flicker and Faint and Catacombs Part II are stand outs for me thus far.

 

This is stunning

 

Denouement was a bit more immediate but this record is very good.

 

band shared a track by track with us

Respire – ‘Black Line’ Track-by-Track Break Down

 

album fucking rules. loved the last one but this expands their sound in such a cool way