THE PLEASURE? IT WAS ALWAYS MINE
BUT I’D BE LYING IF I SAID IT OUT OF SPITE
TRUTH BE TOLD IT’S BEEN A WONDERFUL FUCKING LIFE
SPARE ME. THE UNCONVINCING, THE ACQUIESCENT, IRONY!
CAN WE JUST ADMIT IT? WE’VE ALL PLAYED THE FOOL.
BUT BOTH UPRIGHT AND REVERSE WE’VE GOTTA TAKE IT
WIN OR LOSE
BECAUSE IT’S KILL OR BE KILLED, BUT NOTHING IS REAL(?)
STILL DEATH WILL COME FOR A KING
ALL FATES HERMETICALLY SEALED
BENEATH THE SUN AND THE MOON,
MY QUEEN WILL HAND ME A CUP.
TAKE EVERY COIN TO MY NAME
THE ONLY ANSWER IS LOVE!
TO ALL WHO SACRIFICE. CONGRATULATIONS!
TO ALL OF US WHO HAVE SUFFERED. CONGRATULATIONS!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR KINDNESS, AND YOUR PATIENCE UNDESERVED.
FOR THIS IS NOT THE END, WE WILL MEET AGAIN, PERHAPS IN
ANOTHER LIFE.
Even for this genre the sheer intensity of this album always manages to floor me. Might not be the most unique album under the sun but it doesn't have to be; the performances are tight and ferocious, the songwriting is dynamic and explosive, the production is crushing, it's just all things to a mathcore fan. napalmsatan
Toronto band Respire deliver a post-hardcore tour de force on the largest scale possible, orchestrally rich and incessantly uncompromising. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 6, 2021