Letters Home (Defeater album)

Letters Home
Studio album by Defeater
Released July 16, 2013 (2013-07-16)
Recorded February–April 2013[1]
Genre Melodic hardcore, post-hardcore, emo
Length 34:10
Label Bridge 9 (B9R188)
Defeater chronology
Empty Days & Sleepless Nights
(2011)Empty Days & Sleepless Nights2011		 Letters Home
(2013)		 Abandoned
(2015)Abandoned2015

Letters Home is the third studio album by American hardcore punk band Defeater. Like their previous releases, Letters Home is a concept album, following the story of the father of the characters from these releases prior to the events of Travels.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Exclaim!7/10[4]
Punknews.org[5]
Sputnikmusic3.5/5[6]

Letters Home received positive reviews from critics. On Metacritic, the album holds a score 81/100 based on 8 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim."[2]

Track listing

  1. "Bastards" – 2:37
  2. "No Shame" – 3:32
  3. "Hopeless Again" – 3:13
  4. "Blood in My Veins" – 3:28
  5. "No Relief" (featuring George Hirsch of Blacklisted) – 2:29
  6. "No Faith" – 2:31
  7. "Dead Set" – 3:07
  8. "No Saviour" – 3:57
  9. "Rabbit Foot" – 2:45
  10. "Bled Out" – 6:33

Personnel

Defeater

  • Derek Archambault
  • Joe Longobardi
  • Jay Maas
  • Mike Poulin
  • Jake Woodruff

References

  1. ↑ Letters Home (Media notes). Defeater. Bridge 9 Records. 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Letters Home by Defeater Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  3. ↑ Letters Home at AllMusic. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  4. ↑ Zorgdrager, Bradley (15 July 2013). "Defeater Letters Home". Exclaim!. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  5. ↑ Defeater - Letters Home on Punknews.org.
  6. ↑ "Defeater - Letters Home". Sputnikmusic. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2017.


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