Our Raw Heart is the eighth studio album by American doom metal band YOB. It was released June 8, 2018 by Relapse Records.[5] The album was produced by Billy Barnett.[6] The album was inspired by a serious health issue suffered by singer and guitarist Mike Scheidt in early 2017,[3] and most of the music was written while he was in a hospital bed.[1] The album has been described as a cross between the band's two previous studio albums, mixing the aggression of Atma (2011) with the psychedelic experimentation of Clearing the Path to Ascend (2014).[3] Metal Injection called the album "engaging and revealing, immediately appealing but with subtle nuances and layers that only become apparent after subsequent listens. It's a powerful and cathartic release,"[2] while Rolling Stone praised the band for "subvert[ing] doom's bleak conventions, painting the genre's slowpoke churn with uplifting melodies, cosmic textures and Scheidt's existential howl like a dreampop Dio.[1] NPR Music said about the album: "the lightness is devastating."[7]
Track list
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1. | "Ablaze" | 10:13 |
2. | "The Screen" | 9:49 |
3. | "In Reverie" | 9:43 |
4. | "Lungs Reach" | 5:39 |
5. | "Beauty in Falling Leaves" | 16:27 |
6. | "Original Face" | 7:03 |
7. | "Our Raw Heart" | 14:22 |
Total length: | 73:16 |
Personnel
- Mike Scheidt – vocal, guitars
- Aaron Rieseberg – bass
- Travis Foster – drums
- Additional musicians
References
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- Lowell Iles
- Greg Ocon
- Isamu Sato
- Gabe Morley
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Studio albums | |
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Demos | |
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Splits |
- Label Showcase - Profound Lore Records
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Live Albums |
- Live at Roadburn 2010
- The Unreal Never Lived: Live at Roadburn 2012
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