...In Shallow Seas We Sail
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...In Shallow Seas We Sail is the fourth studio album from post-hardcore
band Emery
that was released on June 2, 2009 through Tooth & Nail Records
. The tracks "The Smile, The Face" and "Edge of the World" were previously released on Emery's 2008 EP, While Broken Hearts Prevail
. The first track off of the record, "Cutthroat Collapse", was released as a digital download on April 7, 2009. The album debuted at number 50 on the Billboard 200. On June 20, 2009 the album hit number 1 on the Billboard Christian Albums chart.
Production
Art
Post-hardcore
Post-hardcore is a genre of music that developed from hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader punk rock movement. Like post-punk, post-hardcore is a term for a broad constellation of groups...
band Emery
Emery (band)
Emery is an American four-piece post-hardcore band from Rock Hill, South Carolina currently signed to both Tooth & Nail Records and Solid State Records and based in Seattle, Washington. Emery was founded in Rock Hill, South Carolina with the original lineup consisting of Toby Morrell, Devin...
that was released on June 2, 2009 through Tooth & Nail Records
Tooth & Nail Records
Tooth & Nail Records is a record label founded by Brandon Ebel in the U.S. state of California in November 1993. The label later moved to Seattle, Washington, where it is situated today...
. The tracks "The Smile, The Face" and "Edge of the World" were previously released on Emery's 2008 EP, While Broken Hearts Prevail
While Broken Hearts Prevail
While Broken Hearts Prevail is an EP by rock band Emery that was released on October 28, 2008. Musically the album returns to heavier sound found on Emery's debut album The Weak's End instead of the alternative sound on the band's previous release I'm Only a Man.- Track listing :- Personnel :*Toby...
. The first track off of the record, "Cutthroat Collapse", was released as a digital download on April 7, 2009. The album debuted at number 50 on the Billboard 200. On June 20, 2009 the album hit number 1 on the Billboard Christian Albums chart.
Track listing
Personnel
Emery- Toby Morell – vocals, screamsScreaming (music)Screaming is a vocal technique that is most popular in subgenres of heavy metal, punk and hard rock, including metalcore, deathcore, post-hardcore, groove metal, black metal, and grindcore...
, bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Matt Carter – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, vocals - Josh Head – keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, screams, electronics - Devin Shelton – vocals, bass
- Dave Powell – drums, percussion
Production
- Produced and recorded by Aaron Sprinkle and Matt Carter
- Recorded at The Compound and Tigertown Studios
- Tracks 1, 3 and 4 mixed by Dan Korneff at House of Loud
- Tracks 2 and 5 mixed by David Bendeth at House of Loud
- Tracks 6, 7, 9, 10 and 12 mixed by JR McNeely at Elm Studios South
- Tracks 8 and 11 mixed by David Bendeth and Dan Korneff at House of Loud
- Mastered by Troy Glessner at Spectre South
- Executive producer: Brandon Ebel
Art
- Art direction by Emery and Jordan Butcher
- Design by Jordan Butcher
- Illustrations by Marc Johns
- Photography by Dave Hill