Black Earth Tiger
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Black Earth Tiger is the second album by the post-hardcore
band Emanuel
. It was released on August 28, 2007 by Vagrant Records
. The track list was confirmed on Vagrant Records' official site .
The band debuted the first track from the album, "Cottonmouth", on their Myspace on the 24th of May, and removed it less than 2 weeks later on the 6th of June. It was re-addedin August in the form of a banner. On the 27th of June they uploaded another track from the album, "Scenotaph", to their Myspace page, which was removed just under a month later on the 23rd of July. A new track "Phobos" was added to Alternative Press' website on the 23rd of July; on 31 July 2007 the song was also added to the band's MySpace profile. The song "My Antapex" is currently streaming on some radio stations.
On August 21, 2007 the band premiered the album via a full album stream on MySpace.com, with featured placement on the front page of MySpace, as well as the music section.
The band recently released the video for the track "Cottonmouth".
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 Emanuel
Emanuel (band)
Emanuel is a five-piece rock band from Louisville Kentucky, United States. They formed in 1998 under their lesser-known name Emanuel Nice and appeared on four self-released efforts, before getting signed to Vagrant Records and changing their name in 2004...
. It was released on August 28, 2007 by Vagrant Records
Vagrant Records
Vagrant Records is an indie rock label based in Los Angeles, California and is home to such artists as The Hold Steady, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, Active Child, PJ Harvey, Reptar, School of Seven Bells, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Thrice, James Vincent McMorrow, Placebo, and many...
. The track list was confirmed on Vagrant Records' official site .
The band debuted the first track from the album, "Cottonmouth", on their Myspace on the 24th of May, and removed it less than 2 weeks later on the 6th of June. It was re-addedin August in the form of a banner. On the 27th of June they uploaded another track from the album, "Scenotaph", to their Myspace page, which was removed just under a month later on the 23rd of July. A new track "Phobos" was added to Alternative Press' website on the 23rd of July; on 31 July 2007 the song was also added to the band's MySpace profile. The song "My Antapex" is currently streaming on some radio stations.
On August 21, 2007 the band premiered the album via a full album stream on MySpace.com, with featured placement on the front page of MySpace, as well as the music section.
The band recently released the video for the track "Cottonmouth".
Track listing
Personnel
- Mat Barber – lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
, backup vocalsBacking vocalistA backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists... - Anthony Brock – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Matt Breen – vocals
- Bryan Whiteman – bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Devin Triplett - rhythm guitarRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
- Sons of NeroSons of NeroSons of Nero is a graphic design group that was formed in 2000 by Matthew "Portland" Hay of the metalcore group Nora. It consists of four artists who primarily design artwork and packaging for bands and musical ensembles, but also design t-shirts and websites...
- artwork
Trivia
- There is a small error in the lyrics booklet that comes with the CD which is that it states that 'Let Them Die' is track 7 and Abandonment Star is track 8, when it's actually the other way around.