Losing All Hope Is Freedom
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Losing All Hope Is Freedom is the debut album released by the melodic hardcore
band Evergreen Terrace
. The title is drawn from the novel Fight Club
by Chuck Palahniuk
.
Melodic hardcore
Melodic hardcore is a subgenre of hardcore punk with a strong emphasis on vocal melody. The genre is commonly defined with fast hardcore drum beats, complex guitar riffs and melodic singing with occasional screaming and shouting.-History:...
band Evergreen Terrace
Evergreen Terrace (band)
Evergreen Terrace is a five-piece melodic hardcore/metalcore band from Jacksonville, Florida. Formed in 1999, they are named after the street on which The Simpsons claim residence...
. The title is drawn from the novel Fight Club
Fight Club (novel)
Fight Club is a 1996 novel by Chuck Palahniuk. It follows the experiences of an unnamed protagonist struggling with insomnia. Inspired by his doctor's exasperated remark that insomnia is not suffering, he finds relief by impersonating a seriously ill person in several support groups...
by Chuck Palahniuk
Chuck Palahniuk
Charles Michael "Chuck" Palahniuk is an American transgressional fiction novelist and freelance journalist. He is best known for the award-winning novel Fight Club, which was later made into a film directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham Carter...
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Track listing
- "Sweet Nothings Gone Forever" – 3:22
- "Tevis Sux" – 1:57
- "Failure of a Friend" – 2:19
- "Embrace" – 3:58
- "Manifestation of Anger" – 3:08
- "What Would Jesus Do With a Weapon" – 2:19
- "In My Dreams I Can Fly" – 3:32
- "Behind My Back" – 2:14
- "This Wonderful Hatred" – 3:22
- "Look Up at the Stars and You're Gone" – 2:39
- "Sunday Bloody Sunday" – 3:24 (U2U2U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...
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Cultural references
The band is infamous for referring to pop culture in their titles, lyrics, and soundbites.| Title | Reference |
|---|---|
| Losing All Hope is Freedom | Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk |
| 01. Sweet Nothings Gone Forever | sample from The Matrix |
| 02. Tevis Sux | - |
| 03. Failure of a Friend | - |
| 04. Embrace | - |
| 05. Manifestation of Anger | - |
| 06. What Would Jesus Do with a Weapon | WWJD What would Jesus do? The phrase "What would Jesus do?" became popular in the United States in the 1990s and as a personal motto for adherents of Evangelical Christianity who used the phrase as a reminder of their belief in a moral imperative to act in a manner that would demonstrate the love of Jesus through the... |
| 07. In My Dreams I Can Fly | sample from Fight Club |
| 08. Behind My Back | - |
| 09. This Wonderful Hatred | - |
| 10. Look Up at the Stars and You're Gone | Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk |