The Fear Is Excruciating, but Therein Lies the Answer
| The Fear Is Excruciating, but Therein Lies the Answer | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | April 6, 2010 | |||
| Recorded | August – September 2009 | |||
| Studio | Infrasonic Sound, Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Post-rock Post-metal | |||
| Length | 43:02 | |||
| Label | Sargent House | |||
| Producer | Red Sparowes, Toshi Kasai | |||
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The Fear Is Excruciating, but Therein Lies the Answer is the third studio album by post-rock band Red Sparowes, released April 6, 2010.[1]
Track listing
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AbsolutePunk | (8.4/10) [2] |
| PopMatters |   [3] |
| Pitchfork Media | (5.2/10) [4] |
| Is This Revolutionary? |  [5] |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Truths Arise" | 1:49 |
| 2. | "In Illusions of Order" | 7:37 |
| 3. | "A Hail of Bombs" | 4:22 |
| 4. | "Giving Birth to Imagined Saviors" | 6:09 |
| 5. | "A Swarm" | 7:11 |
| 6. | "In Every Mind" | 3:06 |
| 7. | "A Mutiny" | 5:32 |
| 8. | "As Each End Looms and Subsides" | 7:16 |
| Total length: | 43:02 | |
Personnel
- Red Sparowes
- Bryant Clifford Meyer – guitar, electric piano, synthesizer, vocals
- Greg Burns – bass guitar, pedal steel guitar, vocals
- David Clifford – drums, percussion, vocals
- Andy Arahood – guitar, electric piano, synthesizer, vocals
- Emma Ruth Rundle – guitar, vocals
- Additional
- Laura Kass – violin on "In Illusions of Order" and "A Mutiny"
- Toshi Kasai – recording engineer, mixing
- Brian Gardner – mastering
- Gregory Burns – art design and photography
- Sonny Kay – layout
References
- ^ Felder, Ryan (2010). "Album Review". www.redsparowes.com. Archived from the original on July 7, 2010. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
- ^ Aaron, Jeremy. "The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies The Answer". AbsolutePunk. Retrieved April 8, 2010.
- ^ Corsa, Zach. "The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies The Answer". Popmatters. Archived from the original on June 21, 2010. Retrieved April 7, 2010.
- ^ Raposa, David. "The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies The Answer". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
- ^ Lavender, Ben. "Red Sparowes- The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies The Answer [Is This Revolutionary?]". Is This Revolutionary?. Retrieved February 17, 2011.