Backdraft (album)
Backdraft is the second studio album from Fallstar, released by Facedown Records on April 16, 2013. Fallstar worked with Kris Crummett in the production of this album.
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Released | April 16, 2013 | |||
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Length | 37:10 | |||
Label | Facedown | |||
Producer | Kris Crummett | |||
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Critical reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Cross Rhythms | [1] |
Exclaim! | 4/10[2] |
HM Magazine | [3] |
Indie Vision Music | [4] |
Jesus Freak Hideout | [5] [6] |
Awarding the album four stars from HM Magazine, Sarah Brehm states, "Fallstar’s Backdraft is metalcore at its heart, but still seamlessly pulls from a myriad of genres—melodic hardcore, punk, rap-rock, electronic—to create an album that’s hard not to like."[3] Mark Sherwoood, rating the album a seven out of ten for Cross Rhythms, writes, "overall a strongish album."[1] Giving the album four and a half stars at Jesus Freak Hideout, Michael Weaver says, "Fallstar has produced a solid product in Backdraft."[5] Timothy Estabrooks, awarding the album four stars for Jesus Freak Hideout, states, "Backdraft is a phenomenal release from a band that really deserves a lot of recognition right now."[6] Lee Brown, giving the album four stars at Indie Vision Music, writes, "With Backdraft, they have grown musically, vocally, and as song writers."[4] Rating the album a four out of ten from Exclaim!, says, the band "stray from having any significant singles or memorable solos rise to the forefront, although the album as a whole stands against the grain within their particular genre."[2]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Malbec Blood" | Fallstar, Bryan Ratzlaff | 1:01 |
2. | "Shallow Believer" (featuring Matty Mullins of Memphis May Fire) | Jason Brown, Fallstar, Chris Ratzlaff | 3:07 |
3. | "El Rey" | Fallstar, C. Ratzlaff | 3:51 |
4. | "Drags, Drugs and Bones" | Fallstar, C. Ratzlaff | 3:49 |
5. | "Yours until the End" | Fallstar, C. Ratzlaff | 3:52 |
6. | "The Valley" | Fallstar, C. Ratzlaff | 4:30 |
7. | "Alexandria 363" (featuring Living Witness) | Fallstar, C. Ratzlaff | 3:04 |
8. | "It's in Our Blood" | Fallstar, C. Ratzlaff | 3:57 |
9. | "Eclipse" | Fallstar, C. Ratzlaff | 0:56 |
10. | "The New World" | Brown, Fallstar, C. Ratzlaff | 4:25 |
11. | "Set My Face like Flint" | Fallstar, B. Ratzlaff | 4:38 |
Total length: | 37:10 |
Credits
- Fallstar
- Chris Ratzlaff - vocals
- Justin Raymond Haag - guitar
- Jason Brown - guitar
- Bryan Ratzlaff- bass
- Cody Carrier - drums
- Production
References
- Sherwood, Mark. "Review: Backdraft - Fallstar". Cross Rhythms. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
- Barakat, Farah. "Fallstar Backdraft". Exclaim!. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
- Brehm, Sarah. "Fallstar - Backdraft". HM Magazine. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
- Brown, Lee. "Fallstar – Backdraft". Indie Vision Music. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
- Weaver, Michael. "Fallstar, "Backdraft" Review". Jesus Freak Hideout. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
- Estabrooks, Timothy. "Audio Adrenaline, "Sound of the Saints" Review – Second Staff Opinion". Jesus Freak Hideout. Retrieved June 5, 2015.