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Emery - "...In Shallow Seas We Sail"

Tooth & Nail Records (#TND44009) - June 2nd, 2009 - {Tracklist with Bonus Track info updated; Link to View Physical CD added}

June 2nd, 2009


 
 
 
Having sold hundreds of thousands of albums and played thousands of shows all over the world during their career, Emery are no strangers to success. The band’s highly anticipated new album, “...In Shallow Seas We Sail,” brings them back full circle to their roots as one of the premiere bands in their genre, combining the intensity that put them on the map with the poise and maturity that only years of experience brings. Returning to work with producer Aaron Sprinkle (Anberlin, The Almost, Emery “The Question”), “...In Shallow Seas We Sail” is the band’s best sounding album that showcases the best songwriting of their critically-acclaimed career. The end result is a truly special body of work that will not disappoint longtime fans and is sure to secure plenty of new enthusiasts.
 
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Emery - "...In Shallow Seas We Sail"
Tooth & Nail Records - June 2nd, 2009
 
01. Cutthroat Collapse (3:24)
02. Curbside Goodbye (4:05)
03. Inside Our Skin (3:14)
04. Churches and Serial Killers (2:55)
05. Butcher’s Mouth (3:14)
06. In Shallow Seas We Sail (3:38)
 (feat. guest vocals by producer Aaron Sprinkle)
07. The Poor and the Prevalent (3:05)
08. The Smile, The Face (2:41)
09. A Sin To Hold On To (2:48)
10. Piggy Bank Lies (3:22)
11. Edge of the World (3:52)
12. Dear Death Part 1 (1:41)
13. Dear Death Part 2 (3:02)

Total Playtime: 41:01

iTunes Bonus Track:
14. Closed Eyes, Open Hands (3:12)
 
 
from left to right: Josh Head (keyboards, screaming vocals, electronics), Dave Powell (drums),
Toby Morrell (vocals, screaming vocals, bass),
Matt Carter (guitar, vocals), Devin Shelton (vocals, bass, guitar)
 

EMERY - "While Broken Hearts Prevail" EP - Biography 2008

Emery has been a band since forming in South Carolina in 2001. Their local scene was pretty quiet at that time, so the band decided to move to Seattle, WA. That move soon paid off as record labels came calling within a year. Emery decided to sign with Tooth & Nail Records and released their label debut, The Weak’s End, in 2004. They released their second full-length, The Question, in 2006, and followed with I’m Only A Man, in 2007.

Emery’s latest recorded effort, While Broken Hearts Prevail, will be released October 28. The EP includes new material as well as material that has been in the band’s repertoire but never recorded. Singer/Bassist Toby Morrell talks of the impetus for the EP: “We had two years between our last two albums and we thought that was too long of a time, so we want to put out music every year. We worked so hard on our last album and put so much time that when we wrote this, we just made it fun and easy and the songs reflect that.”

Judging from the new songs posted on the Emery MySpace (myspace.com/emery), this EP is some of their most energetic and hard charging music ever. Among the eight songs is an older song, Always Depends, which is one of the first songs the band wrote but never recorded. Morrell relates “We wrote that song back in 2001 as we were moving from South Carolina to Seattle. We took three cars and used walkie-talkies to communicate. We wrote the riffs over the walkie talkies.” Following the organic theme of the songwriting, the band rented a beach house to record in and guitarist Matt Carter acted as producer. “When we recorded drums, we put all these mattresses against the wall, and I was nervous that we would get kicked out, but this old hippie couple was next door who ran their own radio station, and they thought it was cool.”

Emery has embarked upon at least three national tours per year, sharing the stage with such artists as Chiodos, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Silverstein, Alexisonfire and Hawthorne Heights. Besides Morrell, the band includes Matt Carter (guitar), Devin Shelton (vocals/bass), Dave Powell (drums) and Josh Head (keys/vocals).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
LINER NOTES:

Produced and recorded by Aaron Sprinkle and Matt Carter
Recorded at The Compound and Tigertown Studios
1, 3, 4 mixed by Dan Korneff at House of Loud
2, 5 mixed by David Bendeth at House of Loud
6, 7, 9, 10, 12 mixed by J.R. McNeely at Elm Studios South
8, 11 mixed by David Bendeth and Dan Korneff at House of Loud
Mastered by Troy Glessner at Spectre South
Executive Producer: Brandon Ebel

Art Direction by Emery & Jordan Butcher
Design by Jordan Butcher
Illustrations by Marc Johns
Photography by Dave Hill
 
 
 
 
 
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