Empty Days & Sleepless Nights

Empty Days & Sleepless Nights
Studio album by Defeater
Released March 8, 2011 (2011-03-08)
Recorded 2010
Genre Empty DaysMelodic hardcore, post-hardcore, emo
Sleepless NightsAcoustic
Length 49:34
Label Bridge Nine (BR9144)
Producer Jay Maas
Defeater chronology
Lost Ground (EP)
(2009)
Empty Days & Sleepless Nights
(2011)
Letters Home
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk(90%)[1]
Alternative Press[2]
Rock Sound(9/10)[3]
Sputnikmusic(3.5/5)[4]

Empty Days & Sleepless Nights is the second studio album by the American hardcore punk band Defeater. The album was released on March 8, 2011 through Bridge Nine Records. It was recorded at guitarist Jay Maas' Getaway Recording Studios in Wakefield, Massachusetts.[5] Though bassist Mike Poulin was a member of the band at the time, bass on the record was contributed by former guitarist Gus Pesce and Jay Maas.[6] The album is split into two parts; the first, Empty Days, showcases the band's usual hardcore style, while the second, Sleepless Nights consists of 4 acoustic tracks. Like Defeater's other records, it is a concept album, following the story of a different character from the plot outline first presented in Travels.[7]

Track listing

Empty Days
  1. "Warm Blood Rush" – 2:28
  2. "Dear Father" – 2:51
  3. "Waves Crash, Clouds Roll" – 2:39
  4. "Empty Glass" – 3:31
  5. "No Kind of Home" – 2:37
  6. "White Knuckles" – 2:10
  7. "Cemetery Walls" – 3:31
  8. "Quiet the Longing" – 3:54
  9. "At Peace" – 3:16
  10. "White Oak Doors" – 7:00
Sleepless Nights
  1. "But Breathing" – 3:40
  2. "Brothers" – 5:05
  3. "I Don't Mind" – 3:48
  4. "Headstone" – 2:58

Personnel

Defeater

Additional musicians

Production

References

  1. Pfleider, Adam (March 6, 2011). "Review: Empty Days & Sleepless Nights". AbsolutePunk. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
  2. Shultz, Brian (2011). "File Under: Hardcore-folk epic". Alternative Press. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
  3. Newbound, Tim (March 5, 2011). "Review: Empty Days & Sleepless Nights". Rock Sound. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
  4. Thomas, Adam (March 1, 2011). "Review: Empty Days & Sleepless Nights". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
  5. "Defeater - Empty Days & Sleepless Nights (Vinyl, LP, Album, LP, Album)". Discogs.com. 2011-03-08. Retrieved 2015-07-18.
  6. "Defeater - Empty Days & Sleepless Nights | Reviews". Killyourstereo.com. Retrieved 2015-07-18.
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