Forever Becoming

Forever Becoming
Studio album by Pelican
Released October 15, 2013 (2013-10-15)
Recorded 2013 at Electrical Audio Studios
Genre Post-metal
Length 50:12
Label Southern Lord (LORD182)
Producer Chris Common
Pelican chronology
Ataraxia/Taraxis
(2012)		 Forever Becoming
(2013)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Forever Becoming is the fifth studio album by the American rock band Pelican. The album was released on October 15, 2013 through Southern Lord Records.

Background, writing and recording

Forever Becoming is the first Pelican album since its inception in 2001 to not feature founding guitarist Laurent Schroeder-Lebec. He withdrew from touring with Pelican in 2010, told his fellow band members that his "heart wasn't fully in it" during the writing of the 2012 EP Ataraxia/Taraxis, and publicly announced his departure two months after the release of the EP in June 2012.[3] Schroeder-Lebec left to spend more time with his family. Pelican originally planned on carrying on as a three-piece band,[3] but then-touring guitarist Dallas Thomas of The Swan King became a full-time member and ended up contributing to the writing process of Forever Becoming. On working with Thomas, guitarist Trevor de Brauw said, "[Bassist Bryan Herweg] and I are more freewheeling. We don't have every detail worked out, whereas [Dallas Thomas] is very meticulous and really likes to have things thought out. Having that balance means we're not going to veer too far in either direction."[4]

On the sound of Forever Becoming, de Brauw described it as being "a lot darker, depressive, and angry," which he attributed to the "nervous headspace" caused by continuing on without Schroeder-Lebec.[4] While songs on some of Pelican's more recent albums experimented with a traditional or pop structures, the songs on Forever Becoming were designed to feature a narrative or journey, with songs intentionally ending very differently from where they began.[4]

Forever Becoming was produced by Chris Common, formerly of These Arms Are Snakes, who also previously produced Pelican's 2009 studio album, What We All Come to Need.[5]

Promotion

Prior to the album's release, Pelican released an online stream of "Immutable Dusk" in July 2013,[5] a stand-alone single for an alternate version of "Deny the Absolute" in August 2013,[6] and an online stream of "The Cliff" in September 2013.[7]

Track listing

  1. "Terminal" – 3:27
  2. "Deny the Absolute" – 5:35
  3. "The Tundra" – 5:13
  4. "Immutable Dusk" – 7:01
  5. "Threnody" – 8:07
  6. "The Cliff" – 4:06
  7. "Vestiges" – 7:15
  8. "Perpetual Dawn" – 9:28

Personnel

Forever Becoming personnel according to liner notes.[8]

Pelican

Additional musicians

Production and recording

Art and design

References

  1. ↑ "Forever Becoming Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
  2. ↑ Heaney, Gregory. "Forever Becoming - Leican : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". Allmusic. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
  3. 1 2 Adams, Gregory (June 27, 2012). "Pelican's Laurent Schroeder-Lebec Leaves Band". Exclaim!. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 Mejia, Paula (July 17, 2013). "Pelican Regroups on 'Forever Becoming'". Spin. Spin Media. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
  5. 1 2 Adams, Gregory (July 10, 2013). "Pelican Return with 'Forever Becoming,' Unveil New Track". Exclaim!. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
  6. ↑ McGovern, Kyle (August 13, 2013). "Pelican Unleash Alternate Version of Relentless 'Deny the Absolute'". Spin. Spin Media. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
  7. ↑ Crane, Matt (September 18, 2013). "Pelican stream new song 'The Cliff'". Alternative Press. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
  8. ↑ Forever Becoming (Media notes). Pelican. Southern Lord Records. 2013. CD booklet. LORD182.
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