Lightless Walk

Lightless Walk
Studio album by Cult Leader
Released October 16, 2015 (2015-10-16)
Studio God City[1]
Genre Crust punk
Length 36:42
Label Deathwish (DW183)
Producer Kurt Ballou
Cult Leader chronology
Useless Animal
(2015)		 Lightless Walk
(2015)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Exclaim10/10[2]
Pitchfork7.5/10.0[3]
Revolver4/5[4]

Lightless Walk is the debut studio album by the American rock band Cult Leader. The album was released on October 16, 2015 through Deathwish Inc. and produced by Kurt Ballou of Converge.[5] The track "Gutter Gods" previously appeared on Cult Leader's 2015 EP Useless Animal.

The album's sound was heavily inspired by Cult Leader's cover of "You Are Not My Blood" found on Useless Animal,[6] originally by the indie/folk collaboration between Mark Kozelek and Desertshore from their eponymous 2013 album, Mark Kozelek & Desertshore. Vocalist Anthony Lucero sees himself as being "in the same vocal range" as musicians such as Tom Waits, Nick Cave and Michael Gira, and the fruitful sessions that resulted in "You Are Not My Blood" encouraged Cult Leader to incorporate more of these styling into their metal/punk sound.[6] Lucero said Lightless Walk saw Cult Leader exploring how to write songs that incorporated these two textural elements to balance each other out. He elaborated: "There has to be some sort of silver lining existing somewhere in the world to counterbalance depression. And I tend to write about that a lot."[6] Lyrically, Lightless Walk explores ideas of depression, isolation, sadness and hope.[7]

Track listing

  1. "Great I Am" – 1:23
  2. "The Sorrow" – 2:33
  3. "Sympathetic" – 4:04
  4. "Suffer Louder" – 2:17
  5. "Broken Blades" – 2:00
  6. "A Good Life" – 5:16
  7. "Walking Wasteland" – 1:53
  8. "Gutter Gods" – 1:33
  9. "Hate Offering" – 2:55
  10. "How Deep It Runs" – 5:30
  11. "Lightless Walk" – 7:18

Personnel

Lightless Walk personnel adapted from CD liner notes.[1]

Cult Leader

Production

Artwork and packaging

References

  1. 1 2 Lightless Walk (CD liner notes). Cult Leader. Deathwish Inc. 2015. DW183.
  2. ↑ Adams, Gregory (October 14, 2015). "Cult Leader: Lightless Walk". Exclaim!. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  3. ↑ Heller, Jason (October 19, 2015). "Cult Leader: Lightless Walk – Album Reviews". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  4. ↑ Bayer, Jonah (October 16, 2015). "Review: Cult Leader – Lightless Walk". Revolver. NewBay Media. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  5. ↑ Adams, Gregory (August 6, 2015). "Cult Leader Taking 'Lightless Walk' with New LP". Exclaim!. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 Adams, Gregory (October 15, 2015). "Cult Leader Find Their New Silver Lining with 'Lightless Walk'". Exclaim!. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  7. ↑ Adams, Gregory (November 3, 2015). "Cult Leader: Breaking Through". Exclaim!. Retrieved November 8, 2015.

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