Absent Light
{{Infobox album
| name = Absent Light
| type = studio
| artist = Misery Signals
| cover = Absent Light.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2013|07|23}}
| recorded = 2013
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Progressive metalcore
| length = {{Duration|m=42|s=52}}
| label = Basick
| producer = Greg Thomas, Ryan Morgan
| prev_title = Controller
| prev_year = 2008
| next_title = Ultraviolet
| next_year = 2020
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Absent Light
| type = studio
| single1 = Luminary
| single1date = July 3, 2013
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = Absolute Punk
|rev2 = Alternative Press
|rev2score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |title= Misery Signals-Absent Light-Alternative Press |url= http://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/misery_signals_absent_light |publisher= Alternative Press |accessdate= December 24, 2013}}
}}
Absent Light is the fourth studio album by American-Canadian metalcore band Misery Signals and was released on July 23, 2013. The album was produced by guitarists Greg Thomas and Ryan Morgan, a first for the band. The album cover was illustrated by Adam Rosenlund.{{cite web |last1=Adam |first1=Rosenlund |title=Misery Signals - Absent Light |url=https://www.adamjrosenlund.com/misery-signals-absent-light |website=AJR |accessdate=12 August 2018}} This is the band's last album with vocalist Karl Schubach.
Background
The band's previous album, Controller was released in 2008. The band would tour in support of the album for nearly a year before going on hiatus to focus on other projects. Vocalist Karl Schubach formed a solo project called Solace and launched a Kickstarter to help fund the project. As part of the funding incentives, Schubach provided vocals on a song by the UK metalcore band The Divided.{{cite web|url= http://hevypetal.com/news/139/the-divided-announce-guest-vocalist|title= Hevypetal.com|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120119153422/http://hevypetal.com/news/139/the-divided-announce-guest-vocalist|archive-date=January 19, 2012}}
Guitarist Ryan Morgan and bassist Kyle Johnson formed the hardcore punk band Burning Empires with members of Fall Out Boy.{{cite web |publisher=AllMusic|last=Mason|first=Stewart|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/misery-signals-mn0000101589/biography|title=Misery Signals Biography|accessdate=February 5, 2022}} Rhythm guitarist Stuart Ross and drummer Branden Morgan formed the post-hardcore band Lowtalker with members of Comeback Kid. Ross would leave Misery Signals in 2010, becoming the vocalist for UK pop punk band Living with Lions, becoming tired of performing heavy metal.{{cite web| title = Misery Signals addresses line-up changes| website=LambGoat.com| date = November 5, 2010| url = http://www.lambgoat.com/news/view.aspx?id=15315| access-date = November 5, 2010}}{{Cite web|url=https://lambgoat.com/news/view.aspx|title=Misery Signals guitarist leaves band|website=Lambgoat.com|access-date=March 29, 2020}} Later that year, Johnson would leave Misery Signals as well.{{Cite web|url=https://chorus.fm/|title=chorus.fm|website=Chorus.fm|access-date=March 29, 2020}}
Following the departure of Ross and Johnson, the remaining members of the band released a statement that Misery Signals had not broken up. In early 2012, the band released a cover of the Pink Floyd song "Us and Them" for the video game Homefront. The song was released for free download on March 22, 2012.{{cite web| last = Harris| first = Chris| title = Dillinger Escape Plan, As I Lay Dying Provide Covers For Free Soundtrack| work = Gun Shy Assassin| date = March 22, 2011| url = http://gunshyassassin.com/news/dillinger-escape-plan-as-i-lay-dying-provide-covers-for-free-soundtrack/| access-date = March 22, 2011| url-status = usurped| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120311003533/http://gunshyassassin.com/news/dillinger-escape-plan-as-i-lay-dying-provide-covers-for-free-soundtrack/| archive-date = March 11, 2012}} The following month, Schubach released a series of tweets that the band was practicing again and working on new material. The band launched an Indiegogo campaign to help fund the upcoming album.
The band released the song "Luminary" on July 3, 2013.
Track listing
{{track listing
| all_writing = Misery Signals
| title1 = A Glimmer of Hope
| length1 = 2:04
| title2 = Luminary
| length2 = 3:19
| title3 = Reborn (An Execution)
| length3 = 3:44
| title4 = Carrier
| note4 = feat. Matthew Mixon of 7 Angels 7 Plagues
| length4 = 4:29
| title5 = Shadows and Depth
| length5 = 5:01
| title6 = Lost Relics
| note6 = feat. Todd Mackey of With Honor
| length6 = 3:11
| title7 = Two Solitudes
| length7 = 4:51
| title8 = Departure
| length8 = 4:13
| title9 = The Shallows
| length9 = 4:15
| title10 = Ursa Minor
| length10 = 3:39
| title11 = Everything Will Rust
| note11 = feat. Fredua Boakye of Bad Rabbits
| length11 = 4:06
| total_length = 42:52
}}{{track listing
| headline = Album B-sides
| title1 = Sunlifter
| length1 = 3:50
| title2 = Like Yesterday
| note2 = Re-Recorded
| length2 = 3:58
}}
Personnel
Misery Signals
- Karl Schubach – lead vocals
- Ryan Morgan – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Greg Thomas – rhythm guitar
- Kyle Johnson – bass
- Branden Morgan – drums
Additional personnel
- Produced by Greg Thomas and Ryan Morgan
- Mixed by Steve Evetts
- Mastered by Alan Douches
- Additional Production by Will Putney
- Additional Engineering by Eric Rachel, Karl Schubach, Chris Teti, Andrew Glover and Adam Capps
- Assisted by Randy Leboeuf and Kris Yates
- Preproduction Engineered by Kevin Arndt
- Guest vocals on "Carrier" by Matthew Mixon of 7 Angels 7 Plagues
- Guest vocals on "Lost Relics" by Todd Mackey of With Honor
- Guest vocals on "Everything Will Rust" by Fredua Boakye of Bad Rabbits
- Orchestral string movements composed by Greg Thomas and Randy Slaugh
- Strings arranged and produced by Randy Slaugh
- String sessions engineered by Ken Dudley
- Violin: Juliann Eldridge, Emily Dixon
- Viola: Kelsey Georgeson
- Cello: Sara Cerrato, Samaquias Lorta
- Percussion: Rick Morgan
- Additional programming: Brian Southall, Dave Swanson
- Crew vocals: Kyle Kearney, Daniel Graves, Chris Teti, Blane Christenson, Johnny Perrin, and Brady Murphy
References
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