Beautiful Ruin
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{{Infobox album
| name = Beautiful Ruin
| type = EP
| artist = Converge
| cover = Converge Beautiful Ruin.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2018|6|29}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = GodCity, Salem, Massachusetts
| genre = {{flatlist|
- Extreme metal
- metalcore{{Cite web |last=Cory |first=Ian |date=July 3, 2018 |title=It Is What It Says: Converge's "Beautiful Ruin" EP |url=https://www.invisibleoranges.com/converge-beautiful-ruin/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707020022/https://www.invisibleoranges.com/converge-beautiful-ruin/ |archive-date=July 7, 2018 |access-date=February 9, 2023 |website=Invisible Oranges |language=en}}
- avant-garde metal
}}
| length = {{duration|m=6|s=43}}
| label = {{hlist|Epitaph|Deathwish}}
| producer = Kurt Ballou
| prev_title = The Dusk in Us
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title = Bloodmoon I
| next_year = 2021
}}
Beautiful Ruin is an EP by American metalcore band Converge. it was released on June 29, 2018, via Epitaph and Deathwish. It consists of four tracks that were recorded during the sessions for The Dusk in Us.{{Cite news|url=http://lambgoat.com/news/30235/Converge-set-to-release-new-EP|title=CONVERGE Set To Release New EP|access-date=2018-06-30}} It was produced by Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou and features artwork created by the band's singer Jacob Bannon.
Background
On November 3, 2017, Converge released their ninth album The Dusk in Us. Recorded during the spring of 2017, 18 songs were written and recorded for the album,{{Cite news|url=https://digboston.com/converge-goes-to-harvard-hometown-heroes-get-an-a-in-hardcore/|title=Converge Goes to Harvard: Hometown Heroes Get an A+ in Hardcore|date=2017-05-27|work=DigBoston|access-date=2017-09-27}} but only 13 made it onto the album. One of the five non-album tracks, "Eve" was released as a b-side to the album's lead single "I Can Tell You About Pain".{{cite web|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/07/converge-release-new-7-inch-ep-share-music-video-for-i-can-tell-you-about-pain-watch/|title=Converge release new 7-inch EP, share music video for "I Can Tell You About Pain": Watch|last=Colburn|first=Randall|date=July 25, 2017|work=Consequence of Sound|accessdate=August 15, 2017}}
Guitarist Kurt Ballou stated that the band is positive about releasing the remaining four tracks at some point: "We all disagreed about what the strongest songs were, and which songs made for the best record. I think we're all equally unhappy with what ended up on the album. It was a compromise. Some of the songs on that album are actually some of the weakest ones that we recorded, and some of the ones that aren't on the album are the strongest. We're just not exactly sure how we're going to release them yet. Whether it's B-sides, or an EP, we don't know yet."{{Cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/converge_left_the_best_songs_off_of_the_dusk_in_us_and_four_other_facts_about_their_new_album|title=Converge Left the Best Songs off of 'The Dusk in Us,' and Four Other Facts About Their New Album|website=exclaim.ca|language=en|access-date=2017-12-04}}
Release and promotion
On June 28, 2018, the band uploaded a short series of images to their Instagram page, which together assemble the EP's cover art, with the EP's title being alluded to in the hashtags.{{Cite news|url=https://www.spin.com/2018/06/converge-beautiful-ruin-ep-stream/|title=Converge 'Beautiful Ruin' EP Stream|date=2018-06-29|work=Spin|access-date=2018-06-30}} A day later, on June 29, the EP was officially released via Epitaph and Deathwish, along with a music video for the song "Melancholia", directed by Tony Wolski.{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/converge-release-new-ep-beautiful-ruin-listen/|title=Converge Release New EP Beautiful Ruin: Listen {{!}} Pitchfork|website=pitchfork.com|date=29 June 2018 |language=en|access-date=2018-06-30}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| title1 = Permanent Blue
| length1 = 2:24
| title2 = Churches and Jails
| length2 = 1:27
| title3 = Melancholia
| length3 = 1:29
| title4 = Beautiful Ruin
| length4 = 1:23
| total_length = 6:43
}}
Personnel
*Identical to the credits of The Dusk in Us, considering all the tracks are outtakes from that album.
- Jacob Bannon – vocals
- Kurt Ballou – guitars, bass, backing vocals
- Nate Newton – bass, guitar, backing vocals
- Ben Koller – drums, percussion
- Kurt Ballou – producer, engineer, mixing
- Robert Cheeseman – assistant engineer
- Alex Garcia-Rivera – drum tech
- Alan Douches – mastering
- Jacob Bannon – artwork, design and illustrations
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130112195522/http://www.convergecult.com/ Official Converge website]
- [https://deathwishinc.com/collections/frontpage/products/converge-beautiful-ruin Beautiful Ruin] at Deathwish Inc.
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Category:Converge (band) albums