Progression Through Unlearning
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{{Infobox album
| name = Progression Through Unlearning
| type = studio
| artist = Snapcase
| cover = Progression Through Unlearning (Snapcase).jpg
| alt =
| released = April 8, 1997
| venue =
| studio = Trax Fast Studios
Union City, New Jersey
| genre =
| length = 32:25
| label = Victory
| producer =
- Steve Evetts
- Snapcase
| prev_title = Lookinglasself
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = Designs for Automotion
| next_year = 2000
}}
{{music ratings
| rev1 = Punk Planet
| rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |last1=Hofer |first1=Dave |last2=Jones |first2=Scott |date=May 2, 2005 |title= Reviewer Spotlight: Dave Hofer (DH) — Snapcase, Progression Through Unlearning |trans-title= |url=https://archive.org/details/punk_planet_67/page/134/mode/2up?view=theater |format=PDF |language=English |magazine=Punk Planet |location=Chicago |publisher=IDM}}
| rev2 = Sputnikmusic
| rev3 = Vice
| rev3score = {{rating|5|5}}{{cite web |last1=Ozzi |first1=Dan |title='Progression Through Unlearning,' Snapcase's Timeless Hardcore Classic, Turns 20 |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/progression-through-unlearning-snapcases-timeless-hardcore-classic-turns-20/ |website=Vice |access-date=June 29, 2024 |date=March 31, 2017}}
}}
Progression Through Unlearning is the second studio album by American hardcore punk band Snapcase. The album was released on April 8, 1997 through Victory Records.
Background and recording
The album was recorded over a two-week period in January 1997 at the Trax Studios in Union City, New Jersey, and was produced by Steve Evetts. The band retrospectively shared how during the recording process, guitarist Jon Salemi was sick with the chickenpox.{{cite web |last1=Jacobs |first1=Ansley |title=HARDCORE: On Track Or On Stage, Jon Salemi Pushes The Limits |url=https://dragillustrated.com/hardcore-on-track-or-on-stage-jon-salemi-pushes-the-limits/ |website=Drag Illustrated |access-date=June 29, 2024 |date=December 14, 2016}} Ten years following the release, the band jokingly admitted the process of recording and mastering the album was rushed, but blamed their adolescence of rushing through the album.{{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=Janelle |title=Snapcase - Interview |url=http://www.ampmagazine.com/index.php/interviews/comments/snapcase/ |website=AMP Interview |access-date=June 29, 2024 |date=January 9, 2008 |archive-date=June 13, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613201621/http://www.ampmagazine.com/index.php/interviews/comments/snapcase/ |url-status=bot: unknown }}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Progression Through Unlearning track listing
| all_writing = Snapcase, except where noted.
| title1 = Caboose
| length1 = 2:33
| title2 = Guilty by Ignorance
| length2 = 2:37
| title3 = Harrison Bergeron
| length3 = 3:07
| title4 = Priceless
| length4 = 2:48
| title5 = Zombie Prescription
| length5 = 3:21
| title6 = Killing Yourself to Live
| writer6 = Snapcase, Scott Dressler
| length6 = 3:26
| title7 = She Suffocates
| length7 = 2:57
| title8 = Weak Tyrant
| length8 = 2:57
| title9 = Vent
| writer9 = Snapcase, Dressler
| length9 = 3:27
| title10 = Breaking and Reaching
| length10= 4:22
| title11 = Outro
| length11= 0:50
| total_length = 32:25
}}
Legacy
Although not heavily reviewed at the time of its release, the album has been retrospectively praised for ushering in metalcore of the 2000s,{{cite web |title=The Top 10 Parts of Snapcase's Progression Through Unlearning |url=https://alarm-magazine.com/2008/the-top-10-parts-of-snapcases-progression-through-unlearning/ |website=Alarm Magazine |date=October 13, 2008}} and a revival of melodic hardcore in the late 2010s and early 2020s.{{cite web |last1=Gentile |first1=John |title=Twenty Years Later: Snapcase's 'Progression Through Unlearning' |url=https://www.punknews.org/article/64434/interviews-twenty-years-later-snapcases-progression-through-unlearning |website=punknews.org |access-date=June 29, 2024 |date=April 16, 2017}} Several notable hardcore bands of the 2020s including Drug Church,{{cite web |last1=Bogumill |first1=Mike |title=Drug Church's Patrick Kindlon: "Our Whole Background as a Band Is Low Expectations" |url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/drug-churchs-patrick-kindlon-our-whole-background-as-a-band-is-low-expectations-6589732 |website=Phoenix New Times |access-date=June 29, 2024 |date=February 14, 2014}} Higher Power,{{cite web |last1=Breihan |first1=Tom |title=The 10 Best Hardcore Albums Of 2020 |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2109938/best-hardcore-albums-2020/columns/let-the-roundup-begin/ |website=Stereogum |access-date=June 29, 2024 |date=December 15, 2020}} and Turnstile{{cite web |last1=Roemer |first1=Blake |title=Turnstile on Baltimore, Hardcore's Mount Rushmore, and the Cult of Personality |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/turnstile-interview/ |website=Noisey |publisher=Vice Media |access-date=June 29, 2024 |date=July 24, 2015}} have cited and been compared to Progression Through Unlearning as an influence of their works.{{cite web |last1=Ramirez |first1=Carlos |title=Interview: Daryl Taberski (Snapcase) |url=https://www.noecho.net/interviews/daryl-taberski-snapcase |website=No Echo Magazine |access-date=June 29, 2024 |date=June 30, 2017}}
Personnel
;Snapcase
- Daryl Taberski – vocals
- Frank Vicario – guitar
- Jon Salemi – guitar
- Bob Whiteside – bass
- Timothy Redmond – drums