Albeit Living

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Albeit Living
Sextile - Albeit Living.jpg
Studio album by
Sextile
ReleasedJuly 14, 2017 (2017-07-14)
Genre
Length26:59
Label Felte
Producer
  • Brady Keehn
  • Melissa Scaduto
Sextile chronology
A Thousand Hands
(2015)		Albeit Living
(2017)		 Push
(2023)

Albeit Living is the second studio album by American rock band Sextile. Produced by band members Brady Keehn and Melissa Scaduto, it was released on July 14, 2017 by Felte record label. [1]

Contents

Background and music

Albeit Living was recorded in the Echo Park residence of the band. [2] The announcement of the album was accompanied by the release of the single "One of These" and its music video. [1]

Named after the Circle X song of the same name, [1] the record is described as a synth punk [2] [3] and art punk [3] album. The sound on the record, which was compared to the works of Circle X, Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft, and Chrome, [2] places a bigger emphasis on the synthesizer, [4] [5] with band member Melissa Scaduto characterizing it "more post-punk" and "no wavy" compared to the dark wave stylings of their debut album. [5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Loud and Quiet 7/10 [4]

AllMusic critic Heather Phares gave a positive review to Albeit Living, stating that the band "have sharpened their attack since their debut, ditching A Thousand Hands' brooding for weird, frantic songs that overflow with lust, anxiety, and memorable catch phrases." Phares further wrote: "What Albeit Living lacks in nuance it more than makes up for in trashy, gleeful abandon -- something too many late-2010s synth punk revivalists (and rock bands in general) are missing." [6] Katie Beswick of Loud and Quiet described the record as an "a joyously angry, politically-charged celebration of the absurdity of living in the present day, with a distinctly ’70s punk feel." [4] Writing for Louder Than War , Ged Babey noted that "Sextile have found their own identity and a niche where they are the fucked-up royalty" and stated Albeit Living to be "one of the best albums I have heard this year to have come screaming out of the USA." [3]

Track listing

Album track listing as adapted from Bandcamp. [7] All songs written by Sextile. [8]

  1. "One of These" — 2:27
  2. "Who Killed Six" — 2:28
  3. "Ripped" — 3:13
  4. "Floored" — 2:36
  5. "Mental" — 2:40
  6. "Sterilized" — 3:05
  7. "Das Cat" — 2:30
  8. "Situations" — 2:19
  9. "Crisis" — 2:08
  10. "AVC" — 3:40

Personnel

Album personnel as adapted from liner notes. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Murray, Robin (June 14, 2017). "Sextile Conjure Sunburnt Apocalypse on 'One of These'". Clash . Retrieved April 13, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 Phares, Heather. "Sextile Biography". AllMusic . Retrieved April 13, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Babey, Ged (July 19, 2017). "Sextile: Albeit Living – Album Review". Louder Than War . Retrieved April 13, 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 Beswick, Katie (July 2017). "Album Review: Sextile - Albeit Living". Loud and Quiet . Retrieved April 13, 2025.
  5. 1 2 Felizardo, Sónia (March 15, 2018). "Sextile in interview: "We may have started the revolution"". Threshold Magazine. Retrieved April 13, 2025.
  6. 1 2 Phares, Heather. "Sextile - Albeit Living". AllMusic . Retrieved April 13, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Albeit Living by Sextile". sextile.bandcamp.com. Bandcamp . Retrieved April 12, 2025.
  8. 1 2 Albeit Living (vinyl liner notes). Sextile. Felte. 2017.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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