Beneath (Infant Island album)

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Beneath
Infant Island, Beneath, album cover art.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 15, 2020 (2020-05-15)
RecordedDecember 2018 – January 2019
StudioViva Studio
Genre
Length26:25
Label Dog Knights Productions
Producer Matthew Michel
Infant Island chronology
Sepulcher
(2020)
Beneath
(2020)
Obsidian Wreath
(2024)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork 7.9/10 [1]

Beneath is the third studio album [a] by the American screamo band Infant Island. It was released on May 15, 2020, through Dog Knights Productions. It was produced by Matthew Michel of Majority Rule [1] at his studio in Dunn Loring, Virginia. The album features a guest vocal performance from Logan Rivera of Gillian Carter. "Death Portrait" is a re-recording of a song which originally appeared on the band's 4-way split Hymnes aux Désarrois de la Peau.

Contents

The album was critically acclaimed at the time of its release, [1] [2] [3] and was named one of the best albums of the year by BrooklynVegan and Impose. [4] [5]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Here We Are"3:23
2."Signed in Blood"2:43
3."Content"4:21
4."The Garden"2:30
5."One Eyed"1:45
6."Death Portrait"2:40
7."Colossal Air"1:50
8."Stare Spells"4:33
9."Someplace Else"2:40
Total length:26:25

Personnel

Beneath personnel adapted from LP liner notes. [6]

Infant Island

Additional instrumentation

Technical credits

Artistic credits

Notes

  1. Second if discounting Sepulcher , which was marketed as a "mini-LP".

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Infant Island: Beneath". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  2. "Stream Infant Island's New Album Beneath". Stereogum. May 15, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  3. Sacher, Andrew (May 15, 2020). "Notable Releases of the Week (5/15)". BrooklynVegan. Archived from the original on May 21, 2020.
  4. "BrooklynVegan's Top 55 Albums of 2020". BrooklynVegan. December 21, 2020. Archived from the original on December 21, 2020.
  5. "The Top 50 Albums of 2020". IMPOSE Magazine. December 7, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  6. Beneath (media notes). Infant Island. Dog Knights Productions. 2020-05-15. LP vinyl record. 859738294720.