Blood & Chemistry

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Blood & Chemistry
Arcane Roots - Blood and Chemistry - Cover Art.jpg
Studio album by
Released6 May 2013 (2013-05-06)
Genre Progressive rock, post-hardcore
Length58:06
Label Play It Again Sam
Producer Dan Austin
Arcane Roots chronology
Left Fire
(2010)
Blood & Chemistry
(2013)
Melancholia Hymns
(2017)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic (71/100) [1]
Review scores
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Drowned In Sound (6/10) [4]

Blood & Chemistry is the debut full-length studio album by the British alternative rock band Arcane Roots, released in 2013 on Play It Again Sam. [5]

Contents

Background

On 17 April 2013, Arcane Roots released a teaser video for the album, alongside the release date and a UK headline tour in April–May 2013. [6]

Critical reception

Clash called the album "full of unabashed, unreserved rock thrills - a potent, powerful document of a band on the rise, it matches the unbridled energy of their live show to a mature control of the studio." [7] The Guardian called it "a record of elaborate verses, heartfelt choruses and skipping time signatures worthy of late-period Biffy Clyro." [8]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Energy Is Never Lost, Just Redirected"5:12
2."Resolve"4:05
3."Belief"5:17
4."Sacred Shapes"5:03
5."Hell and High Water"5:35
6."Triptych"6:12
7."Slow"7:29
8."Second Breath"5:46
9."Held Like Kites"4:41
10."You Keep Me Here"8:46
Total length:58:06
Bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Harboured At Sea" (iTunes)3:56

Personnel

All personnel credits adapted from Blood & Chemistry's liner notes. [9]

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