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| Released | September 30, 2014 | |||
| Recorded | 2014 | |||
| Genre | Post-grunge, alternative metal, hard rock | |||
| Length | 42:45 | |||
| Label | Pavement Records | |||
| Producer | Hugo Ferreira | |||
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Blue Room Archives is the sixth studio album released from the American rock band Tantric. The album was released on September 30, 2014, via Pavement Entertainment.
The band announced on their official Facebook page on August 1, 2014, that they would be releasing a new studio album of previously unreleased material throughout the band's career including newly recorded acoustic versions of their early hits "Breakdown" and "Mourning" along with two new remixes of their later hits "Mind Control" and "Fall to the Ground".
On August 28, 2014, the band announced the title of the album came from the band's personal home studio that they named "The Blue Room" where much of the production work and song writing has been done throughout the band's career.
Lead vocalist and front man Hugo Ferreira commented on the album saying: "This isn't so much a premeditated album, but a collection of music I have done that I always loved extremely but never found a place for. It's songs in their purest form, no flashy production or elaborate theme. Imagine it as a mix tape of songs I wrote or co-wrote that stand alone uniquely. A inside view of the other side of a tantric state of mind."
To help promote the album, the band offered pre-orders of hand-signed copies of the album by lead vocalist Hugo Ferreira for $20.00. [1]
The track list for the album was revealed on August 1, 2014, along with the announcement of the album.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Cynical (feat. Brett Hestla)" | 3:23 |
| 2. | "Breakdown (acoustic)" | 3:18 |
| 3. | "Abuse Me" | 3:48 |
| 4. | "Don't Let It Win" | 2:57 |
| 5. | "Fall to the Ground (remix)" | 3:15 |
| 6. | "Mind Control (remix)" | 3:34 |
| 7. | "Mourning (acoustic)" | 5:30 |
| 8. | "Nothing at All" | 4:09 |
| 9. | "Mourning After" | 4:40 |
| 10. | "Indiscretion" | 4:22 |
| 11. | "Flip a Coin" | 3:45 |
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