Fever Hunting

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Fever Hunting
Modern Life Is War - Fever Hunting.jpg
Studio album by
Modern Life Is War
ReleasedSeptember 9, 2013 (2013-09-09)
Genre Melodic hardcore, hardcore punk
Length30:55
Label Deathwish (DW150)
Producer Kurt Ballou, Modern Life Is War
Modern Life Is War chronology
Midnight in America
(2007)		Fever Hunting
(2013)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 81/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork 7.9/10.0 [2]
Revolver 3.5/5 [3]

Fever Hunting is the fourth studio album by American hardcore punk band Modern Life Is War. It was released on September 9, 2013 through Deathwish Inc., as the band's first release in six years since 2007's Midnight in America after reforming in 2012. The album features the band's original lineup and was produced by Kurt Ballou of Converge. [4] [5]

Contents

Track listing

All songs composed by Modern Life Is War. [6]

  1. "Old Fears, New Frontiers" – 1:13
  2. "Health, Wealth, & Peace" – 2:29
  3. "Chasing My Tail" – 4:35
  4. "Media Cunt" – 2:01
  5. "Blind Are Breeding" – 3:50
  6. "Fever Hunting" – 2:48
  7. "Dark Water" – 2:16
  8. "Brothers in Arms Forever" – 3:53
  9. "Currency" – 3:19
  10. "Cracked Sidewalk Surfer" – 1:55
  11. "Find a Way" – 2:36

Personnel

Modern Life Is War [7]
Additional musicians [7]
Production and artwork [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Fever Hunting Reviews". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  2. ↑ Cohen, Ian (September 17, 2013). "Review: Fever Hunting". Pitchfork . Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  3. ↑ Chichester, Sammi (September 13, 2013). "Review: Fever Hunting". Revolver . New Bay Media . Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  4. ↑ Schreurs, Jason (September 4, 2013). "Modern Life Is War Talk Their Return with 'Fever Hunting'". Exclaim! . Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  5. ↑ Campbell, Rachel (August 5, 2013). "Modern Life Is War stream new album, 'Fever Hunting'". Alternative Press . Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Fever Hunting - Modern Life Is War | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". Allmusic . All Media Network. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  7. 1 2 3 "Fever Hunting - Modern Life Is War | Credits". Allmusic . All Media Network. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
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