Hard Feelings (album)

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Hard Feelings
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 23, 2018 (2018-03-23)
Genre
Length37:46
Label Rise
Producer
Blessthefall chronology
To Those Left Behind
(2015)
Hard Feelings
(2018)
Singles from Hard Feelings
  1. "Melodramatic"
    Released: January 29, 2018 [1]
  2. "Wishful Sinking"
    Released: February 14, 2018 [2]
  3. "Cutthroat"
    Released: March 16, 2018 [3]

Hard Feelings is the sixth studio album by American metalcore band Blessthefall. The album was released on March 23, 2018, through Rise Records. It was produced by Tyler Smyth and the band themselves. [4] [5] It is their first album to be released after the band signed to Rise Records in 2018. It is also the last album to feature the band's founding drummer Matt Traynor before he left the band in August 2018.

Contents

Background and promotion

On January 26, 2018, they announced they have signed a new record deal with Rise Records. [6] In the same month, the ensemble published a music video for "Melodramatic", [7] with a video for "Wishful Sinking" broadcast the month following. [8]

In early 2018, the group toured with Of Mice & Men, Cane Hill, MCSW and Fire from the Gods. [9]

Track listing

All music and lyrics written and performed by Blessthefall. [10]

No.TitleLength
1."Wishful Sinking"4:27
2."Find Yourself"3:57
3."Melodramatic"3:01
4."Feeling Low"3:34
5."Cutthroat"3:18
6."I'm Over Being Under(rated)"3:35
7."Sleepless in Phoenix"3:45
8."Keep Me Close"4:47
9."Sakura Blues"3:41
10."Welcome Home"3:41
Total length:37:46

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ) [11] 8
US Billboard 200 [12] 54
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [13] 5

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