I.V. (Loma Prieta album)

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I.V.
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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 17, 2012 (2012-01-17)
RecordedJune 2011
Genre Screamo, powerviolence
Length24:03
Label Deathwish (DWI131) [1]
Producer Jack Shirley
Loma Prieta chronology
Life/Less
(2010)
I.V.
(2012)
Loma Prieta / Raein
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk 83% [2]
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I.V. is the fourth studio album by the American hardcore punk band Loma Prieta. [5] It was released on January 17, 2012, by Deathwish Inc. I.V. was written during an "intense and emotional" period in the lives of the band members. [6]

Contents

Critical reception

Exclaim! called the album "a constantly shifting project, seamlessly weaving together melody, pummelling riffs, melancholic contemplation and an unmistakable Bay-area attitude," writing that the album "should be essential listening for anyone wondering what the future of hardcore is going to look like." [7]

Track listing

  1. "Fly By Night" – 2:40
  2. "Torn Portrait" – 1:31
  3. "Reproductive" – 1:17
  4. "Trilogy 4 'Momentary'" – 0:56
  5. "Trilogy 5 'Half Cross'" – 1:21
  6. "Trilogy 6 'Forgetting'" – 3:02
  7. "Untitled" – 0:43
  8. "Uniform" – 2:12
  9. "Uselessness" – 2:20
  10. "Aside From This Distant Shadow, There Is Nothing Left" – 2:10
  11. "Biography" – 2:33
  12. "Diamond Tooth" – 3:18

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