In Decay, Too

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In Decay, Too
In Decay Too cover.jpg
Compilation album by
ReleasedDecember 4, 2020
Genre
Label Ghostly International
Producer Com Truise
Com Truise chronology
Persuasion System
(2019)
In Decay, Too
(2020)

In Decay, Too is a compilation album by American electronic musician Seth Haley's project Com Truise, released on December 4, 2020, by the independent record label Ghostly International. The record is a collection of tracks that, before its release, were previously unheard by fans, similarly to his previous compilation album, In Decay . The collection was assembled by Polychora, an archivist of Com Truise's material dating back to his Komputer Cast days. [1] Lead track off the album is "False Ascendancy," released on October 14, 2020. [2] It was followed by "Compress—Fuse", released on November 18th. [3]

Contents

Reception

Paul Simpson, reviewing the album for AllMusic , gave the album 3.5/5 stars, writing, "In Decay, Too delivers more or less what fans would expect, but it does show off his range a bit more than some of his other releases." [4]

Track listing

Songwriting, production and album artwork by Seth Haley. [1]

  1. "Zeta"
  2. "Compress—Fuse"
  3. "Chemical Legs"
  4. "Reciprocity"
  5. "She melts"
  6. "Trying Times for the Indirect"
  7. "I Dream (for You)"
  8. "Surf"
  9. "Galactic Melt"
  10. "Post Hawaii"
  11. "Peach (6809)"
  12. "False Ascendancy"
  13. "Constant Fracture"
  14. "Trajectory"

Charts

Chart (2020)Peak
position
US Top Current Album Sales (Billboard) [5] 57
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [6] 8
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [7] 13
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [8] 14

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References

  1. 1 2 "In Decay, Too". Ghostly. Archived from the original on March 24, 2023. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  2. "In Decay, Too, by Com Truise". Bandcamp . Archived from the original on June 14, 2023. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  3. "Com Truise Shares A Warm New Retro-Futuristic Single, "Compress—Fuse"". This Song Is Sick. November 18, 2020. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  4. Simpson, Paul. "In Decay, Too". AllMusic . Retrieved October 6, 2023.
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  6. "Com Truise Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
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