Letters Home (Defeater album)

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Letters Home
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 16, 2013 (2013-07-16)
RecordedFebruary–April 2013 [1]
Genre Melodic hardcore
Length34:10
Label Bridge 9 (B9R188)
Defeater chronology
Empty Days & Sleepless Nights
(2011)
Letters Home
(2013)
Abandoned
(2015)

Letters Home is the third studio album by American melodic hardcore band Defeater. Like their previous releases, Letters Home is a concept album, following the story of the father of the characters from these releases prior to the events of Travels.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 81/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Exclaim! 7/10 [4]
Punknews.orgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Sputnikmusic3.5/5 [6]

Letters Home received positive reviews from critics. On Metacritic, the album holds a score 81/100 based on 8 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [2]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Bastards"2:37
2."No Shame"3:32
3."Hopeless Again"3:13
4."Blood in My Veins"3:28
5."No Relief" (featuring George Hirsch of Blacklisted)2:29
6."No Faith"2:31
7."Dead Set"3:07
8."No Saviour"3:57
9."Rabbit Foot"2:45
10."Bled Out"6:33

Personnel

Defeater

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References

  1. Letters Home (Media notes). Defeater. Bridge 9 Records. 2013.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. 1 2 "Letters Home by Defeater Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic . Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  3. Letters Home at AllMusic. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  4. Zorgdrager, Bradley (15 July 2013). "Defeater Letters Home". Exclaim! . Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  5. Defeater - Letters Home on Punknews.org.
  6. "Defeater - Letters Home". Sputnikmusic. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2017.