Natural, Everyday Degradation

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Natural, Everyday Degradation
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Studio album by
Remo Drive
ReleasedMay 31, 2019
Genre
Length38:39
Label Epitaph
Producer Joe Reinhart, Peter Katis [1]
Remo Drive chronology
Pop Music EP
(2018)		Natural, Everyday Degradation
(2019)		Natural, Everyday Extended Play
(2019)
Singles from Natural, Everyday Degradation
  1. "Two Bux / The Grind"
    Released: April 22, 2019
  2. "Around the Sun"
    Released: May 14, 2019
  3. "Shakin'"
    Released: December 6, 2019

Natural, Everyday Degradation is the second studio album by Remo Drive, released on May 31, 2019. Natural, Everyday Degradation sees the band take a different artistic direction, drifting away from the emo sound of Greatest Hits in favor of a more power pop oriented sound. This is their first studio album without drummer Sam Mathys.

Contents

Background

As early as 2016, the band began demoing songs for the album shortly after the Greatest Hits sessions wrapped. [2] Natural, Everyday Degradation was recorded after the departure of drummer Sam Mathys in February 2018 with drum parts being recorded by Braeden Keenan & Sam Becht. When asked about the change of musical style of Natural, Everyday Degradation in an interview, Erik Paulson replied, "...as far as like, styles go, I think just our, our tastes have changed, we've grown up a little bit. And uh, not wanting to fit in quite as neatly in with, I feel like there's kind of a scene with a bunch of bands that do a similar, kind of upbeat, kind of party emo thing right now, and I think, more than anything, we just wanted to separate ourselves from what was going on, and make it clear that we're, kind of on our own path and not a part of a group, or a scene, or a clique or anything." [3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
getalternative.com(unfavorable) [4]
Punknews.org7/10 [5]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Critical reception on Natural, Everyday Degradation was mixed. Getalternative.com gave the album a "disappointing" for a score, as the editor states, "Natural, Everyday Degradation falls flat. Each track borrows things from each other, and not in a way that allows each track to stay as an individual song. The album overall is really disappointing and feels as if the band played it safe. I hope that on future releases they will take back the initiative and push the envelope a bit more like I know they are capable of doing." In a YUNO review (a short, quick opinionated review to give thoughts on an album) by Anthony Fantano, he says, "I'm just utterly disappointed with what the band has delivered on this new project with Epitaph. I think their sound, I think their performance, I think their delivery has, for the most part, just really lost its ‘teeth.’ Everything seems toned down in the worst way possible." [7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Remo Drive, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Two Bux"2:38
2."The Grind"3:46
3."The Devil"4:01
4."Shakin'" (Remo Drive, Kevan Larson)4:02
5."Dog"3:12
6."Separate Beds"4:07
7."Ezra and Marla"3:51
8."Halos"4:22
9."Around the Sun"3:08
10."Mirror"3:15
11."The Truth" (Remo Drive, Cameron Bartlett)2:17
Total length:38:39

Personnel

As per Bandcamp

Remo Drive

Additional musicians

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References

  1. ↑ "Album Details for Natural, Everyday Degradation". Archived from the original on 2019-11-18. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  2. ↑ @RemoDrive (October 17, 2016). "Our record isn't out yet but we're already demoing LP 2 songs" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ↑ Off the Record w/ Remo Drive's Erik Paulson. YouTube . Archived from the original on 2021-12-08.
  4. ↑ "Natural, Everyday Degradation - Remo Drive". getalternative.com. 11 June 2019.
  5. ↑ "Natural, Everyday Degradation - Remo Drive". punknews.org. 2 June 2019.
  6. ↑ Yeung, Neil Z.. Remo Drive:Natural, Everyday Degradation > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  7. ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : YUNOREVIEW: June 2019 ($uicideboy$, Jamila Woods, Tim Hecker, Yung Gravy). YouTube .
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