Pain Again

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Pain Again
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 11, 2017 (2017-08-11)
Genre
Length37:42
Label Fearless
Producer Josh Shroeder
Varials chronology
Pain Again
(2017)
In Darkness
(2019)
Singles from Pain Again
  1. "Anything to Numb"
    Released: July 6, 2017
  2. "Pain Again"
    Released: July 28, 2017
  3. "Empire of Dirt"
    Released: May 16, 2018
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Exclaim! 7/10 [1]
New Noise MagazineStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Kill Your Stereo40/100 [3]
Sound Fiction8.3/10 [4]
New-Transcendence9.5/10 [5]
Dead Press7/10 [6]
Unbowed Online9.5/10 [7]
Music Existence87% [8]
Worldwide Underground8.75/10 [9]

Pain Again is the debut studio album by Varials. [10] It was released on August 11, 2017 through Fearless Records.

Contents

Background

Varials signed with Fearless Records on July 6, 2017, and announced their debut album Pain Again, produced by Josh Schroeder, would be released on August 11. [11] [12] [13] The lead single, "Anything to Numb" was released alongside a music video that day. [14] The second single, "Pain Again" was released on July 28 with another music video. [15] The song "E.D.A." had a music video released on August 10. [16] [17] The music video for the third single "Empire of Dirt", was released in May 2018. [18]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."New Damnation"3:52
2."God Talk" (featuring Chad Ruhlig)3:37
3."Anything to Numb"3:12
4."E.D.A."2:41
5."Colder Brother"4:12
6."Pain Again"3:33
7."Abacus"3:18
8."Empire of Dirt" (featuring Bryan Garris)3:12
9."Deadweather II"3:23
10."Deliverance"3:52
11."To Lay in Sin"2:50

Notes

Personnel

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