Svalbard discography

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Svalbard discography
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Svalbard in 2023
Studio albums4
EPs6
Singles11
Music videos13

The British post-hardcore band Svalbard have released four studio albums, one compilation album, six extended plays, eleven singles and thirteen music videos. The band were formed in Bristol in 2011 by co-lead vocalists and guitarists Serena Cherry and Liam Phelan with drummer Mark Lilley, whom they recruited after hearing him play at a rehearsal studio. [1] The band went through numerous bassists [1] [2] before settling on Matt Francis in 2020. [3]

Contents

Svalbard released its self-released its epynomous debut extended play in May 2012, followed by the Gone Tomorrow EP in February 2013. [4] Their third extended play, Flightless Birds , was released in October of that year through Tangled Talk Records. [5] Svalbard developed a relationship with Pariso after touring together in 2013, leading to the release of a split EP in 2014 [6] and their signing to Holy Roar Records, owned by Pariso guitarist Alex Fitzpatrick, in January 2015. [7] [8] The following month, Holy Roar released Discography 2012–2014, compiling all of the band's recorded output up to that point. [7]

Svalbard released their first and second studio albums, One Day All This Will End (2015) and It's Hard to Have Hope (2018), through Holy Roar. In September 2020, after Fitzpatrick was accused of sexual misconduct, Svalbard split from the label and signed to Church Road Records a week prior to its release of their third album When I Die, Will I Get Better? . [9] [10] The album brought Svalbard to the attention of Nuclear Blast Records, [11] who signed the band in June 2022 and reissued their back catalogue. [12] In October 2023, the band released their fourth album, The Weight of the Mask . [13]

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK

Ind. [14]

UK

Rock [14]

SCO

[14]

One Day All This Will End ———
It's Hard to Have Hope
  • Released: 25 May 2018 [16]
  • Label: Holy Roar
  • Format: CD, LP
———
When I Die, Will I Get Better? ———
The Weight of the Mask 29979
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum details
Discography 2012–2014
  • Released: February 2015 [18]
  • Label: Holy Roar
  • Format: CD, 2×LP

Extended plays

TitleEP details
Svalbard
  • Released: May 2012 [4]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: 7"
Gone Tomorrow
  • Released: February 2013 [4]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: 10"
Flightless Birds
  • Released: 7 October 2013 [5]
  • Label: Tangled Talk
  • Format: 7"
Cover Buzz

(with Pariso, Let It Die, Mine)

  • Released: 14 October 2013 [19]
  • Label: Dog Knights/Enjoyment, Tangled Talk, Cult Culture, Moshtache
  • Format: 7"
Pariso / Svalbard
  • Released: 7 July 2014 [6]
  • Label: Holy Roar/Tangled Talk
  • Format: LP
Svalbard / The Tidal Sleep
  • Released: 15 January 2017 [20]
  • Label: Holy Roar Records/This Charming Man
  • Format: 7"

Singles

TitleYearAlbum
"Ripped Apart" [21] 2014Pariso / Svalbard
"Disparity" [22] 2015One Day All This Will End
"Open the Cages" [23] 2016Svalbard / The Tidal Sleep
"Unpaid Intern" [24] 2018It's Hard to Have Hope
"Revenge Porn" [25]
"For the Sake of the Breed" [26]
"Open Wound" [17] 2020When I Die, Will I Get Better?
"Listen to Someone" [27]
"Eternal Spirits" [28] 2023The Weight of the Mask
"Faking It" [13]
"How to Swim Down" [29]

Music videos

List of music videos, with directors, showing year released along with albums
TitleYearDirectorAlbum
"Flightless Birds" [30] 2013N/AFlightless Birds
"Disparity" [22] [31] 2015Liam PhelanOne Day All This Will End
"Expect Equal Respect" [32] 2016N/A
"Open the Cages" [23] [33] Liam PhelanSvalbard / The Tidal Sleep
"Unpaid Intern" [24] 2018It's Hard to Have Hope
"For the Sake of the Breed" [26] [34] Zak Pinchin
"Open Wound" [35] 2020N/AWhen I Die, Will I Get Better?
"Listen to Someone" [27]
"Silent Restraint" [36] 2021Liam Phelan
"Eternal Spirits" [37] 2023Fraser WestThe Weight of the Mask
"Faking It" [13] David Gregory
"How to Swim Down" [29] Boy Tillkens
"To Wilt Beneath the Weight" [38] 2024Fraser West

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