Suffer Summer

by Jake Holmes, Urban Mystic, Dallas Green, Charles Spencer, David Mitchell

Overview

On his 2019 sophomore effort, Home Made Satan, Chastity mastermind Brandon Williams toned down the riffs and angst of his project's earlier output in favor of Smiths-y jangle and understated production. Though there was still some distortion and emotional upheaval, both took the form of slow-moving melancholy rather than the Deftones-styled outbursts and Siamese Dream-recalling nostalgia of 2018 debut Death Lust. Third album Suffer Summer reverses course, not just returning to huge dynamic shifts and walls of crunchy power chords, but also embracing more accessible song structures and borrowing the melodramatic delivery of early-2000s mainstream emo. The steel wool hooks of songs like "Dying to Live" and "Pummeling" are great examples of Williams' solidifying songwriting style, one where visceral feelings of dissatisfaction and hopelessness are voiced through dissonant guitars that open up into soaring choruses. This time around, however, the vocals are a little higher in the mix, the drums are slicker, and there's a sheen that takes Chastity out of the brooding, misunderstood indie genius category and makes the songs more palatable. This shift is most pronounced on tracks like "When You Go Home I Withdraw," co-written by PUP frontman Stefan Babcock and going all-in on anthemic harmonies and perfectly placed breakdowns. Acoustic heart-string puller "Viscous Circle" is even more commercially geared, with Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness strings and belted guest vocals from City and Colour's Dallas Green. ~ Fred Thomas

Product Details

Release Date:	12/02/2022
Label:	Deathwish
UPC:	0723314783932
Rank:	135701

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Chastity   Primary Artist
Jake Holmes   Primary Artist
Dallas Green   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Jamie Godber   Primary Artist
Jenna Gallagher   Primary Artist
Jill Sauerteig   Primary Artist
Levi Kertesz   Primary Artist
Ellis   Primary Artist
Adrian Irvine   Primary Artist
Colm Hinds   Primary Artist
Scott Downes   Primary Artist
Maria Grig   Primary Artist
Keegan Powell   Primary Artist
Simon Larochette   Primary Artist
George Pettit   Primary Artist
David Mitchell   Primary Artist
Charles Spencer   Primary Artist,Strings
Urban Mystic   Primary Artist
John Wiebe   Strings
Kelly Larochette   Strings

Technical Credits

Simon Larochette   Engineer,Mixing
Urban Mystic   Composer,Lyricist,Cover Photo,Producer
Keegan Powell   Composer
Stefan Babcock   Composer
Scott Downes   Composer
Jeff Hartling   Mastering
Ellis   Composer
Charles Spencer   Engineer
Will Crann   Engineer