The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die
One of the more dynamic bands to arise from a new wave of emo that began in the late 2000s and early 2010s, the World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die laces driving, emotionally raw songwriting with electronic elements and the drawn-out atmospheres of bands like Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Explosions in the Sky. Their intricately molded sound changed somewhat on each of their critically applauded releases, and their lineup shifted often. TWIABP&IANLATD broke through to new audiences with their 2015 high-water mark Harmlessness, and took on a more streamlined lineup and sound on 2021's Illusory Walls.
The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die formed in 2009 in Willimantic, Connecticut. The group went through multiple lineup changes but eventually centered around a core of vocalist David Bello, bassist Josh Cyr, guitarists Nicole Shanholtzer and Greg Horbal, drummer Steven Buttery, and additional musicians Julia Peters, Katie Dvorak, and Chris Teti. The band issued a series of demos, singles, and EPs as well as a split LP with friends Deer Leap before releasing their debut full-length, Whenever, If Ever, in 2013. A collaboration with poet Christopher Zizzamia, the Between Bodies EP, appeared the following year, and their sophomore LP, Harmlessness, arrived in autumn 2015 on the Epitaph label. The band was now minus Peters and plus guitarist Tyler Bussey and violinist Nick Kwas. Continued lineup shifts ensued, with guitarist Dylan Balliett coming aboard in 2015 as Shanholtzer stepped down. The group took a more collaborative approach on their third LP, 2017's Always Foreign, resulting in a deeply nuanced but fiery tone.
On November 3, 2018, TWIABP&IANLATD announced via social media that Tom Diaz, the band's original lead singer who appeared on the album Whenever, If Ever, had died. In late 2019, the group issued Assorted Works, a massive collection of songs previously released on long-sold-out split singles, compilations, and other ephemeral releases. Over the next few years, the band pared down to a quintet of core members Buttery, Cyr, Teti, Bello, and Dvorak. This streamlined version of the group recorded the sharp-edged and driving songs that became their fourth album, Illusory Walls. The record was released in October 2021, again with Epitaph.
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16 Album, -en • Geordnet nach Bestseller
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Harmlessness
The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Epitaph am 25.09.2015
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Illusory Walls
The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Epitaph am 08.10.2021
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Whenever, If Ever
The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die
Pop/Rock - Erschienen bei The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die am 18.06.2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Always Foreign
The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Epitaph am 29.09.2017
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Thank You For Being Here (Live)
The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Epitaph am 07.10.2022
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Are Here to Help You
The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die, Deer Leap
Rock - Erschienen bei The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die am 20.09.2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Assorted Works
The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Triple Crown Records - Lesser Matters am 25.10.2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Between Bodies
The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die
Rock - Erschienen bei The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die am 03.10.2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Harmlessness
The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Epitaph am 25.09.2015
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
In Circles
The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Epitaph am 23.04.2020
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Whenever, If Ever (10th Anniversary)
The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Miscellaneous Recordings am 28.04.2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Formlessness
The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die
Rock - Erschienen bei The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die am 20.08.2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Formlessness
The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die
Pop/Rock - Erschienen bei The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die am 01.06.2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Long Live Happy Birthday
The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die
Rock - Erschienen bei The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die am 25.04.2016
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Josh Is Dead
The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die
Pop/Rock - Erschienen bei The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die am 01.06.2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Death to New Years
The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die
Rock - Erschienen bei The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die am 01.06.2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo