Description

A band embodying the notion of community is a sight for sore eyes as the world moves into post-2020; Canadas Respire stands firm as one of the most forceful in the realm of new screamo and post-hardcore bands, pushing what it means to encourage diversity and representation within the roots of art.
Since their formation in 2013, Respire have been an unwavering light in the Toronto DIY scene; with prior releases (2016s ‘Gravity and Grac’e and 2018s ‘Dénouement’) refining the bands orchestral post-rock and viscerally sharp 90s screamo influences. With their already accomplished history and an extended family of contributing musicians in tow, the band have forged their spirituous third album ‘Black Line’. Written over two years and produced over six months, it is a masterful exercise in sonic scope and overwhelming swells of fervor.
‘Black Line’ is colossal, a swirling void that draws everything around it to its center. Despite the towering lattice of classical instrumentation and thundering hardcore that swathes the listener in a sensory cathedral throughout, Respire still carve out hope as a result; ‘Black Line’ is equal parts a call to arms as it is a celebration of self in the face of the worlds blight.
Tracklisting:

01. Blight
02. Tempest
03. Cicatrice
04. Lost Virtue
05. Kindling
06. Embers to End
07. Flicker and Faint
08. To Our Dead Friends
09. Catacombs Part II