The Blackest Beautiful is a brutally stunning document full of soul and purpose.
Fans will be overjoyed and those unfamiliar with Letlive or even modern hardcore circa 2013 should begin with this compelling document of anger, loss, and struggle.
‘The Blackest Beautiful’ is a strong, focused record from beginning to end.
We live, undoubtedly, in a world of hyperbole but letlive seem to have pulled off that most difficult of tricks here – making an album which both forwards their sound and lives up to improbably high expectations.
Most of these songs aren’t as immediate, but lack of immediacy is generally a good indicator of an album’s longevity, especially in post-hardcore.
(Analbumaday Day 88)
A strong start but sadly it didn’t continue to impress all that much. I enjoy the aesthetic of this album but it just doesn’t hit with the executions. The vocalist does well in every track and puts in a lot of effort and demonstrates skill, the instrumentals are pretty cool for the most part, but I think the mixing is somewhat questionable and I don’t think anything really stands out from similar songs I’ve heard. Overall, not bad!
It packs a decent punch in the beginning but then it doesn't deviate from that sound whatsoever. The closing track has more diversity than the whole rest of the record. What's more, there is an insane amount of clipping on nearly every track, this was most noticeable on Virgin Dirt. This album is just whatever.
Banshee (Ghost Fame)- 9
Empty Elvis- 7
White America's Beautiful Black Market- 7
Dreamer's Disease- 7
That Fear Fever- 7
Virgin Dirt- 6
Younger- 7
The Dope Beat- 8
The Priest and Used Cars- 8
Pheromone Cvlt- 7
27 Club- 8
1 | Banshee (Ghost Fame) 4:02 | |
2 | Empty Elvis 3:04 | |
3 | White America's Beautiful Black Market 3:40 | |
4 | Dreamer's Disease 3:42 | |
5 | That Fear Fever 3:28 | |
6 | Virgin Dirt 4:45 | |
7 | Younger 3:13 | |
8 | The Dope Beat 4:26 | |
9 | The Priest and Used Cars 3:46 | |
10 | Pheromone Cvlt 4:05 | |
11 | 27 Club 7:28 |