Letters Home (Defeater album)

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Letters Home
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 16, 2013 (2013-07-16)
RecordedFebruary–April 2013[1]
GenreMelodic hardcore
Length34:10
LabelBridge 9 (B9R188)
Defeater chronology
Empty Days & Sleepless Nights
(2011)
Letters Home
(2013)
Abandoned
(2015)

Letters Home is the third studio album by American melodic hardcore band Defeater. Like their previous releases, Letters Home is a concept album, following the story of the father of the characters from these releases prior to the events of Travels.

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Exclaim!7/10[4]
Punknews.org[5]
Sputnikmusic3.5/5[6]

Letters Home received positive reviews from critics. On Metacritic, the album holds a score 81/100 based on 8 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[2]

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleLength
1."Bastards"2:37
2."No Shame"3:32
3."Hopeless Again"3:13
4."Blood in My Veins"3:28
5."No Relief" (featuring George Hirsch of Blacklisted)2:29
6."No Faith"2:31
7."Dead Set"3:07
8."No Saviour"3:57
9."Rabbit Foot"2:45
10."Bled Out"6:33

Personnel[edit]

Defeater

  • Derek Archambault
  • Joe Longobardi
  • Jay Maas
  • Mike Poulin
  • Jake Woodruff

References[edit]

  1. ^ Letters Home (Media notes). Defeater. Bridge 9 Records. 2013.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ a b "Letters Home by Defeater Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  3. ^ Letters Home at AllMusic. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  4. ^ Zorgdrager, Bradley (15 July 2013). "Defeater Letters Home". Exclaim!. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  5. ^ Defeater - Letters Home on Punknews.org.
  6. ^ "Defeater - Letters Home". Sputnikmusic. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2017.