Harmlessness

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For the Sanskrit term, see Ahimsa.

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For other uses, see Harmless.
Harmlessness
Harmlessness Cover.jpg
Studio album by The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die
Released September 25, 2015
Genre
Length 53:39
Label Epitaph, Broken World Media
The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die chronology
Whenever, If Ever
(2013)Whenever, If Ever2013		 Harmlessness
(2015)
Singles from Harmlessness
  1. "January 10th, 2014"
    Released: August 10, 2015

Harmlessness is the second studio album by emo band The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die. It was announced on August 4, 2015, and was released on September 25. The title of the album is a play on the name of the band's first EP, Formlessness.[4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 84/100[5]
Review scores
Source Rating
AbsolutePunk 10/10 stars[6]
Alternative Press 3.5/5 stars
Blurt 5/5 stars[7]
Pitchfork 7.9/10[8]
Punknews.org 4/5 stars[3]

Harmlessness charted at number 11 on the Heatseekers Albums chart,[9] and at number 46 on the Independent Albums chart.[10] Upon release, the album received universal acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from specialized critics, the album received an average score of 84, based on 6 reviews. Stereogum placed the album at number 13 on their top 50 albums of 2015 list.[11] James of Stereogum wrote: "It's not the kind of music that will change the world, but it might just change your life."[11] Aaron Mook of Absolutepunk.net wrote: "Harmlessness is ambitious and intimidating in scope; it is not an easy listen, but with the right amount of time and dedication, it is easily one of the most rewarding listens of 2015."

Accolades

Publication Accolade Year Rank
Stereogum The 50 Best Albums of 2015 2015 #13[12]
Brooklyn Magazine The 20 Best Rock Albums of 2015 2015 #1[13]
BrooklynVegan Our 50 Favorite Albums of 2015 2015 --[14]
Absolutepunk.net Staff's Top 30 Albums of 2015 2015 #5[15]

Track listing

All music composed by The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die.

No. Title Length
1. "You Can't Live There Forever"   4:01
2. "blank #11"   1:09
3. "January 10th, 2014"   5:39
4. "The Word Lisa"   2:03
5. "Rage Against the Dying of the Light"   3:29
6. "Ra Patera Dance"   4:30
7. "Mental Health"   4:07
8. "Wendover"   2:57
9. "We Need More Skulls"   4:20
10. "Haircuts for Everybody"   2:44
11. "Willie (For Howard)"   3:10
12. "I Can Be Afraid of Anything"   7:10
13. "Mount Hum"   8:20
Total length:
 53:39

Personnel

The lineup for this album is:[17]

  • David Bello – vocals
  • Josh Cyr – bass, acoustic guitar
  • Derrick Shanholtzer-Dvorak – electric and acoustic guitar, vocals
  • Steven Buttery – drums
  • Chris Teti – production, engineering, mixing, electric and acoustic guitar, percussion
  • Tyler Bussey – electric and acoustic guitar, banjo, pocket synth
  • Katie Shanholtzer-Dvorak – keyboards, vocals
  • Greg Horbal – brought a dog
  • Nick Kwas – violin, vocals

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