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In Your Absence
Rock · 2017 · 5 tracks · 19m

In Your Absence

Senses Fail

A hushed, acoustic departure from post-hardcore roots. Intimate guitar work and vulnerable vocals transform aggressive anthems into fragile folk meditations.

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It's Senses Fail but for when you're feeling quiet and the rain won't stop.

A fragile, hushed meditation on loss that feels like a long-overdue exhale.

In Your Absence · vs · Senses Fail
Acoustic Guitar+4.0σ

The instrumentation foregrounds acoustic guitar far more than the catalogue usually does.

Tracklist · 5 Tracks · 19m
01
Jets to Peru
3:52
02
In Your Absence
3:20
03
Death Bed
4:32
04
Family Tradition
3:26
05
Lost and Found
3:51
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition from the new, somber material into the familiar chords of Family Tradition, reimagined as a fragile ballad.
The way the vocal strain becomes audible during the bridge of In Your Absence, highlighting the lack of loud guitars to hide behind.
The delicate piano accents that flesh out the skeletal structure of Death Bed, adding a cinematic weight to the mourning.
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