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What to Do When You Are Dead
Rock · 2005 · 11 tracks

What to Do When You Are Dead

Armor for Sleep

A cinematic concept album exploring the afterlife through murky guitars and breathy vocals. Melancholic, submerged, and deeply existential emo.

February 22, 2005 · Equal Vision Records

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A haunting, cinematic exploration of isolation and the afterlife wrapped in shimmering, murky guitars.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks
01
Car Underwater
3:49
02
The Truth About Heaven
3:31
03
Remember to Feel Real
3:21
04
Awkward Last Words
3:46
05
Stay on the Ground
4:30
06
A Quick Little Flight
2:12
07
The More You Talk the Less I Hear
4:05
08
Basement Ghost Singing
4:36
09
Walking at Night, Alone
4:14
10
I Have Been Right All Along
3:46
11
The End of a Fraud
5:11
Moments Worth Listening For
the muffled, submerged production on the opening of Car Underwater that feels like being trapped beneath the surface
the transition in A Quick Little Flight where the guitars soar to mimic the sensation of hovering above the trees
the haunting repetition of they never heard one sound in the final minutes of The End of a Fraud
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does What to Do When You Are Dead sound next to the rest of Armor for Sleep's catalogue?

Death Mortality+4.0σ

The writing leans far further into death mortality than the rest of the catalogue.

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