Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me is the second studio album by the American post-hardcore band Touché Amoré. The album was released on June 7, 2011, through Deathwish Inc.[6] It was recorded and produced in five days with Ed Rose at his own Black Lodge Recording studio in Eudora, Kansas. The band was recorded live to give the album a more "honest/raw" feel.[7] The band said they chose to work with Rose because of the work he had done with The Casket Lottery.[citation needed]
To promote Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me, Touché Amoré released one part of the album cover per week through the guitarist Nick Steinhardt's blog.[8] The group also made "Amends",[8] "Home Away from Here"[9] and "~"[10] available for online streaming before the official release of the album. On its release, the album received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 81, based on 7 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".[1]
Track listing
No.
Title
Length
1.
"~"
1:29
2.
"Pathfinder"
1:06
3.
"The Great Repetition"
1:48
4.
"Art Official"
1:38
5.
"Uppers/Downers"
1:06
6.
"Crutch"
1:11
7.
"Method Act"
1:53
8.
"Face Ghost"
2:20
9.
"Sesame"
1:06
10.
"Wants/Needs"
1:49
11.
"Condolences"
1:47
12.
"Home Away from Here"
1:50
13.
"Amends"
1:44
Personnel
Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me personnel adapted from CD liner notes.[11]
^Heller, Jason (July 2011). "File Under: Hardcore for the Inconsolable". Alternative Press. 26 (276). Cleveland, Ohio: Alternative Press Magazines Inc.: 112. ISSN1065-1667.
