| This Is Desolation | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 21 January 2013 | |||
| Recorded | 2012 | |||
| Genre | Post-hardcore | |||
| Length | 42:48 | |||
| Label | Redfield,  | |||
| Producer | Dávid Schram | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating | 
| Nuskull | (9/10)[1] | 
| Rockstation | (5/5)[2] | 
| Lángoló Gitárok | [3] | 
This Is Desolation is the second full-length studio album recorded by Shell Beach.[4] It was released in November, 2012.
Recording and production
The band worked on this 11-song record for the past two years. The album has 11 tracks and includes Matt Geise of Lower Definition (Ferret) / Dance Gavin Dance (Rise Records) and Zeek as special guest vocalists in two of the songs, with Tamás Somló (Lokomotiv GT) playing the clarinet on track #9. The second record further helped Shell Beach get established as the most prominent band of the Hungarian and Budapest post-hardcore scenes.[5] The album was recorded in Pannonia Studios and mixed and mastered by Dávid Schram.

Music videos
Vital Signs, the first music video for the album was released in November, 2012.[6] The video has been selected and placed in rotation on MTV Hungary[7] and VIVA Hungary.[8]
Track listing
- "Hoverboards Don`t Work On Water"
 - "The Greatest Skeptic"
 - "Vital Signs"
 - "This Arm, These Vessels"
 - "Saviour"
 - "Hirudinean"
 - "Bjornoya"
 - "Black Xross"
 - "Sit Down, Navigator"
 - "Ghoat Node"
 - "The Sleep Paralysis (ft. Zeek)"
 
Personnel
The following people contributed to This Is Desolation:
 
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References
- ↑ Nuskull review
 - ↑ Rockstation review
 - ↑ Lángoló Gitárok review
 - ↑ "Shell Beach's Official Website". Shell Beach. 25 February 2013.
 - ↑ "Hazai Hét: Shell Beach – This is Desolation".
 - ↑ "Vital Signs - Shell Beach-klippremier".
 - ↑ "Vital Signs | Shell Beach | Klipek | MTV Magyarország". www.mtv.co.hu. Archived from the original on 2012-12-13.
 - ↑ "MTV Magyarország".
 
External links
- This Is Desolation at Redfield Records webpage
 
