This Is How the Wind Shifts
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| Studio album by Silverstein | ||||
| Released | February 5, 2013 | |||
| Recorded | Late 2012 at Sundown Studios, Guelph, Ontario | |||
| Genre | Post-hardcore | |||
| Length | 37:36 | |||
| Label | Hopeless | |||
| Producer | Jordan Valeriote | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AbsolutePunk | (8.0/10) |
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| Rock Sound | (7/10) |
This Is How the Wind Shifts is the seventh studio album by Canadian rock band Silverstein, released on February 5, 2013 through Hopeless Records.
It is the first album to not feature long time lead guitarist Neil Boshart and first to include new guitarist Paul-Marc Rousseau.
Silverstein announced they had signed with Hopeless on November 15, 2010. Vocalist Shane Told said the band have been "huge fans of the label since their inception". Hopeless released the band's Rescue (2011) album in April 2011 and Short Songs (2012) album in February 2012. In mid-to-late August, the band went on the Short Songs, Short Tour; the last tour they would go on before starting to work on a new album. In late September, the band announced that guitarist Neil Boshart hasn't been in the band for the preceding month and was replaced by Paul Marc Rousseau, who has previously worked for the band.This Is How the Wind Shifts was recorded at Sundown Studios in Guelph, Ontario, Canada with producer Jordan Valeriote. Valeriote also engineered and mixed the album. It was mastered by Troy Glessener at Spectre Mastering.
According to Told, This Is How the Wind Shifts is a concept album, similar to A Shipwreck in the Sand (2009). Told was in the same head space as when he wrote Shipwreck. He wished to do more than hoping material would come out of the band jamming together.This Is How the Wind Shifts does not have the typical beginning, middle and end story line that featured on Shipwreck. The album consists of six different stories alongside parallel tracks: One of the songs being the story and another end the story. Told thought this approach was "interesting". However, he isn't that interested in concept albums, declaring he simply tries "to write great songs." Told said of the album:
The music for "Stand Amid the Roar" was written by Rousseau before he had joined the band. Told mention that the group "weren't sure at first if it was going to be a great fit". Rousseau showed a demo of "Stand Amid the Roar" to the band and that was "all it took for him to get in the band!", as Told revealed. "On Brave Mountains We Conquer", and its counterpart "In Silent Seas We Drown", are the most autobiographical songs on the album. "On Brave Mountains We Conquer" also talks about settling down and giving up one's dreams. The lyrics of "Massachusetts" refer to an abusive relationship and the problems one faces with it. The band nearly thought about not recording the song due to its similarity to another Silverstein song. As a compromise, the group "changed it around slightly" according to Told. The tracks "This Is How" and "The Wind Shifts" were written and recorded at the same time. Told notes that they are a summary of the album and that they "symbolize how similar everyone is regardless of how different they seem externally."
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