The seventh studio long-player from the emo/alt-rock veterans, Tidal Wave is the much anticipated follow-up to 2014's chart-topping Happiness Is.
Written during Taking Back Sunday's olympic stretch of shows in support of their previous outing, the 12-track album incorporates elements of Americana into the group's signature blend of heartland punk and lighter-melting stadium rock, resulting in their most mature and diverse -- yet seamless -- set of songs to date.
Built around the rousing "Fences" and the eponymous lead single, a fiery two-and-a-half-minute blast of socially and melodically charged mayhem that invokes Bruce Springsteen by way of the Ramones, Tidal Wave sees Taking Back Sunday pay homage to their emo roots without falling back on destructive habits.
This newfound sense of peace with the world by no means yields to complacency, as evidenced by the nervy, punk-addled opener, "Death Wolf," but the band is in a far more contemplative place than a decade ago.
Heartfelt and nostalgic, it's Tidal Wave's less sonically charged cuts like "Homecoming" and "I Felt It Too" that resonate most deeply, suggesting that while time may not heal all wounds, it can certainly lessen the pain.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Death WolfTaking Back Sunday | Taking Back Sunday | Play | 04:12 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 2 | Tidal WaveTaking Back Sunday | Taking Back Sunday | Play | 02:32 | 5 MB | 20 MB |
| 3 | You Can't Look BackTaking Back Sunday | Taking Back Sunday | Play | 04:27 | 10 MB | 32 MB |
| 4 | FencesTaking Back Sunday | Taking Back Sunday | Play | 03:37 | 8 MB | 28 MB |
| 5 | All ExcessTaking Back Sunday | Taking Back Sunday | Play | 03:35 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 6 | I Felt It TooTaking Back Sunday | Taking Back Sunday | Play | 05:22 | 12 MB | 31 MB |
| 7 | Call Come RunningTaking Back Sunday | Taking Back Sunday | Play | 03:12 | 7 MB | 25 MB |
| 8 | Holy WaterTaking Back Sunday | Taking Back Sunday | Play | 04:19 | 9 MB | 32 MB |
| 9 | In the Middle of It AllTaking Back Sunday | Taking Back Sunday | Play | 03:12 | 7 MB | 24 MB |
| 10 | We Don’t Go in ThereTaking Back Sunday | Taking Back Sunday | Play | 04:01 | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| 11 | HomecomingTaking Back Sunday | Taking Back Sunday | Play | 04:01 | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| 12 | I'll Find a Way to Make It What You WantTaking Back Sunday | Taking Back Sunday | Play | 05:20 | 12 MB | 33 MB |
| 47 mins | 109 MB | |||||
| 47 mins | 348 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brad Clifford | Artwork |
| 2 | Shaun Cooper | Group Member |
| 3 | Brad Filip | Artwork |
| 4 | Ray Jeffrey | Pre-Production |
| 5 | Adam Lazzara | Group Member |
| 6 | Misha Lazzara | Cover Photo, Photography |
| 7 | Stephen Marcussen | Mastering |
| 8 | Claudius Mittendorfer | Mixing |
| 9 | The Noda Tabernacle Good Times Choir | Vocals |
| 10 | John Nolan | Group Member |
| 11 | Mark O'Connell | Group Member |
| 12 | Mike Pepe | Engineer, Pre-Production |
| 13 | Ed Reyes | Group Member |
| 14 | Mike Sapone | Producer |
| 15 | Taking Back Sunday | Composer, Primary Artist |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |