Red Arms - Critical State

Review by Leticia Rossi Rodrigues

Critical State, the latest album from Red Arms, is a powerful and dynamic offering that showcases the band's impressive musicianship and songwriting skills. From the opening track, "Breaking Point," the listener is drawn into a world of driving rhythms, soaring melodies, and thought-provoking lyrics.

The album features a range of styles and moods, from the anthemic "Rise Above" to the introspective "The Weight of the World." Throughout, the band displays a keen sense of dynamics, building tension and releasing it with precision and skill.

The production on Critical State is top-notch, with each instrument and voice given space to shine. The guitar work of Eric Eyster and Alex Lichtenauer is particularly impressive, with intricate riffs and solos that add depth and texture to the songs.

At its core, Critical State is a rock album with a message. The lyrics touch on themes of struggle, perseverance, and the search for meaning in a chaotic world. But rather than being heavy-handed or preachy, the songs are crafted with a sense of empathy and understanding that makes them all the more powerful.

Artist: Red Arms
Album: Critical State

Canada

Rock

2019

Rating: 5.0

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Tracks

Track	Duration	Preview
My Failure	3:41
Down To Sound	2:17
All This Noise	2:06
Huckster	2:05
Better Than Nothing	2:19
Pathetic Charms	4:22
Ran Away	3:47
Post Punk	3:33
Listless	3:42
Midwinter	3:59

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Catalog Numbers

YEAHR39
RTR-010

Labels

Yeah Right!
Reel Too Real Records

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CD
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Opaque Purple
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White Label

Companies

Role	Company
Mastered At	Railtown Mastering
Recorded At	11th Hour Studios
Mixed At	The Sugar Shack, London
Manufactured By	Archer Record Pressing

Credits

Role	Credit
Artwork By	Eric Longtin
Backing Vocals	Curtis Hebert, Eric Longtin, Roberto LoRusso
Bass	Curtis Hebert
Design	Eric Longtin
Drums	Jay Westman
Guitar	Eric Longtin, Roberto LoRusso
Layout	Dylan Sixx, Eric Longtin, Jeremy Bruneel
Mastered By	Stu McKillop
Mixed By	Kyle Ashbourne
Photography By	Eric Longtin, Jess Baird
Producer	Kyle Ashbourne, Red Arms, Roberto LoRusso
Recorded By	Roberto LoRusso
Vocals	Eric Longtin, Roberto LoRusso

Notes

50 promo-only copies were sent by Yeah Right! to every Canadian campus radio station (Earshot mailout).
Recorded at 11th Hour Studios in London, Ontario between Spring 2017 and Summer 2018.
Mixed at The Sugar Shack London, Ontario between November 2018 and January 2019.
Engineered, mixed & produced by Roberto LoRusso, Kyle Ashbourne, and Red Arms.
Mastered by Stu McKillop at Railtown Studios, Vancouver, B.C.
Limited edition of 25 copies.
Dark purple pressing. Limited to 100 copies.
Black vinyl edition. Limited to 300 copies.
Test pressing on black vinyl with white labels and Yeah Right! stamp. Limited to 6 copies.

About Red Arms

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Loud rock and roll from London, Ontario since 2013. The noisy post-punk fueled guitar hooks and fill heavy drums, kick out the jams in a distortion-heavy wall of sound, mining the likes of all your favorite SST, Merge, Touch & Go, and Matador records. They digitally self-released their first EP in late 2013 which gained the attention of CBC Musics Grant Lawrence and led to the regular airplay of the single 'Down To Sound' on CBC Radio 3 and a place on CBC's top 15 punk bands of 2015. They released the EP Welcome to the New Cold War on CD and cassette in 2015 via indie label, Curt Murder Fan Club. They released their vinyl debut Let Every Nation Know on indie label Yeah Right! Records in March 2016 (Public Animal, Danko Jones, Biters, Single Mothers, Wasted Potential, Dboy, Ancient Shapes). Let Every Nation Know heads down the same rabbit hole of interpersonal struggles and intellectual political opinion story telling. They've maintained their stay in the loud rock and roll realm and continue to diversify and pay tribute to former glories of bands such as Dinosaur Jr., Hüsker Dü, The Replacements, Mission Of Burma, The Hellacopters, Hot Snakes, Superchunk, Guided By Voices, etc. Their debut LP, Critical State, to be released on Yeah Right! Records in spring/summer 2019. The band has shared a stage with Swervedriver, Nothing, Change Of Heart, Constantines, Limblifter, Teenage Kicks, BIONIC, Sam Coffey and The Iron Lungs, Coliseum, Heart Attack Kids and many more.