
TRAITRS
Horses In The Abattoir/The Sick, Tired, & Ill
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These releases garnered praise and attention in both North America and
Europe, leading to TRAITRS releasing its critically acclaimed âÂÂButcherâÂÂs
Coinâ LP in 2018.
A turbulent, atmospheric, and
enthralling album, "Horses in the Abattoir" which Sean-Patrick Nolan described to post-punk.com,
âÂÂTo me this whole record is about passing time and aging; the frailty
and impermanence of existence. How everything we know and love exists
briefly before disappearing into nothing. This record covers a wide
emotional spectrum from the beautiful to the horrific, overwhelming
strength to heartbreaking vulnerability...âÂÂ
Shawn Tucker said âÂÂThe theme of the record pulls heavily from the title: taking something innocent and beautiful and ending its life for no reason. In retrospect, âÂÂHorsesâ captures the darkest period of our entire lives and that hurt bleeds out all over the record. I can definitely say we are still the same band, but certainly not the same inside ourselves. Somehow âÂÂHorsesâ became its own beast and solidified its own place in the world. At times it seemed like all we had left was âÂÂHorsesâ and the record felt much stronger and self-contained than us. We stepped out of ourselves for a while, imploding, almost not finding our way back. We just were not that well to be completely honest. It was a destructive time and I didnâÂÂt even realize what was happening until the storm had finally passed. Despite all this, we had written 17 songs, over a hundred fragments and were excited to start a new phase of our career with Freakwave Records. When I hear this record, it pulls things out of me that you might not want to feel or confront, but thatâÂÂs what making art should be about. This recordâÂÂs filled with anger, sadness, beauty, hurt, love, loss and beyond. IâÂÂm very proud of this record. ItâÂÂs our best work to date, hands down, our post-depression record.âÂÂ
Shawn Tucker said âÂÂThe theme of the record pulls heavily from the title: taking something innocent and beautiful and ending its life for no reason. In retrospect, âÂÂHorsesâ captures the darkest period of our entire lives and that hurt bleeds out all over the record. I can definitely say we are still the same band, but certainly not the same inside ourselves. Somehow âÂÂHorsesâ became its own beast and solidified its own place in the world. At times it seemed like all we had left was âÂÂHorsesâ and the record felt much stronger and self-contained than us. We stepped out of ourselves for a while, imploding, almost not finding our way back. We just were not that well to be completely honest. It was a destructive time and I didnâÂÂt even realize what was happening until the storm had finally passed. Despite all this, we had written 17 songs, over a hundred fragments and were excited to start a new phase of our career with Freakwave Records. When I hear this record, it pulls things out of me that you might not want to feel or confront, but thatâÂÂs what making art should be about. This recordâÂÂs filled with anger, sadness, beauty, hurt, love, loss and beyond. IâÂÂm very proud of this record. ItâÂÂs our best work to date, hands down, our post-depression record.âÂÂ
Track List
01. Sea Howl02. Mouth Poisons
03. Prostitution
04. Magdalene
05. Oh, Ballerina
06. TV Hours
07. All Living Hearts Betrayed
08. From This Old Mirror
09. Ghost and the Storm
10. Last Winter
11. The Way Through A Bird's Love
12. Sweet Home
13. In Paintings, I Know The Killing Place
14. Burn to the Sun
15. Eat the Glass of a Dying Heart
16. The Darkling Thrush