''Hard Feelings'' is the sixth and final studio album by American

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band

Blessthefall Blessthefall (stylized as blessthefall or BLESSTHEFALL prior to 2013) was an American metalcore band from Phoenix, Arizona, signed to Rise Records. The band was founded in 2004 by guitarist Mike Frisby, drummer Matt Traynor, and bassist and v ...

. The album was released on March 23, 2018, through Rise Records. It was produced by Tyler Smyth and the band themselves. It is their only album to be released after the band signed to Rise Records in 2018.

Background and promotion

On January 26, 2018, they announced they have signed a new record deal with Rise Records. In the same month, the ensemble published a

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for "Melodramatic", with a video for "Wishful Sinking" broadcast the month following. In early 2018, the group toured with Of Mice & Men,

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, MCSW and Fire from the Gods.

Track listing

All music and lyrics written and performed by Blessthefall.

Personnel

Blessthefall *

Beau Bokan Beau Mark Bokan (born November 30, 1981) is an American musician and singer best known as the former lead vocalist of Blessthefall, and the former vocalist of Take the Crown. Background On September 26, 2008, Bokan joined Blessthefall as the ...

– clean vocals * Eric Lambert – lead guitar, additional programming, backing clean vocals * Elliott Gruenberg – rhythm guitar * Jared Warth – bass guitar,

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– drums, percussion Production *

–

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* Tyler Smyth – production,

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, mixing, mastering * Michael Sebastian Romero – assistant engineer * Cory Brunnemann – additional vocal processing *

Matt Good Matthew Aaron Good (born February 11, 1984) is an American musician, singer and record producer. He is best known for being the lead guitarist, lead vocalist and the only constant member of the post-hardcore band From First to Last from its co ...

– additional production on "Wishful Sinking", "Find Yourself" and "Sakura Blues" *

Howard Benson Howard Benson is an American music producer and multi-instrumentalist. He was nominated for the Producer of the Year Grammy Award in 2007 and 2008. Early life and education Benson was born and raised in a middle-class family in greater Philadel ...

– additional production on "Sleepless in Phoenix" Management * Matthew Gordner (Rise Records) – A&R Artwork * Corey Meyers – art direction & layout, photography * Lindsey Byrnes – photography, band photo

Charts

References

2018 albums Blessthefall albums Rise Records albums {{2010s-metal-album-stub