''Magnetic North'' is the fourth full-length album released by the
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. Josh Brigham, one of the guitarists and the only founding member remaining during the recording of the album, has said: "Our music has always been spacey and heavy, and we use those roots, combined with our love of grunge-era
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, we add some bigger, heavier riffs.
"We all admire bands that can morph and change with each album, and that is what we try to do. Expect change and progression, in both songwriting and overall style, on the new album."
During the period before this album's release, the band released a new song from the album on their MySpace page each week for the ten weeks prior to the release date.
"Bird Flu" was previously released on the compilation album ''Trustkill Takeover Vol. 2''.
In February 2017, the album was released as a 2-LP vinyl set through
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, and included "Saskatchewan" and an untitled demo as bonus tracks.
Track listing
Unreleased tracks
The track "Saskatchewan" was originally intended for inclusion on ''Magnetic North'', following the album's title track, but was cut from all releases without the band consenting. When the band found out the CDs and artwork had already been manufactured.
Other bonus tracks may have been planned but were not included.
"We're working on some interesting things still, with bonus tracks and such for the releases in Europe and Japan. We're talking about some re-mixes too. We scrapped a couple of songs on the record, so maybe we'll work on those, too. Be on the lookout."
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Personnel
;Hopesfall
*Jay Forrest – vocals
*Josh Brigham – guitar
*Dustin Nadler – guitar
*Mike Tyson – bass
*Jason Trabue – drums
;Production
*Mike Watts – production, mixing, engineering
*Rich Liegey – additional engineering, backing vocals on track 2
*Troy Glessner – mastering
*Chandler Owen – art direction
References
Hopesfall albums
2007 albums
Trustkill Records albums
Equal Vision Records albums
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