This Is Desolation is the second full-length studio album recorded by Shell Beach. It was released in November, 2012.

Recording and production

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( Rise Records) and Zeek as special guest vocalists in two of the songs, with Tamás Somló ( Lokomotiv GT) playing the clarinet on track #9. The second record further helped Shell Beach get established as the most prominent band of the Hungarian and

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Music videos

''Vital Signs'', the first music video for the album was released in November, 2012. The video has been selected and placed in rotation on MTV Hungary and VIVA Hungary.

Track listing

#"Hoverboards Don`t Work On Water" #"The Greatest Skeptic" #"Vital Signs" #"This Arm, These Vessels" #"Saviour" #"Hirudinean" #"Bjornoya" #"Black Xross" #"Sit Down, Navigator" #"Ghoat Node" #"The Sleep Paralysis (ft. Zeek)"

Personnel

The following people contributed to ''This Is Desolation'': ;Shell Beach *Zoltán Totik – vocals *Pál Somló – guitars, background-vocals *Viktor Sági – guitars *Mátyás Mohácsi – bass *Dániel Ivánfi – drums ;Additional musicians and production *

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(9) * Matt Geise - vocals (1) *MC Zeek - vocals (11) *

- production, mixing and mastering

References

External links

''This Is Desolation''
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