''The Tropic Rot'' is the fifth (and thus far final) studio album by American

hardcore punk Hardcore punk (also known as simply hardcore) is a punk rock music genre and subculture that originated in the late 1970s. It is generally faster, harder, and more aggressive than other forms of punk rock. Its roots can be traced to earlier punk ...

band Poison the Well. The album was released on July 7, 2009 through

Ferret Music Ferret Music was an American independent record label turned Warner Music Group subsidiary, founded in 1996. The label is owned by NORA's vocalist, Carl Severson, and based in West Windsor, New Jersey. Ferret recently started an imprint called N ...

. The album was originally intended to be produced by

J. Robbins James Robbins (best known as J. Robbins) is an American rock musician. Career Robbins began his career as a bassist for Government Issue, and has also led five of his own bands: Jawbox, Rollkicker Laydown, Burning Airlines, Channels, and Off ...

, however due to a family emergency he had to be replaced by

Steve Evetts Steve Evetts is an American record producer who has produced music for Alesana, Poison the Well, A Static Lullaby, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Sepultura, Symphony X, Saves the Day, Lifetime, Kid Dynamite, Hightower, Story of the Year, Every T ...

. ''The Tropic Rot'' received positive reviews and peaked at number 180 on the ''Billboard'' 200. "Artist Chart History - Poison the Well - Albums" Billboard. Retrieved on July 16, 2009.

Track listing

All music and lyrics written by Poison the Well. #"Exist Underground" – 3:36 #"Sparks It Will Rain" – 4:07 #"Cinema" – 4:22 #"Pamplemousse" – 5:51 #"Who Doesn't Love a Good Dismemberment?" – 4:05 #"Antarctica Inside Me" – 5:07 #"When You Lose I Lose As Well" – 3:30 #"Celebrate the Pyre" – 3:04 #"Are You Anywhere?" – 5:25 #"Makeshift Clay You" – 2:40 #"Without You and One Other I Am Nothing" – 5:33 Vinyl edition bonus tracks #

"D10 D11" – 4:10 #

"Deportation Spreads" – 4:08 Digital deluxe edition bonus tracks (from ''

I/III / II/III / III/III ''I/III / II/III / III/III'' (pronounced as ''One of Three, Two of Three, Three of Three'') is a limited edition set of three 7″ vinyl records by post-hardcore band Poison the Well. The collection features three EPs released both physically ...

'') #

"New Fast" – 2:11 # "Purple Sabbath" – 4:52 # "Shuffle" – 3:20 # "Bowie" – 4:40 # "A#No.1" – 2:35 # "Run Desire Gone Clean" – 1:02

Personnel

Poison the Well *Jeff Moreira – vocals *Ryan Primack – guitar, keyboards *

Bradley Grace Bradley James Grace (born 1982) is an Irish-American musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the bassist for the American metalcore band Poison the Well. He is the longest-tenured bassist in the band's history, having joined in 20 ...

– bass guitar, background vocals, guitar, stomps *

Chris Hornbrook Christopher Aaron Hornbrook is an American drummer and a founding member of Metalcore/Post-hardcore band, Poison the Well. He also is working with Dhani Harrison and Killer Be Killed and The Black Queen singer, Greg Puciato. From 2014 to 2018, ...

– drums and percussion *Brad Clifford – guitar Production *Produced and engineered by

at Castle Oaks Production & The Candy Shop Studios *Mastered by Allan Douches for West West Side Music Art *Layout and design by Sons of Nero

References

External links

"Exist Underground" live from Munich, Germany (March 21, 2009)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tropic Rot Poison the Well (band) albums Ferret Music albums 2009 albums Albums produced by Steve Evetts Albums with cover art by Sons of Nero