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and was released on July 23, 2013. The album was produced by guitarists Greg Thomas and Ryan Morgan, a first for the band. The album cover was illustrated by Adam Rosenlund. This is the band's last album with vocalist Karl Schubach.

Background

The band's previous album, '' Controller'' was released in 2008. The band would tour in support of the album for nearly a year before going on hiatus to focus on other projects. Vocalist Karl Schubach formed a solo project called Solace and launched a

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to help fund the project. As part of the funding incentives, Schubach provided vocals on a song by the UK

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. Guitarist Ryan Morgan and bassist Kyle Johnson formed the

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. Rhythm guitarist Stuart Ross and drummer Branden Morgan formed the

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band Living with Lions, becoming tired of performing heavy metal. Later that year, Johnson would leave Misery Signals as well. Following the departure of Ross and Johnson, the remaining members of the band released a statement that Misery Signals had not broken up. In early 2012, the band released a cover of the

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song "

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" for the video game '' Homefront''. The song was released for free download on March 22, 2012. The following month, Schubach released a series of tweets that the band was practicing again and working on new material. The band launched an Indiegogo campaign to help fund the upcoming album. The band released the song "Luminary" on July 3, 2013.

Track listing

Personnel

Misery Signals *Karl Schubach – lead vocals *Ryan Morgan – lead guitar, backing vocals *Greg Thomas – rhythm guitar *Kyle Johnson – bass *Branden Morgan – drums Additional personnel *Produced by Greg Thomas and Ryan Morgan *Mixed by Steve Evetts *Mastered by Alan Douches *Additional Production by Will Putney *Additional Engineering by Eric Rachel, Karl Schubach, Chris Teti, Andrew Glover and Adam Capps *Assisted by Randy Leboeuf and Kris Yates *Preproduction Engineered by Kevin Arndt * Guest vocals on "Carrier" by Matthew Mixon of 7 Angels 7 Plagues * Guest vocals on "Lost Relics" by Todd Mackey of With Honor * Guest vocals on "Everything Will Rust" by Fredua Boakye of Bad Rabbits * Orchestral string movements composed by Greg Thomas and

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* Strings arranged and produced by

* String sessions engineered by Ken Dudley * Violin: Juliann Eldridge, Emily Dixon * Viola: Kelsey Georgeson * Cello: Sara Cerrato, Samaquias Lorta * Percussion: Rick Morgan * Additional programming: Brian Southall, Dave Swanson * Crew vocals: Kyle Kearney, Daniel Graves, Chris Teti, Blane Christenson,

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, and Brady Murphy

References

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