rise & fall are that typical deathwish band. either way i would suspect them to be on a389 records or on said deathwish records. the sound, the images - very deathwish-like. they are a band i came across quite often in the past. may it be on other blogs, newsletters, fanzines or physical stores. i always declined to check them out just out of self preservation - a man just can't listen to them all. but that one faithful day in february 2014 saw me giving in to the permanent lure.
it must have been one of willem's or jake's rise & fall posts that made my curiosity win over. i saw this baby sitting at saturn store hamburg and took it from the racks, put it back, looked for the cd to take a listen, took it again and them finally decided to take it home. don't regret that move in any way. 'faith' is such a strong record.
it's a record full of emotions. angry as fuck, desperate and lonely, melancholic and slow, quiet and supporting. a masterpiece formed from the full pallet of human experiences. the only thing which is a tiny downer, and probably the fact they aren't even more popular, is the hefty converge tinge at times. there are parts which, without any knowledge of them, i would buy as converge songs without question.
love the record anyway. check out the last and best song of the album, 'faith/fate'. the packaging concept is pretty cool too. based on the four elements there are four matching vinyl colours. clear light blue for sky, orange for fire, clear blue for water and brown for earth. all out of 750 copies, so 3000 in total. quite a lot. along with the colours there are four inserts with respective motives to represent the elements through a die-cut cover, so one can decide which element to show on front. cool idea! deathwish inc. 2012.