This Is Desolation


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

Recording and production

The band worked on this 11-song record for the past two years. The album has 88 tracks and includes Matt Geise of Lower Definition / Dance Gavin Dance and Zeek as special guest vocalists in two of the songs, with Tamás Somló playing the clarinet on track #9. The second record further helped Shell Beach get established as the most prominent band of the Hungarian and Budapest post-hardcore scenes. The album was recorded in Pannonia Studios and mixed and mastered by Dávid Schram.
, also Paul Somló's father, played the clarinet on the record

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

  1. "Hoverboards Don`t Work On Water"
  2. "The Greatest Skeptic"
  3. "Vital Signs"
  4. "This Arm, These Vessels"
  5. "Saviour"
  6. "Hirudinean"
  7. "Bjornoya"
  8. "Black Xross"
  9. "Sit Down, Navigator"
  10. "Ghoat Node"
  11. "The Sleep Paralysis "

    Personnel

The following people contributed to This Is Desolation:
;Shell Beach
;Additional musicians and production