I Can Tell You About Pain
| "I Can Tell You About Pain" | ||||
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| Single by Converge | ||||
| from the album The Dusk in Us | ||||
| B-side | "Eve" | |||
| Released | July 25, 2017 | |||
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| Length | 10:00 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | [1] | |||
| Producer(s) | Kurt Ballou | |||
| Converge singles chronology | ||||
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"I Can Tell You About Pain" is a single by American metalcore band Converge. It was released on July 25, 2017, as a 7-inch vinyl record via Epitaph and Deathwish, Inc.,[2][3] with the much longer track "Eve" as a B-side. The music video for the song "I Can Tell You About Pain" was directed by Tony Wolski.[4]
Music and critical reception[edit]
Consequence of Sound's Randall Colburn wrote: ""Eve" serves as a contrast to "I Can Tell You About Pain", as its seven-plus minutes incorporate group chants and menacing synths into its crashing guitars and pummeling percussion, giving the song an eerie epicness."[2] Stereogum writer Tom Breihan described "Eve" as "a monstrous epic", and stated: "Both songs are punishing in very different ways."[4] Pitchfork critic Saby Reyes-Kulkarni thought that "I Can Tell You About Pain"'s production style "almost leans in a black metal direction, giving the song a deceptively quick-and-dirty sound." Reyes-Kulkarni further stated: "This ability to switch from surgically precise to blunt and back again is what keeps Converge continually gripping."[5]
Andy Cush of Spin wrote: "The former ["I Can Tell You About Pain"] is quick and raw, finding the band in full-on firebreathing madness mode; the latter ["Eve"] is an unusually moody epic that clocks in at nearly eight minutes long."[3] Graham Hartmann from Loudwire described "Eve" as "a more experimental piece of Converge's catalogue", stating: "Focusing on doom and drone characteristics, Converge stretch out the expansive track in a way that feels truly inspired. Kurt Ballou's production is top-notch, as always, building a colossal wall of sound for "Eve" that remains dense even in its softest moments."[6] Treble Zine wrote that the former track is "an intense, rhythmically jerky noise-rock burner" while the latter "has some common traits with Oakland sludge innovators Neurosis, with whom the band is touring this summer."[7]
Accolades[edit]
| Publication | Accolade | Rank | Ref. |
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| Loudwire | 25 Best Metal Songs of 2017 | 10
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| SPIN | The 25 Best Metal Songs of 2017 | 8
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Track listing[edit]
All songs written by Converge.
- "I Can Tell You About Pain" – 2:24
- "Eve" – 7:36
Personnel[edit]
- Converge
- Jacob Bannon – vocals, lyrics
- Kurt Ballou – guitars, vocals, keyboards, production
- Nate Newton – bass
- Ben Koller – drums, percussion
References[edit]
- ^ "ASCAP Repertory entry for this song". ASCAP. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
- ^ a b Colburn, Randall (July 25, 2017). "Converge release new 7-inch EP, share music video for "I Can Tell You About Pain": Watch". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
- ^ a b Cush, Andy (July 25, 2017). "Converge Are Back With Two New Songs: "I Can Tell You About Pain" and "Eve"". Spin. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
- ^ a b Breihan, Tom (July 25, 2017). "Converge – "I Can Tell You About Pain" Video & "Eve"". Stereogum. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
- ^ Reyes-Kulkarni, Saby (July 27, 2017). "Converge – "I Can Tell You About Pain"". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
- ^ Hartmann, Graham (July 25, 2017). "Converge Unleash Two New Songs + Video For 'I Can Tell You About Pain'". Loudwire. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
- ^ "Converge announce new single, "I Can Tell You About Pain"". Treble Zine. July 25, 2017. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
- ^ "25 Best Metal Songs of 2017". Loudwire. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
- ^ Cush, Andy. "The 25 Best Metal Songs of 2017". SPIN. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
External links[edit]
- I Can Tell You About Pain at Discogs (list of releases)
