Blog: Atlas and the Anchor

After gaining love from critics and bloggers for their debut Beartrap Island , Division Day returns with their sophomore album Visitation , released today on Dangerbird Records. Visitation is a darker, more cohesive album, showcasing the atmospheric synths and electronic beats that made their debut such a standout. "Reservoir" opens the album with a big, noisy beat as ethereal strings appear and disappear along with singer/keyboardist Rohner Segnitz's bending vocals and warped saxophone squeels. "Malachite" builds steam on a shuffling beat, rumbling bass line and dark atmospherics with a melancholic but poppy vocal melody. [...]

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