This Is The Last Time to release debut album »Acclimation« this November via Drown Within Records, Dead Red Queen Records and Here Is Nowhere Records

US instrumental post-metal band This Is The Last Time featuring former and current members of Sunless, Orwell and Poney will release their debut album »Acclimation« on November 18th, 2022 via Drown Within Records, Dead Red Queen Records and Here Is Nowhere Records.

This Is The Last Time already released two singles from the album, »Ipanema Blue« and »Acclimation«.

Tracklist:
01. Acclimation
02. Ipanema Blue
03. Small Framed Deliberate Fast Simple Feelings
04. Turing Test Results

Produced, mixed and mastered by Adam Tucker.
Art and layout by Andrew Notsch.
Logo by Christophe Szpajdel.

Courtesy of Kairos Promotion:

Formed at the height of Covid in 2020 and written and recorded remotely between NYC and the Midwest, This Is The Last Time features past and current members of Sunless, Orwell, Iron Thrones and Poney. Head songwriter, guitarist and visual director Andrew Notsch (ex-Sunless, current: Manipulator) initiated the project and recruited Tim Bradley (ex-Orwell) for guitar, song arrangement and to expand on the initial ideas brought forth. Bass was supplied by Tyler Spatz (Poney) who rounded out the low end and brought an entirely new dimension of rhythm and melody to the mix. The Drum programming was handled by Taylor Hamel (Sunless) and polished by Adam Tucker of Signaturetone Recording who compiled the individual recordings and produced the album. Additional guitar accompaniments and atmospherics were contributed by Steve Henningsgard (Iron Thrones). Additional synth parts were performed by both Spatz and Notsch.

»Acclimation«, the debut release by This Is The Last Time is a sweeping instrumental metal album that spans the genre and further, nodding to the likes of bands as varied as Cloudkicker, Barn Owl, In Flames, Meshuggah, Gorguts and Pelican. The band worked tirelessly to create an instrumental album crafted specifically to circumvent the need for a vocal performance and create music that is just as creative and catchy as anything with words. Notsch describes the album as a pop-metal album because of the sweeping melodies and many major-scale/uplifting parts. “We were in the height of lockdown in NYC, there was the sound of ambulances non stop for two months straight despite not a seeing a soul on the street, I wanted to create a sense of optimism in the middle of the darkness. »Acclimation« seeks to build that optimism and adapt to the current state of the world. We intended to write a feel good / strolling on a beautiful summer day album, but with a ton of blast beats.”

“Visually, we wanted to mirror the concept of the album by creating visuals that were both slightly spooky but encouraging. A rainbow cloud moving through a dark forest was both a nod to our metal influences and also something more uplifting.”

A music video for the first track »Acclimation« further expands the visual concepts laid out in the album art and was created using both found footage and video shot by Notsch.

► Purchase vinyl or digital album direct from the band:
thisisthelasttime.bandcamp.com/album/acclimation

► Also available in North America via:
hereisnowhererecords.bigcartel.com
deadredqueenrecords.limitedrun.com/store

► Also available in Europe via:
drownwithinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/acclimation

This Is The Last Time is:
Andrew Notsch – Guitar / Synth
Tim Bradley – Guitar
Tyler Spatz – Bass / Synth
Taylor Hamel – Drum Programming
Steven Henningsgard – Guitar

FFO: Pelican, Cloudkicker, Isis, Barn Owl, Animals As Leaders, Russian Circles, If These Trees Could Talk

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well