Eternal Blue by Spiritbox
Discovering this album back in 2021, thanks to my boyfriend, was one of the best things ever. Which is ridiculously hyperbolic, but I stand by it. This is seriously an incredible album and I’d almost go as far to say it’s perfect.
The weirdest thing about this album for me is, I started listening to it in December and specifically on my way to work, so if I ever listen to it on a bus it reminds me of Christmas. Which is both weird and also hilarious. This feeling has started to pass now because I listen to it so often, but I thought that was worth a mention.
My biggest and pretty much only issue with this album is the song Yellowjacket ft. Sam Carter. Personally, I don’t think it fits with the other songs and it’s definitely my least favourite – more often than not, I will skip it. I do like Architects (of which Sam Carter is the frontman) but this song just isn’t it for me.
It’s very difficult for me to choose a favourite song from this album. It usually changes depending on my mood, but right now my favourite is Halcyon. It’s a bit more of a downbeat slower, less angry I suppose you could say, track and I really feel like the vocals shine.
The same can be said for The Summit. It’s also a really good showing of the vocals and it has a pretty good range. This one is my favourite to sing, especially in the car.
Ranking every song on Eternal Blue
- Halcyon
- The Summit
- Circle With Me
- Secret Garden
- Eternal Blue
- Sun Killer
- Holy Roller
- We Live In A Strange World
- Hurt You
- Constance
- Silk In The Strings
- Yellowjacket – feat. Sam Carter
Five years later and Eternal Blue is still 100% my favourite album from Spiritbox but Tsunami Sea is a really great album too. Maybe it will feature in one of these posts in the future, but I have a pretty big backlog of albums to get through.
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