Whenever, If Ever

The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die have become a cause célèbre as emo reemerges as a viable genre of independent rock rather than a pejorative adjective. The Connecticut collective's ambitious debut LP is powered by an almost frightening will to live.

Connecticut indie-emo rockers the World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die bring their particular brand of post-rock-informed emo songs to their debut album Whenever, If Ever, evoking the same sentimentally terse dynamics of '90s hardcore offshoots like Sunny Day Real Estate, Cap'n Jazz, and Mineral.

There is something eagerly fussed-over about Whenever, If Ever.

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