Harmlessness

Harmlessness
Studio album by The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die
Released	September 25, 2015
Genre	Emo indie rock[1][2] punk rock[3] post-rock
Length	61:03
Label	Epitaph, Broken World Media
The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die chronology
Whenever, If Ever (2013) Harmlessness (2015)
Singles from Harmlessness
"January 10th, 2014" Released: August 10, 2015

Harmlessness is the second studio album by emo band The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die. It was announced on August 4, 2015, and was released on September 25. The title of the album is a play on the name of the band's first EP, Formlessness.^[4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	84/100[5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AbsolutePunk	[6]
Alternative Press
Blurt	[7]
Pitchfork	7.9/10[8]
Punknews.org	[3]

Harmlessness charted at number 11 on the Heatseekers Albums chart,^[9] and at number 46 on the Independent Albums chart.^[10] Upon release, the album received critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from specialized critics, the album received an average score of 84, based on 6 reviews. Stereogum placed the album at number 13 on their top 50 albums of 2015 list.^[11] James of Stereogum wrote: "It's not the kind of music that will change the world, but it might just change your life."^[11] Aaron Mook of Absolutepunk.net wrote: "Harmlessness is ambitious and intimidating in scope; it is not an easy listen, but with the right amount of time and dedication, it is easily one of the most rewarding listens of 2015."

Accolades

Publication	Accolade	Year	Rank
Stereogum	The 50 Best Albums of 2015	2015	#13[12]
Brooklyn Magazine	The 20 Best Rock Albums of 2015	2015	#1[13]
BrooklynVegan	Our 50 Favorite Albums of 2015	2015	--[14]
Absolutepunk.net	Staff's Top 30 Albums of 2015	2015	#5[15]

Track listing

All music composed by The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"You Can't Live There Forever"	4:01
2.	"blank #11"	1:09
3.	"January 10th, 2014"	5:39
4.	"The Word Lisa"	2:03
5.	"Rage Against the Dying of the Light"	3:29
6.	"Ra Patera Dance"	4:30
7.	"Mental Health"	4:07
8.	"Wendover"	2:57
9.	"We Need More Skulls"	4:20
10.	"Haircuts for Everybody"	2:44
11.	"Willie (For Howard)"	3:10
12.	"I Can Be Afraid of Anything"	7:10
13.	"Mount Hum" (ends at 8:20; hidden track "Make Mistakes" begins at 11:28)	15:44
Total length:		61:03

iTunes bonus track[16]
No.	Title	Length
14.	"Make Mistakes" (appears on the CD edition as a hidden track to "Mount Hum", beginning at 11:28)	4:16

Personnel

The lineup for this album is:^[17]

• David Bello – vocals
• Josh Cyr – bass, acoustic guitar
• Derrick Shanholtzer-Dvorak – electric and acoustic guitar, vocals
• Steven Buttery – drums
• Chris Teti – production, engineering, mixing, electric and acoustic guitar, percussion
• Tyler Bussey – electric and acoustic guitar, banjo, pocket synth
• Katie Shanholtzer-Dvorak – keyboards, vocals
• Greg Horbal – brought a dog
• Nick Kwas – violin, vocals

References

1. Cohen, Ian. "The Emo Revival Ends Here: The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die Made a Perfect Indie Rock Record | NOISEY". Noisey.vice.com. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
2. Nassiff, Thomas (December 3, 2015). "Thomas Nassiff - Article". AbsolutePunk. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
3. "The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Harmlessness". Punknews.org. 2015-09-28. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
4. "Broken World Media - TWIABP - Harmlessness". Store.brokenworldmedia.com. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
5. "Reviews for Harmlessness by The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die". Metacritic. 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
6. Drew Beringer (2015-09-25). "The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Harmlessness - Album Review". Absolutepunk.net. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
7. Daniel Matti (2015-10-02). "The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Harmlessness". Blurtonline.com. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
8. Evan Rytlewski (2015-09-28). "The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die: Harmlessness". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
9. "The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Chart history (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
10. "The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Chart history (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
11. "The 50 Best Albums Of 2015: The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Harmlessness". Stereogum. December 1, 2015. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
12. "The 50 Best Albums Of 2015". stereogum.com. 2015-12-01. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
13. . bkmag.com. 2015-12-17 http://www.bkmag.com/2015/12/17/the-20-best-rock-albums-of-2015/. Retrieved 2015-12-18. Missing or empty |title= (help)
14. . brooklynvegan.com. 2015-12-31 http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2015/12/our_50_favorite.html. Retrieved 2016-01-03. Missing or empty |title= (help)
15. "Staff's Top 30 Albums Of 2015". absolutepunk.net. 2016-01-06. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
16. "Anonymous asked: what's the deal with 'make mistakes'? ...". theworldisabeautifulplace.com. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
17. Sacher, Andrew. "TWIABP detail new album 'Harmlessness,' share new single "January 10th, 2014"". brooklynvegan.com. Retrieved 2015-08-10.