I.V. (Loma Prieta album) explained

I.V.
Type:	studio
Artist:	Loma Prieta
Cover:	Loma Prieta - IV.jpg
Recorded:	June 2011
Genre:	Screamo, powerviolence
Label:	Deathwish (DWI131)^[1]
Producer:	Jack Shirley
Prev Title:	Life/Less
Prev Year:	2010
Next Title:	Loma Prieta / Raein
Next Year:	2013

I.V. is the fourth studio album by the American hardcore punk band Loma Prieta.^[2] It was released on January 17, 2012, by Deathwish Inc. I.V. was written during an "intense and emotional" period in the lives of the band members.^[3]

Critical reception

Exclaim! called the album "a constantly shifting project, seamlessly weaving together melody, pummelling riffs, melancholic contemplation and an unmistakable Bay-area attitude," writing that the album "should be essential listening for anyone wondering what the future of hardcore is going to look like."^[4]

Track listing

1. "Fly By Night" – 2:40
2. "Torn Portrait" – 1:31
3. "Reproductive" – 1:17
4. "Trilogy 4 'Momentary'" – 0:56
5. "Trilogy 5 'Half Cross'" – 1:21
6. "Trilogy 6 'Forgetting'" – 3:02
7. "Untitled" – 0:43
8. "Uniform" – 2:12
9. "Uselessness" – 2:20
10. "Aside From This Distant Shadow, There Is Nothing Left" – 2:10
11. "Biography" – 2:33
12. "Diamond Tooth" – 3:18

Notes and References

1. Web site: Loma Prieta "I.V.". Deathwish Inc.
2. Web site: Loma Prieta | Biography & History. AllMusic.
3. Web site: Cohen. Joshua T.. Loma Prieta Interview. BlowTheScene. January 26, 2012. May 28, 2012.
4. Web site: Loma Prieta I.V.. exclaim.ca.