| Mare Vitalis | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | the Appleseed Cast |
| Cover: | Mare_Vitalis.jpg |
| Released: | February 9, 2000 |
| Length: | 42:00 |
| Label: | Deep Elm |
| Producer: | Ed Rose, The Appleseed Cast |
| Prev Title: | The End of the Ring Wars |
| Prev Year: | 1998 |
| Next Title: | Low Level Owl, Vol. 1 |
| Next Year: | 2001 |
Mare Vitalis (Latin for "Sea of Life") is the second full-length album by Lawrence, Kansas-based emo group the Appleseed Cast.[1] It was released on Deep Elm Records in 2000.[2] [3]
Exclaim! called "Storms" "a brooding, seven-and-half minute emo classic."[4] Willamette Week called Mare Vitalis the band's "most essential album," writing that "[singer-guitarist Chris] Crisci and guitarist Aaron Pillar split the difference between their post-rock future and the driving punk that birthed the band."[5] The Chicago Reader thought that "on 'And Nothing Less' and 'Santa Maria' the Appleseed Cast find nirvana through repetition."[6] Vulture deemed it "oceanic indie rock." Stereogum named "Forever Longing the Golden Sunsets" in their list of "30 Emo Songs: Late 90s & Early 2000s Essentials."[7]