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Who You Are Is Not Enough

by Athletics

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1.
I 05:25
seeing this makes it easy, easier to fall. and i can’t wait for the end of it all. you’re breathing softly, so much stronger on your own. and no one now can take you from your home. stay. all we are is sinking endlessly
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II 09:15
i am not enough. i’m not the demons in your lungs. i am not enough to make amends with life or love. all that was done, you have failed to capture us. speak spoken love, offer nothing from your heart. i watched you fake a laugh. it was hard for you. we let the time just pass, but it was hard for you. and every simple task, i noticed it was hard for you. should have released my grasp, but it was hard for me too. all that was done you have failed to capture us. speak spoken love offer nothing from your heart
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III 06:10
i read your note and i know just what you want to hear. it hurts less over time, but i’m not getting stronger i just leave pieces behind. i can only fall so many times before i’m broke, unrecognizable. now all i’ve left to give is the piece that still remains. and you bring the pieces back, love it only reconstructs the pain. as time fails to elapse i’m finding you were everything to me. now my future and past are ending tragically the same
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IV 05:59
and now i think my faith is weakening. and just as you bring me back you push me from the ledge
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V 04:05
i attempt to write for you and capture all your vision through what you left for me, unknowingly. now the hardest thing, is to begin again. time may heal the deepest wounds, but a severed limb is gone for good. my love died with you. i should have died with you. i would have died for you
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Deep Elm Records is pleased to announce the forthcoming re-release of Who You Are Is Not Enough, the third album from post-rock / post-hardcore heroes ATHLETICS. A conceptual record about the quest to find oneself, Who You Are Is Not Enough was written stylistically as one song separated into five parts relating to love, loss and acceptance. The 10 track re-release will include the original five part album released in June 2012 plus an instrumental version of each part dubbed the 'Find Yourself' tracks. "This is an album about finding yourself. So we felt it was only appropriate to remove the albeit very poetic lyrics in order to give the listener an option to create his or her own experience to the masterful music without any pre-conceived ideas. It's a very powerful, unique, genre-spanning album that stands on its own with or without lyrics. So fans now have a choice on how to make the most of the music" says label owner John Szuch.

"This re-release lets us showcase these songs in a different way. The vocals on Who You Are Is Not Enough are sparse for a reason: we wanted the music to tell its own story. We are now taking it a step further by including instrumental versions of each song, letting the listeners decide what these songs truly mean for themselves. Who You Are Is Not Enough was also recorded to flow seamlessly from our debut. The opening of the album is actually the piano section of the song Affliction from the debut in reverse. So we are excited to have our entire discography in the same place. We're happy to be home" says guitarist Garrett Yaeger.

"Who You Are Is Not Enough is the constant feeling that everything you're doing and all the effort you are exerting is still not enough. Sometimes your best just isn't good enough, and for somethings it never will be. Ultimately after all that self-doubt, all the failures, and self-reflection, you realize there are more important things to worry about than being good enough for some social, economic or emotional standard. This album has been a long time in the making. It revolves around a single idea that was expanded on time and time again. When Athletics first formed we wrote a song called Five Years Later which was never recorded and rarely performed. It was about a friend that had passed five years earlier. It was the most important subject I had ever attempted to write about. I was never happy with the outcome of the song, it was never good enough, it never paid enough tribute, it never captured the emotion and he deserved more. Since his passing, I have constantly measured my failures and shortcomings against the notion that he would never even have the chance to fail. Having the perspective of failing being better than nothing at all is the idea that shaped the album. It relates our collective struggles and compares them to something bigger," adds Yeager.

ATHLETICS is Jimmy Boyce (guitar, bass), John Cannon (drums, bass), Howie Cohen (guitar, vocals, bass), Garrett Yaeger (guitar, piano, vocals, bass) and new bassist Zach West who did not play on the album. Who You Are Is Not Enough was recorded with Kevin Dye at Teleportation Studios in Freehold, NJ (Gates, Vasudeva, Let Me Run) and mixed and mastered by Greg Dunn (Moving Mountains, Gates, Vasudeva). Rosetta latte artwork by John Cannon. Athletics released their Deep Elm Records debut Why Aren't I Home? in October 2010 to rave reviews and their piano-only Stop Torturing Yourself EP in June 2012. Band photo by Jeff Zorn. The band formed in Upstate New York but now resides in the musically rich, seaside capital of the New Jersey Shore...Asbury Park. And yes, Athletics really is as good as everyone says they are.

"Nothing short of breathtaking. Sophisticated artistry with a beautiful edge. A must have. [Rating: 5 / 5]." - Idobi

"Athletics have carved a sweet spot in the post-rock genre. The highest praise possible. [Rating: 10 / 10]." - AmpKicker

"Remarkable. So unbelievably unique. Excellent writing and lyricism. A beautiful album. [Rating: A-] ." - Muzik Dizcovery

For Fans of: Lights & Motion, The Appleseed Cast, Explosions In The Sky, Moving Mountains, Last Lungs

Genre: Post-Rock, Post-Hardcore

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released April 22, 2014

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