Album: Vessels
Artist: Starset
2017 Razor & Tie
CD: RZR00026
Band members:
Dustin Bates: lead vocals, keys, guitars
Brock Richards: lead guitar, backing vocals
Ron DeChant: bass, keys, backing vocals
Adam Gilbert: drums
Additional musicians:
Joe Rickard: drums
Igor Khoroshev: strings &
orchestra arrangements
David Davidson: violins
David Angell: violins
Elizabeth Lamb: viola
Anthony Lamarchina: cello
Programming by Rob Graves, Alex Niceford, Khoroshev
Additional programming by Josh Baker, Paul Trust, Bates
Digital editing by Paul Decarli
Additional pre-production: Baker, Rickard, Sahaj (Daniel) Ticotin,
Trust
Produced by Graves
Engineered by Mike Plotnikoff, Justin Spotswood, Graves
Mixed by Ben Grosse
Mastered by Bob Ludwig
Artwork & photography by Aaron Marsh
Tracks:
1. "The Order" [trad] (1:06)
2. "Satellite" [Bates/Rickard] (3:59)
3. "Frequency" [Bates/Graves/Trust] (4:41)
4. "Die for You" [Bates/Ticotin] (5:17)
5. "Ricochet" [Bates/Rickard] (5:10)
6. "Starlight" [Bates/Ticotin] (4:46)
7. "Into the Unknown" [Bates/Mitch Marlow] (4:30)
8. "Gravity of You" [Baker/Bates/Graves] (4:46)
9. "Back to the Earth" [Bates/Rickard] (4:13)
10. "Last to Fall" [Bates/Graves/Ticotin] (5:03)
11. "Bringing It Down" [Bates/Graves/Trust] (5:48)
12. "Unbecoming" [Baker/Bates] (4:10)
13. "Monster" [Johnny Andrews/Bates/Graves] (4:16)
14. "Telepathic" [Bates/Graves/Jeff Halavacs/Ticotin] (4:42)
15. "Everglow" [Bates/Graves/Rickard] (7:54)
Notes: A spacey hard rock album with Khoroshev in his usual roles
and working with Plotnikoff (engineer on The Ladder and House
of Yes).
The band's second album, work on it started as early as June 2015.
Released 20 Jan 2017, it made #11 in the US (#2 in the Alternative
chart), #85 in Germany, #60 in Canada, #56 in Austria and #52 in
Australia. Three singles were released: "Monster" (28 Oct 2016, with
a video; made #2 in the US Mainstream Rock chart), "Satellite" (12
Aug 2017; made #12 in the US Mainstream Rock chart) and "Ricochet"
(2 Apr 2018). (HP, 9 Jun 18).
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