One album I cannot seem to stop listening to lately, although a couple of months late to the game, is Defeater’s Letters Home. It is definitely on my top list of hardcore albums brought in 2013 by a long shot as the vocalist’s passion  and the instrumentalists’ originality work in perfect harmony. The first song of the album,Bastards, was the first song I had ever listened to from the band which lead to the immediate order of the record and the constant listening of the rest of the songs. Bled Out, Blood in my Eyes,  and Hopeless Again are my favorites of the album and represent the whole album very well if you want a sneak peak of what the rest of Letters Home will sound like. Bled Out, especially, is at the top of my list because of it’s simplicity and passion-filled vocals that talks about self-resentment eventually ending the album with “And all I see is that bastard in me.” 

Defeater- Letters Home (full album)

Upcoming U.S. Tour Dates (Taken from the Bridge 9 website)

Mar 05 Defeater (w/ The Wonder Years, Citizen, Modern Baseball) Clifton Park, NY @ Upstate Concert Hall

Mar 06 Defeater (w/ The Wonder Years, Citizen, Modern Baseball) Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club

Mar 08 Defeater (w/ The Wonder Years, Real Friends, Citizen, Modern Baseball) Cleveland, OH @ Agora Ballroom

Mar 09 Defeater (w/ The Wonder Years, Real Friends, Citizen, Modern Baseball) Pontiac, MI @ The Crofoot Ballroom

Mar 11 Defeater (w/ The Wonder Years, Real Friends, Citizen, Modern Baseball) Chicago, IL @ House of Blues

Mar 12 Defeater (w/ The Wonder Years, Real Friends, Citizen, Modern Baseball) Burnsville, MN @ The Garage

Mar 14 Defeater (w/ The Wonder Years, Real Friends, Citizen, Modern Baseball) Moorhead, MN @ Gio’s

Mar 16 Defeater (w/ The Wonder Years, Real Friends, Citizen, Modern Baseball) Calgary, AB, Canada @ The Den

Mar 17 Defeater (w/ The Wonder Years, Real Friends, Citizen, Modern Baseball) Edmonton, AB, Canada @ The Starlite Room

Mar 19 Defeater (w/ The Wonder Years, Real Friends, Citizen, Modern Baseball) Seattle, WA @ El Corazon

Mar 20 Defeater (w/ The Wonder Years, Real Friends, Citizen, Modern Baseball) Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre

Mar 22 Defeater (w/ The Wonder Years, Real Friends, Citizen, Modern Baseball) Oakland, CA @ Oakland Metro

Mar 23 Defeater (w/ The Wonder Years, Real Friends, Citizen, Modern Baseball) West Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues

Mar 24 Defeater (w/ The Wonder Years, Real Friends, Citizen, Modern Baseball) San Diego, CA @ Soma

Mar 26 Defeater (w/ The Wonder Years, Real Friends, Citizen, Modern Baseball) Mesa, AZ @ Nile Theater

Mar 28 Defeater (w/ The Wonder Years, Real Friends, Citizen, Modern Baseball) Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall

Mar 29 Defeater (w/ The Wonder Years, Real Friends, Citizen, Modern Baseball) Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom

Mar 30 Defeater (w/ The Wonder Years, Real Friends, Citizen, Modern Baseball) Dallas, TX @ The Door

Mar 31 Defeater (w/ The Wonder Years, Real Friends, Citizen, Modern Baseball) San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit

Apr 01 Defeater (w/ The Wonder Years, Real Friends, Citizen, Modern Baseball) Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live

Apr 02 Defeater (w/ The Wonder Years, Real Friends, Citizen, Modern Baseball) New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues

Apr 04 Defeater (w/ The Wonder Years, Real Friends, Citizen, Modern Baseball) Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum

Apr 05 Defeater (w/ The Wonder Years, Real Friends, Citizen, Modern Baseball) Jacksonville, FL @ Roc Bar

Apr 06 Defeater (w/ The Wonder Years, Real Friends, Citizen, Modern Baseball) Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room

Apr 07 Defeater (w/ The Wonder Years, Real Friends, Citizen, Modern Baseball) Orlando, FL @ The Beacham

Apr 09 Defeater (w/ The Wonder Years, Real Friends, Citizen, Modern Baseball) Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade

Apr 10 Defeater (w/ The Wonder Years, Real Friends, Citizen, Modern Baseball) Greensboro, NC @ Greene Street Club

Apr 11 Defeater (w/ The Wonder Years, Real Friends, Citizen, Modern Baseball) Richmond, VA @ The National

Apr 12 Defeater (w/ The Wonder Years, Real Friends, Citizen, Modern Baseball) Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory

Apr 13 Defeater (w/ The Wonder Years, Real Friends, Citizen, Modern Baseball) Baltimore, MD @ Sound Stage

Apr 15 Defeater (w/ The Wonder Years, Real Friends, Citizen, Modern Baseball) Worcester, MA @ The Palladium

Apr 16 Defeater (w/ The Wonder Years, Real Friends, Citizen, Modern Baseball) Toronto, ON, Canada @ Phoenix Concert Theatre

Apr 17 Defeater (w/ The Wonder Years, Real Friends, Citizen, Modern Baseball) New York, NY @ Best Buy Theater