{"product_id":"converge-love-is-not-enough","title":"Converge - Love Is Not Enough","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLove is Not Enough\u003c\/em\u003e might be the apotheosis of Converge’s decades-long journey through the punk, hardcore and metal microcosm. What they have created is a strident artistic statement on the turmoil of living that hones their collective strengths to a razor’s edge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere isn’t an ounce of fat. Every song moves with a power and purpose that eclipses their\u003cbr\u003ehuman origins, that speaks to the anger, pain, and frustration of the modern age. From the\u003cbr\u003eopening fusillade of the title track to the closing hurricane of “We Were Never the Same,”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eLove is Not Enough\u003c\/em\u003e is a sonorous balance of vitality and viciousness that reflects the chaos\u003cbr\u003eand uncertainty of the times we live in.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“There’s always obstacles in the world,” Bannon says. “Personal, professional, economical,\u003cbr\u003ewhatever. But I feel like we’re in a pressure cooker somewhere on our evolutionary line. It’s a\u003cbr\u003elot just to be a human being in the modern world, trying to function, maintain, grow, have\u003cbr\u003eempathy, have compassion. It takes more than it used to, to do all those things.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe album title itself says everything about the trials of today. “The line ‘Love is not enough’\u003cbr\u003eis something I had kicking around for a while,” Bannon says. “Some of the things I wrote at\u003cbr\u003ethe time were from a human resilience perspective, an acceptance of the brutality and\u003cbr\u003eunforgiving nature of the world. I was reflecting on that in poetic form and set it aside. When\u003cbr\u003ewe got into the studio, it all fit together.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnlike so many albums that adhere to a time-honored sequencing format, cherry-picking\u003cbr\u003efavored tracks for the all-important first, second, and final spots, \u003cem\u003eLove is Not Enough\u003c\/em\u003e is all\u003cbr\u003eabout momentum. “It does a thing that no other Converge record does—it keeps ramping\u003cbr\u003eup,” Bannon says. “And that’s definitely by design. Internally, we passed around dozens of\u003cbr\u003eideas for sequencing because everyone interprets music differently and there’s no right way\u003cbr\u003eof doing it. When we do that, we always joke that we all have to be equally unhappy. But this\u003cbr\u003eis the one that works.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DEATHWISH INC. \/ EPITAPH","offers":[{"title":"Golden God LP","offer_id":56287057412360,"sku":"REL-01029","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/6723\/1240\/files\/c00d10d10f6016446cbc8e01f8f6dd8b.png?v=1775626161","url":"https:\/\/www.relevantrecordcafe.co.uk\/products\/converge-love-is-not-enough","provider":"Relevant Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}