| "I Can Tell You About Pain" | ||||
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| Single byConverge | ||||
| from the albumThe Dusk in Us | ||||
| B-side | "Eve" | |||
| Released | July 25, 2017 (2017-07-25) | |||
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| Length | 10:00 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Kurt Ballou | |||
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"I Can Tell You About Pain" is a single by Americanmetalcore bandConverge. It was released on July 25, 2017, as a 7-inch vinyl record via Epitaph andDeathwish, Inc.,[2][3] with the much longer track "Eve" as a B-side. The music video for the song "I Can Tell You About Pain" was directed by Tony Wolski.[4]
Consequence of Sound's Randall Colburn wrote: ""Eve" serves as a contrast to "I Can Tell You About Pain", as its seven-plus minutes incorporate group chants and menacing synths into its crashing guitars and pummeling percussion, giving the song an eerie epicness."[2]Stereogum writer Tom Breihan described "Eve" as "a monstrous epic", and stated: "Both songs are punishing in very different ways."[4]Pitchfork critic Saby Reyes-Kulkarni thought that "I Can Tell You About Pain"'s production style "almost leans in ablack metal direction, giving the song a deceptively quick-and-dirty sound." Reyes-Kulkarni further stated: "This ability to switch from surgically precise to blunt and back again is what keeps Converge continually gripping."[5]
Andy Cush ofSpin wrote: "The former ["I Can Tell You About Pain"] is quick and raw, finding the band in full-on firebreathing madness mode; the latter ["Eve"] is an unusually moody epic that clocks in at nearly eight minutes long."[3] Graham Hartmann fromLoudwire described "Eve" as "a moreexperimental piece of Converge's catalogue", stating: "Focusing ondoom anddrone characteristics, Converge stretch out the expansive track in a way that feels truly inspired.Kurt Ballou's production is top-notch, as always, building a colossal wall of sound for "Eve" that remains dense even in its softest moments."[6] Treble Zine wrote that the former track is "an intense, rhythmically jerkynoise-rock burner" while the latter "has some common traits with Oaklandsludge innovatorsNeurosis, with whom the band is touring this summer."[7]
| Publication | Accolade | Rank | Ref. |
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| Loudwire | 25 Best Metal Songs of 2017 | 10 | |
| SPIN | The 25 Best Metal Songs of 2017 | 8 |
All songs written by Converge.
