Recitation is the fifth album from Envy. Recitation continues to expand upon the band's previous albums by using further elements of post-rock and spoken word while also maintaining screamed vocals, and is often seen as an album of further growth for Envy that improves upon the predecessors by perfecting their mix of screamo, hardcore punk and post-rock. They also continue to use Japanese lyrics. It is the only Envy release to feature no clean singing, only screaming and spoken word.
Track listing
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Guidance"
3:21
2.
"Last Hours of Eternity"
7:05
3.
"Rain Clouds Running in a Holy Night"
8:32
4.
"Pieces of the Moon I Weaved"
4:48
5.
"Light and Solitude"
7:58
6.
"Dreams Coming To An End"
4:04
7.
"Incomplete"
1:25
8.
"Worn Heels and the Hands We Hold"
5:44
9.
"A Hint and the Incapacity"
6:44
10.
"A Breath Clad in Happiness"
6:25
11.
"0 and 1"
7:32
12.
"Your Hand"
3:04
Total length:
64:33
Personnel
Dairoku Seki - Drums
Tetsuya Fukagawa - Sequencer, Vocals
Nobukata Kawai - Guitar
Masahiro Tobita - Guitar
Manabu Nakagawa - Bass Guitar
Takashi Kitaguchi - Recording, Mixing
References
^"Reviews for Recitation by Envy". Metacritic. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
^Envy have been around for nearly 20 years, so calling them the Japanese Sigur Ros feels like cheap shorthand--and yet, Recitation operates on that same plateau, its scale just as majestic. [Nov 2010, p.112]
^Mitton, George (20 September 2010). "Envy – Recitation". musicOMH. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
^Cook, Jason (14 November 2010). "Envy: Recitation". PopMatters. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
^For all of Recitiation's slow burners, ferocious cuts like "Pieces Of The Moon..." and Worm Heels..." go hard from start to finish, revisiting the band's hardcore roots. [Nov/Dec 2010, p.98]
^Mike Kemp (22 September 2010). "Envy - Recitation". Rock Sound.
^Meiklem, PJ (1 September 2010). "Envy – Recitation". The Skinny. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
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