- Record Label: Epitaph
- Release Date: Oct 8, 2021
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Oct 12, 2021With furious drama, callbacks to older tracks, and references to their own unwieldy name, the band’s fourth record would make for a theatrical swan song. Lord knows the revolving door that is their lineup lends itself to an unexpected and sudden demise. The World Is, however, appear to be tighter and more focused than ever before.
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Oct 12, 2021When the album’s key thematic line appears toward the end of the song—“The objects we’re locked in, immobile and violent/Just fewer like that, fewer afraid”—it feels like the awakening that the band has been building toward all along.
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Oct 12, 2021On Illusory Walls, The World is a Beautiful Place give a lot and only ask for some of your time, patience and attention in return. At every interval, they make it worth your while.
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Oct 12, 2021Illusory Walls is a definitive document of the power of their combined ability and belief.
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Oct 19, 2021TWIABP demands a lot of your attention through these challenging, often dreary meditations, but they do reveal themselves gradually through close observation. On the flip side, there is no shortage of positivity either. It's a tricky equilibrium that the band embraces as they emotionally erupt over a fiery concoction of shredding guitars.
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Oct 13, 2021It is the most technically proficient and hard-hitting music in their discography, albeit at the cost of their unique intimacy and warmth.