Empty Days & Sleepless Nights

Massachusetts-based Defeater has been hailed as "a new artistic peak for hardcore," and their sophomore album, Empty Days & Sleepless Nights, further cements that accolade. The first four tracks showcase a new, acoustic side of the band that sounds a lot like Rocky Votolato and Ryan Adams. However, they return to their roots with huge sounding, heavy, catchy tracks to round out the rest of the album – Empty Days & Sleepless Nights is a masterpiece that showcases them at their best.