Almost done with my first listen and I'm just so surprised how fresh they sound despite this being their ninth album now
I was thinking the same thing. They sound as hungry as a band going for a sophmore hit album or something. Absolutely love this.
Gimme a Converge record to listen to that is not this record so I know what Converge sounds like tho I did see them at a festival this past year so I kinda know.
It is really impressive that Converge appear to be getting better and better in this stretch they're in though!!
A stretch, but if you count the B Sides album, Deftones' Gore is a 9th album... probably is just an 8th though. It still rules. I've never been anything more than a casual Converge listener, but I'm going to really give this one a go.
I ordered black vinyl because I like when the record matches the cover art but then they were like SURPRISE it’s a hologram rainbow cover and I was like DAMN.
There are at least four JEW albums that are so far ahead of Integrity Blues, it's not even funny. This is a good answer though.