A.D. Tracklist
The following description comes from an interview by Eli Enis of Kerrang! with Justice Tripp of Angel Du$t.
A.D. arrived one year later (2014) and it immediately made Xtra Raw sound like a demo. The melodies were sharper, the riffs were more thought-out, the harmonies were more distinct, and the arrangements sounded more “written.” But above all, the production elevated Angel Du$t to the level of the members’ other bands. It was beginning to sound like more than just a side-project.
“We had more of an idea of what the band wanted to be and started, like, focusing on it. The influences that worked for us became more obvious to us. We started talking to Brian McTernan about recording Angel Du$t and we’re all big fans of him and his recordings…That might’ve been the main incentive at the time to record something, to just record something with [McTernan].”
McTernan is a figurehead of Baltimore hardcore, having fronted revered D.C. band Battery in the 90’s before pivoting to producing seminal hardcore records for the likes of Cave In and Snapcase in the 2000’s. He also had a lot experience working with pop-punk and emo bands. Therefore, he had the know-how to polish the hook on an A.D. track like Big One without taking away from the snarling character of Set Me Up. That’s a dynamic choice most bands outside of the Angel Du$t family would veer away from, but Tripp and co. leaned into it.
“It was a very conscious effort to be doing something very far and removed from Trapped Under Ice.”
