What It Means to Be Defeated

What It Means to Be Defeated is the debut album by American post-hardcore band Dayseeker which was released on October 29, 2013.

Untitled

Production history

On July 8, 2013 it was announced that Dayseeker signed a recording contract with inVogue Records. The same day the band released a lyric video from Hollow Shell as well as a live music video from Collision.Survive which are both featured on the album. The album was mastered by Joey Sturgis who had worked together with bands like Emmure, Asking Alexandria and The Devil Wears Prada.^[1]

On October 6, 2013 the band released an acoustic video for the same named song, What It Means to Be Defeated.^[2] The band streamed their entire album three days prior to it's release on October 26, 2013 via Alternative Press page.^[3] On October 26, 2014 it was announced that the album would be re-issued on November 24, 2014. It was re-mastered by Tom Denney and featured four acoustic bonus tracks.^[4]

Tracklist

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Black Earth"	4:33
2.	"Collision.Survive"	4:14
3.	"What It Means to Be Defeated"	4:26
4.	"Incinerate" (featuring Nathan Mead of I, of Helix)	4:41
5.	"Hollow Shell"	4:04
6.	"Dead Man"	2:57
7.	"Resurrect"	4:02
8.	"The Howe We Built"	4:33
9.	"Sleep In the Sea" (featuring Garrett Russell of Silent Planet)	3:47
10.	"The Quiet Disconnect"	5:00
Total length:		42:22

Re-issue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
11.	"The Home We Built" (Acoustic version)	4:53
12.	"Hollow Shell" (Acoustic version)	5:12
13.	"What It Means to Be Defeated" (Acoustic version)	5:44
14.	"Resurrect" (Acoustic version)	5:09
Total length:		1:04:02

Personnel

Dayseeker Rory Rodriguez – unclean vocals, clean vocals Alex Polk – guitar Andrew Sharp – bass Gino Scambelluri – guitar Mike Karle – drums

Additional personnel Jeff Darcy – producer, mixing Tom Denney - re-mastering Joey Sturgis - mastering Chris Moore - art design Nathan Mead - guest vocals on track 4 Garrett Russell – guest vocals on track 9

References

1. Brian Kraus: Alternative Press: Dayseeker sign to InVogue Records, release lyric and live videos
2. Brian Kraus: Alternative Press: Dayseeker (InVogue Records) release “What It Means To Be Defeated” acoustic music video
3. Michele Bird: Alternative Press: Dayseeker stream new album, ‘What It Means To Be Defeated’
4. Tyler Sharp: Alternative Press: Dayseeker (InVogue Records) to re-release ‘What It Means To Be Defeated’