Always Foreign

Always Foreign is the third studio album by American emo band the World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die. It was released on September 29, 2017, through Epitaph Records.

Always Foreign
Studio album by the World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die
Released	September 29, 2017 (2017-09-29)
Studio	Silver Bullet Studios[1] Burlington, Connecticut
Genre	Emo,[2] indie rock,[3] post-rock,[4] pop punk[5]
Length	42:23
Label	Epitaph
Producer	Chris Teti[1]
The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die chronology
Harmlessness (2015) Always Foreign (2017) Illusory Walls (2021)
Singles from Always Foreign
"Dillon and Her Son" Released: August 1, 2017[6] "Marine Tigers" Released: August 29, 2017[7] "Gram" Released: Sep 26, 2017[8]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	80/100[9]
Review scores
Source	Rating
The 405	9.5/10[2]
Allmusic	[10]
Exclaim!	8/10[11]
The Line of Best Fit	7.5/10[12]
No Ripcord	7/10[13]
Pitchfork	8.0/10[14]
Punknews.org	[15]
Under the Radar	7.5/10[16]

Always Foreign was well received by contemporary music critics. At review aggregator site Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received a score of 80 out of 100, indicating "generally favorable reviews" based on eight music critic's reviews.^[9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dylan Balliett, David F. Bello, Tyler Bussey, Steven K. Buttery, Joshua Cyr, Katie Dvorak and Chris Teti^[17], except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I'll Make Everything"		2:26
2.	"The Future"		2:30
3.	"Hilltopper"		3:02
4.	"Faker"		5:12
5.	"Gram"		3:50
6.	"Dillon and Her Son"		2:24
7.	"Blank #12"	Balliett, Bello, Cyr, Teti[18]	1:16
8.	"For Robin"		4:00
9.	"Marine Tigers"		7:04
10.	"Fuzz Minor"		4:32
11.	"Infinite Steve"	Balliett, Bello, Bussey, Buttery, Cyr, Dvorak, Greg Horbal, Teti[19]	6:12
Total length:			42:23

Personnel

The following individuals were credited with the production, artwork, and composition of the album.^[1]

The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afriad to Die

• David Bello – Vocals
• Joshua Cyr – Bass, Harp, Synthesizer, Vocals
• Tyler Bussey – Guitar, Banjo, Synthesizer, Vocals
• Dylan Balliett – Guitar, Vocals
• Chris Teti – Guitar, Synthesizer, Programming
• Katie Dvorak – Synthesizer, Vocals
• Steven Buttery – Percussion, Vocals

Additional musicians ^[20]

• Gary Buttery – Tuba
• Eric Stilwell – Trombone
• Matthew Hull – Trumpet
• Armand Aromin – Violin
• Sarah Cowell – Vocals
• Chad Matheny – Vocals, Electronics
• Bernard Parsons – Vocals
• Aaron Weiss – Vocals

Production and recording

• Dylan Balliett – Artwork, Photography
• Johnny Fabrizio – Back Cover Photo, Cover Photo
• Jason Link – Layout
• Chris Teti – Engineer, Producer, Programming
• Christopher Yeterian – Assistant Engineer

Charting

Chart (2017)	Peak position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[21]	7
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[22]	31
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard)[23]	15