Arankai has revealed everything you need to know about their boundless new full-length album.

Titled ‘The Shape Of Blue’, it will be released on October 30 via Hopeless Records. It serves as the follow-up to ‘A Portrait Of Red’, which arrived last year.

Arankai had this to say about the project:

“The Shape of Blue”, like its predecessor “A Portrait of Red,” covers a range of human experiences: rebellion, pride, sacrifice, to name a few that stick out. I tend to draw from personal experiences, but with this particular record I found myself writing songs that reflected specific situations involving other people; sometimes I wasn’t even a part of those situations, it was just a powerful moment I found inspiring.

I really wanted this record to be something special. I did a lot of things I haven’t done before, wrote songs in styles that were new to me; I really wanted to give people a new, exciting experience. I believe “The Shape of Blue”, as an album, is a strong, emotive piece. And I hope people enjoy it as much as I loved making it.”

The artwork looks like this:

Whilst the tracklisting is more like this:

1) Helter Skelter (feat. buffalo farm)
2) I Hope It Hurts
3) Disobey
4) Sick & Sweet
5) Playing God
6) Letdown
7) Temper
8) Choke
9) Convince Me
10) Have Faith
11) The Shape of Blue

You can also check out a fresh taste of the record in the form of ‘I Hope It Hurts’, a mesh of hardcore brute force, metalcore chugs and post-hardcore melodies.

Arankai had this to add:

“‘I Hope It Hurts’, is “a flavour-meld of hardcore riffs and vocals with punk and pop elements,” according to Arankai.”To me it’s not enough that a song is “heavy” – I need some kind of impact that makes me fall in love with the track. This song covers the idea of separating yourself from people who have taken advantage of you. Too often we stay in the same circle of familiarity even if it’s detrimental. So it is with peace we can say, ‘May you live and learn.‘”