I Have Fought Against It, but I Can't Any Longer. is the sixth full-length studio album by the American experimental metal band the Body. The album was released on May 11, 2018, through Thrill Jockey. The band have described the album as their most ambitious to date, featuring samples of their own past recordings. The album's title is an excerpt from Virginia Woolf's suicide letter.
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Critical reception
I Have Fought Against It, but I Can't Any Longer was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 75, based on 9 reviews. Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 76 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 12 reviews.
Pitchfork included I Have Fought Against It, but I Can't Any Longer. on its list of 2018's best metal albums.
Personnel
I Have Fought Against It, but I Can't Any Longer. credits adapted from AllMusic.
The Body
Lee Buford
Chip King
Additional musicians
Michael Berdan (Uniform) – vocals
Ben Eberle (Sandworm) – vocals
Laura Gulley (Amoebic Ensemble) – viola, violin
Kristin Hayter (Lingua Ignota) – piano, vocals
Jim Manchester – vocals
Seth Manchester – drums, programming
Ryan Seaton – saxophone
Keith Souza – drums, keyboards
Chrissy Wolpert (Assembly of Light Choir) – piano, vocals
Production
Seth Manchester – engineering, production
Keith Souza – engineering, production
Paco Barba – layout
Richard Rankin – artwork, photography