also commented that it was difficult to split his time between recording guitar parts and engineering the songs, and that during the last week he had to sleep on the studio floor. Style and composition The Unraveling is primarily a melodic hardcore record, with influences of punk rock and hardcore punk. Shawn Merrill of Exclaim! compared the album to works by other punk rock bands like Agnostic Front, Bad Religion, Gorilla Biscuits, and Minor Threat. The Unraveling begins with a quote by actor and musician Jack Black asking the listener if they "are ready to rock", which is taken from the 1996 film The Cable Guy. It then transitions into the first track "Alive and Well", a fast-paced song that combines screaming vocals with melodies in the chorus. Davey Boy of Sputnikmusic considers the second track, "My Life Inside Your Heart", to be the most accessible song on the album, while "Great Awakening" has a "frantic pace" with a hardcore sound. The next song "Six Ways 'Til Sunday" is more inspired by punk rock, with a long closing group chant. Boy notes that tracks five through ten alternate between short hardcore songs like "The Art of Losing" and "Remains of Summer Memories", and more conventional sounding songs like "The Unraveling". The eleventh track, "Everchanging", begins with minimal background music to highlight McIlrath's vocals. After two more hardcore songs, "1000 Good Intentions" begins playing, which James Benwell of Drowned in Sound compared to "Everchanging". Boy adds that the track is reminiscent of the sound of future Rise Against albums, with its punk base combined with more mainstream rock influence. The final two tracks, "Weight of Time" and "Faint Resemblance", close the album in a "nice summation of everything that has come before them", according to Boy. Lyrically, The Unraveling is intended to be thought-provoking, with themes ranging from "friendships and relationships [to] religion and memories". Release and reception Release Fat Wreck Chords released The Unraveling on April 24, 2001, in the United States on CD and LP formats; the original 2001 CD pressing is currently out of print. It failed to reach any major music chart, and did not produce a single. Since the album's release, some of its songs have been featured in compilation albums and other media. An acoustic rendition of "Everchanging" was included on the Warped Tour 2006 Tour Compilation and the European track listing of the 2007