New Gods (Withered Hand album)

New Gods
Studio album by Withered Hand
Released March 10, 2014 (2014-03-10)
Recorded Castle of Doom Studios
Genre Indie rock, folk rock
Length 44:16
Label Fortuna Pop!, Slumberland Records
Producer Tony Doogan[1]
Withered Hand chronology
Good News
(2011)		 New Gods
(2014)
Singles from New Gods
  1. "Horseshoe"
    Released: February 10, 2014[2]

New Gods is the second album by Scottish indie rock musician Withered Hand, released on March 10, 2014. It features appearances from Pam Berry of Black Tambourine, as well as Eugene Kelly, members of Belle and Sebastian, Frightened Rabbit, and King Creosote.[3] It was funded in part by Creative Scotland.[4]

Reception

On the website Metacritic, which aggregates scores from reviews by well-known critics, the album has a score of 71%, indicating generally favorable reviews.[5] The Quietus' Nicola Meighan described it as "wise, but never preaching" and wrote that while Withered Hand's debut album Good News discussed mainly Christianity-related topics, New Gods focuses more on "more fiery celestial deities – namely the sun and the stars in the sky."[6]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(71/100)[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[7]
CuepointA[8]
The Quietus(positive)[6]
Drowned in Sound[9]
Exclaim![10]
NME[11]
Filter(83%)[12]
The List[13]
Sputnikmusic[14]

Accolades

New Gods was nominated for the Association of Independent Music's "Best Difficult Second Album" Award, but lost to Ben Watt's album Hendra.[15][16] Robert Christgau named it the third best album of 2014 in his year-end list for The Barnes & Noble Review.[17]

Track listing

  1. Horseshoe
  2. Black Tambourine
  3. Love Over Desire
  4. King of Hollywood
  5. California
  6. Fall Apart
  7. Between True Love and Ruin
  8. Life of Doubt
  9. New Gods
  10. Heart Heart
  11. Not Alone

References

  1. ↑ Pollock, David (2 March 2014). "Album review: Withered Hand, New Gods". The Scotsman. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  2. ↑ Horseshoe, Piccadilly Records
  3. ↑ Fitzmaurice, Larry (20 November 2013). "Withered Hand "Black Tambourine"". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  4. ↑ Dingwall, John (17 March 2014). "SXSW Festival: Withered Hand reach out to new audience in Texas". Daily Record. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  5. 1 2 New Gods, Metacritic
  6. 1 2 Meighan, Nicola (24 March 2014). "Withered Hand: New Gods". The Quietus. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  7. ↑ New Gods Review
  8. ↑ Christgau, Robert (December 12, 2014). "Expert Witness". Cuepoint. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
  9. ↑ New Gods Review
  10. ↑ Withered Hand New Gods
  11. ↑ Mackay, Emily (7 March 2014). "Withered Hand - 'New Gods'". NME. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  12. ↑ Brown, Jeffrey (28 March 2014). "New Gods Review". Filter. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  13. ↑ Keane, Mark (21 February 2014). "New Gods". The List. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  14. ↑ Ali (13 March 2014). "New Gods Review". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  15. ↑ Full Nominees Shortlist Announced for 2014 AIM Independent Music Awards
  16. ↑ AIM Independent Music Awards
  17. ↑ Christgau, Robert (March 10, 2015). "Excuses, Excuses: The 2014 Dean’s List". The Barnes & Noble Review. Retrieved April 13, 2015.

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