Innocence Reaches
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| Innocence Reaches | ||||
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| Released | August 12, 2016 | |||
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| Length | 56:26 | |||
| Label | Polyvinyl | |||
| Producer | Kevin Barnes | |||
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| Singles from Innocence Reaches | ||||
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Innocence Reaches is the fourteenth studio album by American indie rock band of Montreal. It was released on August 12, 2016.
Music
[edit | edit source]The album has been characterized as electronic,[1][2] synthpop[3] and psychedelic.[1]
Style and influences
[edit | edit source]Kevin Barnes cited the Beach Boys, the Beatles, Jack Ü, Chairlift and Arca as influences for the album.[4][5]
Critical reception
[edit | edit source]| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 6.4/10[6] |
| Metacritic | 68/100[7] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   File:Star empty.svg[8] |
| The A.V. Club | B+[9] |
| Consequence of Sound | C+[1] |
| Exclaim! | 8/10[10] |
| The Guardian | File:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[3] |
| Pitchfork | 6.3/10[11] |
| Spin | 5/10[2] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 68, based on 21 reviews.[7] Writing for Exclaim!, Daniel Sylvester praised the "inspired, inventive, re-energized and wide-eyed" sound.[10]
Track listing
[edit | edit source]| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Let's Relate" | 3:53 |
| 2. | "It's Different for Girls" | 4:00 |
| 3. | "Gratuitous Abysses" | 4:10 |
| 4. | "My Fair Lady" | 4:25 |
| 5. | "Les Chants de Maldoror" | 6:04 |
| 6. | "A Sport and a Pastime" | 4:33 |
| 7. | "Ambassador Bridge" | 3:37 |
| 8. | "Def Pacts" | 5:02 |
| 9. | "Chaos Arpeggiating" | 5:54 |
| 10. | "Nursing Slopes" | 4:17 |
| 11. | "Trashed Exes" | 4:15 |
| 12. | "Chap Pilot" | 6:16 |
| Total length: | 56:32 | |
Notes
- Every song is stylized in lowercase.
Personnel
[edit | edit source]- Bennett Lewis – guitar
- Clayton Rychlik – drums, percussion, piano
- David Barnes – artwork
- Drew Vandenberg – engineer
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Jerrod Landon Porter – layout, lettering
- JoJo Glidewell – keyboards, piano, synthesizer
- Keiko Ishibashi – violin
- Kevin Barnes – bass, composing, drum programming, engineering, guitar, mixing, producing, synthesizer, vocals
- Philip Mayer – percussion
- Robert Parins – acoustic guitar, pedal steel
- Zac Colwell – brass, woodwind
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