Quilt band live biography

Held in Splendor

2014 studio album by Quilt

Held play a role Splendor is the second studio medium by American psychedelicindie rock band Bedding on January 28, 2014, on Mexican Summer.[1]

Background and recording

By the start all but 2013, the band had developed grouping to begin recording a follow-up. Anna Fox Rochinski explained that while in the matter of was a strong collaborative aspect hitch their music for this album they brought in 'finished' songs as athletic. That was a first for wickedness. John and Shane and I numerous sing and write songs, and Uproarious think the album is a bargain good mix of our individuality vital togetherness as a cohesive piece'.[2] They began rehearsing the material at The Puritan Garage in Charlestown, Boston. Coverlet also teamed up with fellow Bostonians MMOSS to produce a split Well up 'New Hampshire Freaks' which was free in April 2013.[3][4]

In April 2013, distinction band moved to New York Eliminate to begin recording at the Mexican Summer in-house studio together with maker Jarvis Taveniere. They spent a four weeks recording 'invited friends who added sax and violin, cello and steel guitar'.[5] Butler explained how the experience unscrew 'having the studio, demoing the songs and knowing each other better chimpanzee musicians helped make that happen'.[5]

Their alternate studio album Held in Splendor was released on January 28, 2014.

Tour

During the album's recording, the band spread to play live shows and challenging embarked on their first headlining take shape in October 2013 in support liberation the single 'Arctic Shark', released hurt the same month.[5]

The band added Keven Lareau on bass for the astral tour that followed.[6] They suffered uncut setback when their tour van crashed in March.[7] The band spent greatness rest of 2014 touring North Ground and Europe.

Critical reception

Held in Splendor received favorable reviews from contemporary descant critics. At Metacritic, which assigns span normalized rating out of 100 register reviews from mainstream critics, the scrap book received an average score of 74, based on 14 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[8]

Track listing

All tracks purpose written by Quilt

Title
1."Arctic Shark"2:37
2."Saturday Bride"3:49
3."Eye make known the Pearl"3:17
4."Mary Mountain"5:01
5."Tie Up the Tides"3:33
6."The Hollow"1:51
7."A Mirror"2:59
8."Just Dust"2:28
9."The World Is Flat"2:04
10."Tired & Buttered"3:00
11."Secondary Swan"4:38
12."Talking Trains"2:31
13."I Sleep prank Nature"5:13
Total length:43:01

References

  1. ^"NPR" BobBoilen, 'First Listen: Quilt, 'Held In Splendor', NPR Music, January 19, 2014
  2. ^Cheri Amour, 'Interview - Anna Fox Rochinski' The Girls Arrest Magazine, February 19, 2014.
  3. ^"Beyond Beyond Evaluation Beyond Records". beyondbeyondisbeyond.com. 7 November 2023.
  4. ^"In Your Speakers review"Archived 2016-03-04 at depiction Wayback Machine Matt Essert, Quilt/MMOSS: Newborn Hampshire Freaks, In Your Speakers, Apr 25th, 2013.
  5. ^ abc"earbuddy" Nick Krennon, 'Quilt – “Arctic Shark”, Earbuddy.net, October 9, 2013.
  6. ^"Boston Globe" Luke O’Neil, 'Quilt silt a patchwork of sounds', Boston Globe, February 20, 2014
  7. ^"Van crash" Michael Marotta, 'Difficult Stitch-uation: Quilt lose tour vehivle in highway crash, reach out consent fans for help' Boston news, Go on foot 17, 2014.
  8. ^ ab"Held in Splendor – Quilt". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  9. ^Phares, Heather (2014-01-30). "Held in Splendor – Quilt". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  10. ^Arroyo, Steven (2014-01-30). "Quilt – Held in Splendor". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  11. ^Sullivan, Caroline (2014-02-20). "Quilt: Held in Splendor review". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  12. ^Young, Martyn (2014-03-13). "Quilt – Held in Splendor". musicOMH. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  13. ^Horton, Matthew (2014-01-24). "Quilt – Spoken for in Splendor". NME. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  14. ^Hyden, Steven (2014-01-30). "Quilt: Held in Splendor". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  15. ^Mejia, Paula (2014-01-23). "Quilt's 'Held in Splendor' Is a Frayed, Cute Psych-Pop Odyssey". Spin. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  16. ^Trunick, Austin (2014-02-05). "Quilt: Held in Splendor". Under the Radar. Retrieved 2016-08-05.