Love Streams (album)

Love Streams
Studio album by Tim Hecker
Released April 8, 2016
Recorded 2014–2015
Studio Greenhouse Studios, Reykjavík, Iceland
Genre
Length 42:49
Label
Producer
Tim Hecker chronology
Virgins
(2013)Virgins2013		 Love Streams
(2016)		 Konoyo
(2018)Konoyo2018
Singles from Love Streams
  1. "Castrati Stack"
    Released: February 19, 2016
  2. "Black Phase"
    Released: March 30, 2016

Love Streams is the eighth studio album by Canadian electronic music musician Tim Hecker, released on April 8, 2016 on 4AD and Paper Bag Records.[1] The album was recorded throughout 2014 and 2015 at Greenhouse Studios in Reykjavík, Iceland, where parts of Hecker's last two albums Virgins (2013) and Ravedeath, 1972 (2011) were recorded.[1][2]

Background and recording

The album features Kara-Lis Coverdale and Grímur Helgason, who were both collaborators on Hecker's last album Virgins, as well as contributions from the Icelandic Choir Ensemble, whose vocal arrangements were scored by Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson.[1] Hecker professed to having thought about ideas like "liturgical aesthetics after Yeezus" and the "transcendental voice in the age of auto-tune" during its creation.[3]

Critical reception

Love Streams has received universal acclaim from critics. On the aggregate score site Metacritic, the album scored at 83/100, indicating "universal acclaim".[4] Pitchfork gave the album a score of 8.2/10, writing that "Love Streams marks a subtle shift in Tim Hecker's habitual style, a pivot away from his hazy trademark."[5] PopMatters gave the album nine stars out of ten,[6] stating that "Love Streams is at once familiar and totally alien; a work of art that reminds us why we need art in the first place."

Accolades

Publication Accolade Year Rank Ref.
Consequence of Sound Top 50 Albums of 2016 2016
17
Pitchfork The 20 Best Experimental Albums of 2016 2016 N/A
The Quietus Albums of the Year 2016 2016
51
Stereogum The 50 Best Albums of 2016 2016
48

Track listing

All tracks written by Tim Hecker.

No.TitleLength
1."Obsidian Counterpoint"4:55
2."Music of the Air"4:08
3."Bijie Dream"2:16
4."Live Leak Instrumental"2:56
5."Violet Monumental I"4:58
6."Violet Monumental II"3:13
7."Up Red Bull Creek"2:41
8."Castrati Stack"4:01
9."Voice Crack"3:14
10."Collapse Sonata"4:12
11."Black Phase"6:15
Total length:42:49

Personnel

  • Jóhann Jóhannsson – choral arrangement
  • Icelandic Choir Ensemble – choir
  • Owen Roberts – choir conductor
  • Ben Frost – studio engineering, additional choral production
  • Kara-Lis Coverdale – keyboards
  • Paul Corley – additional mixing
  • Grímur Helgason – woodwind

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11] 86
UK Albums (OCC)[12] 97

References

  1. 1 2 3 "New Album 'Love Streams'". 4AD. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
  2. ↑ Strauss; Minsker. "Tim Hecker Announces New Album Love Streams". Pitchfork. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "The Quietus announce Love Streams". Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "Love Streams by Tim Hecker".
  5. ↑ "Tim Hecker: Love Streams Album Review - Pitchfork".
  6. ↑ "Tim Hecker: Love Streams". PopMatters. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
  7. ↑ "Top 50 Albums of 2016". Consequence of Sound. November 28, 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
  8. ↑ "The 20 Best Experimental Albums of 2016". Pitchfork. December 9, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  9. ↑ "The Quietus Albums of the Year 2016". The Quietus. December 6, 2016. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  10. ↑ "The 50 Best Albums of 2016". Stereogum. December 1, 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Tim Hecker – Love Streams" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
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