New Gods (album)

New Gods
Studio album by Withered Hand
Released 10 March 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)Good News2011		 New Gods
(2014)
Singles from New Gods
  1. "Horseshoe"
    Released: 10 February 2014[2]

New Gods is the second album by Scottish indie rock musician Withered Hand, released on 10 March 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]
Drowned in Sound8/10[9]
Exclaim!8/10[10]
Filter83%[11]
The List[12]
NME[13]
The Quietus(positive)[6]
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. ↑ "- / from 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 "Reviews for New Gods by Withered Hand - Metacritic". Metacritic.
  6. 1 2 Meighan, Nicola (24 March 2014). "Withered Hand: New Gods". The Quietus. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  7. ↑ "New Gods". AllMusic.
  8. ↑ Christgau, Robert (12 December 2014). "Expert Witness". Cuepoint. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  9. ↑ Slaughter, Matthew (7 March 2014). "Album Review: Withered Hand - New Gods". Drowned In Sound.
  10. ↑ Edwards, Michael (24 March 2014). "Withered Hand". Exclaim!.
  11. ↑ Brown, Jeffrey (28 March 2014). "New Gods Review". Filter. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  12. ↑ Keane, Mark (21 February 2014). "New Gods". The List. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  13. ↑ Mackay, Emily (7 March 2014). "Withered Hand - 'New Gods'". NME. Retrieved 13 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 (10 March 2015). "Excuses, Excuses: The 2014 Dean's List". The Barnes & Noble Review. Retrieved 13 April 2015.

Further reading

  • Christgau, Robert (25 March 2014). "A Tuneful Conversation With A Sometimes-Distant God". NPR. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
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