Varmints (album)

Varmints
Studio album by Anna Meredith
Released 4 March 2016 (2016-03-04)
Genre Electronic[1]
Length 47:26
Label Moshi Moshi
Anna Meredith chronology
Jet Black Raider EP
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(2016)

Varmints is the debut studio album by the British composer and electronica musician Anna Meredith, released on 4 March 2016 on Moshi Moshi. Released to widespread critical acclaim, the album won Scottish Album of the Year Award in 2016.[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic84/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork8.4/10[4]

In a highly positive review for Pitchfork, Laura Snapes awarded Varmints with the website's "Best New Music" label, writing: "[Anna Meredith's] first wholly independent project reveals her to be one of the most innovative minds in modern British music: She wears her obvious theoretical grounding lightly and never lets it obstruct her ecstatic quest for new ideas and deranged stimuli. And Varmints is a knockout, the kind that makes you see cartoon stars."[4]

Accolades

Publication Accolade Year Rank Ref.
Pitchfork The 20 Best Experimental Albums of 2016 2016 N/A
The Quietus Albums of the Year 2016 2016
49
The Skinny Top 50 Albums of 2016 2016
17
The Wire Top 50 Releases of 2016 2016
17

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Nautilus"5:30
2."Taken"4:50
3."Scrimshaw"4:43
4."Something Helpful"3:13
5."R-Type"4:42
6."Dowager"5:22
7."The Vapours"6:33
8."Honeyed Words"3:17
9."Last Rose"3:31
10."Shill"2:47
11."Blackfriars"2:58

References

  1. ↑ "Anna Meredith - Varmints". Allmusic. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Anna Meredith's Varmints awarded Scottish Album of the Year". BBC. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Reviews for Varmints by Anna Meredith". Metacritic. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Anna Meredith: Varmints". Pitchfork. March 7, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
  5. ↑ "The 20 Best Experimental Albums of 2016". Pitchfork. December 9, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  6. ↑ "The Quietus Albums of the Year 2016". The Quietus. December 6, 2016. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Top 50 Albums of 2016". The Skinny. December 1, 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Listen to The Wire's Top 50 Releases of 2016". The Wire. December 1, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
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