Familial (album)

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Released 30 August 2010 Producer Ian Davenport Artist Philip Selway Label Bella Union		Length 32:43 Familial(2010) Running Blind(2011) Release date 30 August 2010

Recorded 2001 (2001)–2010 (2010) Genres Rock music, Folk music, Folk rock Similar Weatherhouse, Radiohead Box Set, TKOL RMX 1234567, I Might Be Wrong: Live Rec, In Rainbows – From th

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Familial is the debut solo studio album by English musician Philip Selway, best known as the drummer of alternative rock band Radiohead. It was released on 30 August 2010 in the United Kingdom. The album contains ten tracks written by Selway, and collaborations with various musicians.

On 1 July 2010, Selway streamed the opening track from the album, "By Some Miracle", from the newly set-up website, in addition to offering a free, high-quality download of the track via e-mail.

Reception

Andy Kellman of Allmusic complimented the album's lyrics saying they "soothed rather than seethed" and wrote that "subtle, touching albums like this should be made more often". A mixed review from Pitchfork Media described "Familial" as a "modest, mannered record that prizes directness, simplicity and bittersweet sentiment above all, sometimes successfully, sometimes not."

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received a score of 66, based on 18 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.