Length 36:48 Release date 4 March 2016 Genres Indie pop, Electropop | Artist Miike Snow Label Downtown/Atlantic | |
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Released 4 March 2016 (2016-03-04) Producer Miike Snow
Henrik Jonback Similar Miike Snow, Happy to You, Album III, How to Be a Human Being, Pharmacy | ||
Miike snow my trigger audio
iii is the third studio album by Swedish indie pop band Miike Snow. It was released in the United States on 4 March 2016.
Contents
Production
The band teased their third album, and its leadoff single "Heart Is Full", on social media on 19 October 2015. On 29 October 2015, the band debuted "Heart Is Full" on the radio station Beats 1. On 3 December 2015, the band debuted the album's second single, "Genghis Khan", and announced the release date of the album.
Singles
The first single to be taken from the album was "Heart Is Full", released on 30 October 2015, which debuted on Beats 1 the day before. The video for "Heart Is Full" was released on 11 November 2015. The music video was directed by Lance Drake. The second single, "Genghis Khan", was released on 3 December 2015. The third single, "The Heart of Me", was released on 18 February 2016.
The official music video for the album's fourth single, "My Trigger", was released on 22 August 2016. On 30 September 2016, the Mark Ronson remix of "Heart Is Full" was released as the fifth single from the album. "The Heart of Me" is set to be released as a single in the United States on November 15, 2016 and is included in the Forza Horizon 3 video game soundtrack.
Promotion
The band performed the songs "Heart Is Full" and "Genghis Khan" on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on March 1, 2016. In addition, they announced a tour in 2016 to promote the album. The tour began on March 3, 2016 and is scheduled to end on July 29, 2016. Specific dates within the tour are part of major music festivals, including Coachella, the Governors Ball Music Festival and Lollapalooza, as well as others. The band also performed at SXSW on March 16, 2016.
Critical reception
The album received generally favorable reviews upon release. As of 8 March 2016, Metacritic assigned the album an average score of 68 on a normalized scale of 100. Entertainment Weekly praised the sound of the album, noting that "for Miike Snow, words are hardly the point. iii’s guiding principle seems to be style over substance — and Miike Snow have that in spades." The Boston Globe gave a more mixed reaction to the album, saying "the album does offer some irresistible moments, but they evaporate quickly".
Track listing
All tracks produced by Miike Snow; "Genghis Khan" and "Back of the Car" co-produced by Henrik Jonback.
Songs
1My Trigger3:12
2The Heart of Me4:00
3Genghis Khan3:32