Released April 8, 2016 Length 42:49 Release date 8 April 2016 Genre Electronica | Recorded 2014–2015 Artist Tim Hecker Label 4AD Producers Tim Hecker, Ben Frost | |
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Studio Greenhouse Studios, Reykjavík, Iceland Similar Tim Hecker albums, Other albums | ||
Tim hecker love streams album review
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. 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.
Contents
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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. 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.
Critical reception
Love Streams has received very positive reviews from critics. On the aggregate score site Metacritic, the album scored at 83/100. 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." PopMatters gave the album nine stars out of ten, 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."
Track listing
All tracks written by Tim Hecker.
Personnel
Songs
1Obsidian Counterpoint4:56
2Music of the Air4:08
3Bijie Dream2:17