Recorded Castle of Doom Studios Artist Withered Hand Producer Tony Doogan Genre Indie rock | Length 44:16 Release date 10 March 2014 Label Slumberland Records | |
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Released March 10, 2014 (2014-03-10) Similar Strange Friend, I Am an Island, Amphetamine Ballads, Everything Ever Written, Good News | ||
Withered hand new gods
New Gods is the second album by Scottish indie rock musician Withered Hand, released on March 10, 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. It was funded in part by Creative Scotland.
Contents
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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. 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."
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. Robert Christgau named it the third best album of 2014 in his year-end list for The Barnes & Noble Review.
Track listing
- Horseshoe
- Black Tambourine
- Love Over Desire
- King of Hollywood
- California
- Fall Apart
- Between True Love and Ruin
- Life of Doubt
- New Gods
- Heart Heart
- Not Alone
Songs
1Horseshoe4:03
2Black Tambourine2:55
3Love over Desire5:07