Heartleap

Heartleap
Studio album by
Vashti Bunyan
Released6 October 2014
Recorded2007–2014
GenrePsychedelic folk, freak folk
Length34:42
LabelFatCat
ProducerVashti Bunyan
Vashti Bunyan chronology
Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind – Singles and Demos 1964 to 1967
(2007) 		Heartleap
(2014)

Heartleap is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter Vashti Bunyan, released on October 6, 2014, in the UK on FatCat Records and October 7 in the U.S. via DiCristina. First announced in June, Heartleap was accompanied by a statement where Bunyan wrote, "The whole point of the album was finally to learn a way that would enable me to record the music that is in my head, by myself. I neither read nor write music, nor can I play piano with more than one hand at a time, but I have loved being able to work it all out for myself and make it sound the way I wanted. I've built these songs over years. The album wouldn't have happened any other way."[1]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(82/100)[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork Media(7.8/10)[3]
AllMusic[4]
The Line of Best Fit(8.5/10)[5]
The Guardian[6]
The 405(8.5/10)[7]
musicOMH[8]
Record Collector[9]
Dusted Magazine(Very Favourable)[10]
No Ripchord(8/10)[11]
Clash(7/10)[12]
PopMatters(7/10)[13]
The Quietus(Favourable)[14]
Unrecorded(84/100)[15]

Track listing

All songs written, arranged and produced by Vashti Bunyan, except arrangement of strings in "Across the Water", improvised by Fiona Brice and Ian Burdge.

No.TitleLength
1."Across the Water"3:48
2."Holy Smoke"4:48
3."Mother"3:30
4."Jellyfish"3:42
5."Shell"4:08
6."The Boy"1:40
7."Gunpowder"3:04
8."Blue Shed"2:11
9."Here"3:18
10."Heartleap"4:39

Personnel

  • Vashti Bunyan - Guitars, synth, producer, vocals, arrangements, piano, dulcitone
  • Martin Korth - Mixing
  • Mandy Parnell - Mastering
  • Whyn Lewis - Cover painting
  • dlt - Design and layout
  • Fiona Brice - Strings, violin
  • Ian Burdge - Strings, cello
  • Gillon Cameron - Strings, violin
  • Jo Mango - Kalimba, flute
  • Gareth Dickson - Guitars
  • Andy Cabic - Guitars, vocals
  • Devendra Banhart - Vocals
  • Ian Wilson - Recorder, saxophone

References

  1. ^ Gordon, Jeremy (2 July 2014). "Vashti Bunyan Says New Album Will Be Her Last". Pitchfork Media. Pitchfork. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Heartleap - Vashti Bunyan". Metacritic. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  3. ^ Richardson, Mark. "Vashti Bunyan: Heartleap". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  4. ^ Jurek, Thom. "Heartleap - Vashti Bunyan". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  5. ^ Godley, Simon. "Heartleap - Vashti Bunyan". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  6. ^ Denselow, Robin. "Heartleap - Vashti Bunyan". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  7. ^ Greer, Jonathan. "Vashti Bunyan - Heartleap". The 405. Archived from the original on 18 March 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  8. ^ Paton, Daniel. "Vashti Bunyan – Heartleap". musicOMH. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  9. ^ Atkins, Jamie. "Heartleap - Record Collector". Record Collector. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  10. ^ Kelly, Jennifer. "Vashti Bunyan — Heartleap". Dusted Magazine.
  11. ^ Rodriguez, Juan. "Vashti Bunyan: Heartleap". No Ripchord. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  12. ^ Hampson, Gemma. "Vashti Bunyan - Heartleap". Clash. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  13. ^ Risch, Eric. "Vashti Bunyan: Heartleap". PopMatters. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  14. ^ Parkhill, Chad. "Vashti Bunyan - HEARTLEAP". The Quietus. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  15. ^ Abraham, Barnabas. "Vashti Bunyan - Heartleap". Unrecorded. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
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