Plum (Widowspeak album)
| Plum | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 28 August 2020 | |||
| Recorded | Winter 2019 | |||
| Length | 39:07 | |||
| Label | Captured Tracks | |||
| Producer | Robert Earl Thomas | |||
| Widowspeak chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Singles from Plum | ||||
| ||||
Plum is the fifth studio album by American band Widowspeak. It was released on 28 August 2020 on record label Captured Tracks. Plum was recorded in the Catskill Mountains in the winter of 2019,[1] and was preceded by four singles: "Breadwinner" in May 2020, "Money" in June, "Plum" in July, and "Even True Love" in August.[2]
Critical reception
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 79⁄100[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [4] |
| Beats Per Minute | 73%[5] |
| Loud and Quiet | 8/10[6] |
| MusicOMH | [1] |
| No Ripcord | 8/10[7] |
| Pitchfork | 7.2/10[8] |
Metacritic summarised the critical response to Plum as "generally favorable."[3] Todd Dedman of Beats Per Minute wrote that Widowspeak's "sound remains a woozy delight, but with a more direct and purposeful feel to it," but felt that the title track is one of the weakest on the album.[5] Loud and Quiet wrote: "there's a rumbling, phantom thread in the strata of Plum that elevates their fifth effort to a vantage point above their previous releases," and compared Hamilton's vocals to Hope Sandoval of Mazzy Star.[6] In a review for Pitchfork, Julia Gray wrote that Plum "doesn’t take enough risks to really widen Widowspeak's scope."[8]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Widowspeak.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Plum" | 4:24 |
| 2. | "The Good Ones" | 4:38 |
| 3. | "Money" | 4:53 |
| 4. | "Breadwinner" | 4:09 |
| 5. | "Even True Love" | 4:46 |
| 6. | "Amy" | 4:03 |
| 7. | "Sure Thing" | 3:07 |
| 8. | "Jeanie" | 4:28 |
| 9. | "Y2K" | 4:39 |
| Total length: | 39:07 | |
Personnel
- Widowspeak
- Molly Hamilton – vocals, guitar
- Robert Earl Thomas – guitar, bass, synth, drum machine, loops
- Other credits
- Sam Griffin Owens – bass (tracks 1, 5, 7), synth (tracks 1, 4, 8, 9)
- Michael Hess – piano (tracks 2, 6, 9)
- Andy Weaver – drums
- Technical
- Robert Earl Thomas – production
- Sam Griffin Owens – mixing (track 1)
- Ali Chant – mixing (tracks 2–9)
References
- ^ a b Graeme Marsh (August 28, 2020), "Widowspeak – Plum", MusicOMH, retrieved December 18, 2024
- ^ Singles:
- Chris DeVille (May 27, 2020), "Widowspeak – "Breadwinner"", Stereogum, retrieved December 18, 2024
- Chris DeVille (June 23, 2020), "Widowspeak – "Money"", Stereogum, retrieved December 18, 2024
- Chris DeVille (July 14, 2020), "Widowspeak – "Plum"", Stereogum, retrieved December 18, 2024
- Ryan Leas (August 5, 2020), "Widowspeak – "Even True Love"", Stereogum, retrieved December 18, 2024
- ^ a b Plum at Metacritic
- ^ Heather Phares. Plum Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
- ^ a b Todd Dedman (September 3, 2020), "Album Review: Widowspeak – Plum", Beats Per Minute, retrieved December 18, 2024
- ^ a b Tristan Gatward (August 24, 2020), "Widowspeak – Plum", Loud and Quiet, retrieved December 18, 2024
- ^ Juan Edgardo Rodriguez (September 6, 2020), "Widowspeak – Plum", No Ripcord, retrieved December 18, 2024
- ^ a b Julia Gray (September 4, 2020), "Plum – Widowspeak", Pitchfork, retrieved December 18, 2024