Darling the Dawn
| "Darling the Dawn" | ||||
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| Released | April 21, 2023 | |||
| Recorded | 2022 | |||
| Studio | Thee Might Hotel2Tango, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |||
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| Length | 44:00 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Constellation | |||
| All Hands_Make Light chronology | ||||
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"Darling the Dawn" is the debut studio album by Canadian post-rock duo All Hands_Make Light.
Reception[edit]
A brief review for BrooklynVegan by Andrew Sacher considers this music a mixture of Broken Social Scene and Godspeed! You Black Emperor.[1] Nicholas Sokic rated this release an 8 out of 10 for Exclaim!, writing that "the guitar-free, orchestral shoegaze is propped up by a treasure trove of Montreal's independent music scene".[2] In Uncut, Sharon O'Connell gave Darling the Dawn a 7 out of 10, calling it "luminous" with "soundscapes that shift across drone, ancestral chant, shoegaze and a forlorn take on sacred music, lent extra otherworldly heft by Engle’s beauteous vocals".[3]
The album was longlisted for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize.[4]
Track listing[edit]
- "A Sparrows’ Lift" – 3:13
- "We Live on a Fucking Planet and Baby That’s the Sun" – 10:07
- "Waiting for the Light to Quit" – 4:46
- "A Workers’ Graveyard (Poor Eternal)" – 3:07
- "The Sons and Daughters of Poor Eternal" – 9:28
- "Anchor" – 7:30
- "Lie Down in Roses Dear" – 5:50
Personnel[edit]
All Hands_Make Light
- Ariel Engle – vocals
- Efrim Manuel Menuck – instrumentation
Additional personnel
- Michele Fiedler Fuentes – artwork
- Jace Lasek – mixing
- Jessica Moss – violin
- Harris Newman – mastering
- Liam O’Neill – drums
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Sacher, Andrew (April 21, 2023). "Album Reviews: redveil, Esther Rose, superviolet, Alfa Mist, more". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
- ^ a b Sokic, Nicholas. "ALL HANDS_MAKE LIGHT are Time Travellers on 'Darling the Dawn'". Reviews. Exclaim!. ISSN 1207-6600.
- ^ O'Connell, Sharon (June 2023). "New Albums". Uncut. p. 23. ISSN 1368-0722.
- ^ Minsker, Evan (June 13, 2023). "Polaris Prize 2023 Long List: Alvvays, Feist, U.S. Girls, Andy Shauf, and More". News. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
External links[edit]
- Darling the Dawn at Discogs (list of releases)
- Darling the Dawn at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
