Bloodroot (album) explained

Bloodroot
Type:studio
Artist:Kelly Moran
Cover:Kelly Moran - Bloodroot.jpg
Alt:A series of small black hatchings on a white background with "bloodroot" and "Kelly Moran" hand-written on it
Language:Instrumental
Label:Telegraph Harp
Producer:Kelly Moran
Prev Title:Optimist
Prev Year:2016
Next Title:Ultraviolet
Next Year:2018

Bloodroot is a 2017 album by Kelly Moran, released on Warp. The album has received positive reviews.

Recording and release

Moran composed the work on a prepared piano which she later modified for the 2018 release Ultraviolet.

Critical reception

Album of the Year sums up the critical consensus as 79 out of 100, based on two reviews. Seth Colter Walls of Pitchfork Media gave the release a 7.8 out of 10 for "melodic ingenuity" with the mix of instruments. In Exclaim!, Kevin Press rated Bloodroot an eight out of 10, calling it "impressive [and] captivating", drawing parallels between several contemporary classical music and avant-garde composers as well as black metal acts.

Track listing

All songs were written by Kelly Moran

  1. "Iris"– 1:52
  2. "Celandine"– 3:06
  3. "Freesia"– 2:22
  4. "Hyacinth"– 3:24
  5. "Liatris"– 2:10
  6. "Bloodroot"– 3:27
  7. "Calla"– 1:21
  8. "Statice"– 3:21
  9. "Aster"– 2:51
  10. "Limonium"– 2:01
  11. "Heliconia"– 5:04

Personnel

See also