Innocence Reaches Explained
| Innocence Reaches |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | of Montreal |
| Cover: | Innocence_Reaches.jpg |
| Released: | August 12, 2016 |
| Label: | Polyvinyl |
| Producer: | Kevin Barnes |
| Prev Title: | Aureate Gloom |
| Prev Year: | 2015 |
| Next Title: | Rune Husk |
| Next Year: | 2017 |
Innocence Reaches is the fourteenth studio album by American indie rock band of Montreal. It was released on August 12, 2016.
Music
The album has been characterized as electronic, synthpop and psychedelic.
Style and influences
Kevin Barnes cited the Beach Boys, the Beatles, Jack Ü, Chairlift and Arca as influences for the album.[1] [2]
Critical reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 68, based on 21 reviews. Writing for Exclaim!, Daniel Sylvester praised the "inspired, inventive, re-energized and wide-eyed" sound.
Track listing
Notes
- Every song is stylized in lowercase.
Personnel
Adapted from AllMusic.[3]
- Bennett Lewis – guitar
- Clayton Rychlik – drums, percussion, piano
- David Barnes – artwork
- Drew Vandenberg – engineer
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Jerrod Landon Porter – layout, lettering
- JoJo Glidewell – keyboards, piano, synthesizer
- Keiko Ishibashi – violin
- Kevin Barnes – bass, composing, drum programming, engineering, guitar, mixing, producing, synthesizer, vocals
- Philip Mayer – percussion
- Robert Parins – acoustic guitar, pedal steel
- Zac Colwell – brass, woodwind
Notes and References
- Web site: June 1, 2016. Althea Legaspi. Of Montreal Detail New Album 'Innocence Reaches'. Rolling Stone. August 10, 2016.
- Web site: Of Montreal Announce New Album Innocence Reaches, Share New Song "it's different for girls": Listen. Pitchfork. Matthew. Strauss. June 1, 2016. July 8, 2017.
- Web site: Innocence Reaches – of Montreal Credits. AllMusic. July 8, 2017.
