| New Gods | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Withered Hand |
| Cover: | New_Gods_album_cover.jpg |
| Recorded: | Castle of Doom Studios |
| Genre: | Indie rock, folk rock |
| Label: | Fortuna Pop!, Slumberland Records |
| Producer: | Tony Doogan[1] |
| Prev Title: | Good News |
| Prev Year: | 2011 |
| Next Title: | How to Love |
| Next Year: | 2023 |
New Gods is the second album by indie rock musician Withered Hand, released on 10 March 2014. It features appearances from Pam Berry of Black Tambourine, as well as Eugene Kelly, Scott Hutchison and members of Belle and Sebastian and King Creosote.[2] It was funded in part by Creative Scotland.[3]
In 2022, a remastered version of the album was released digitally on Reveal Records, with two bonus demo tracks. It replaced the original version on Bandcamp.
On the website Metacritic, which aggregates scores from reviews by well-known critics, the album has a score of 71%, indicating generally favourable reviews. The Quietus Nicola Meighan described it as "wise, but never preaching" and wrote that while Withered Hand's debut album Good News discussed mainly Christianity-related topics, New Gods focuses more on "more fiery celestial deities – namely the sun and the stars in the sky".
New Gods was nominated for the Association of Independent Music's "Best Difficult Second Album" Award, but lost to Ben Watt's album Hendra.[4] [5] Robert Christgau named it the third best album of 2014 in his year-end list for The Barnes & Noble Review.[6]