Not to Disappear explained

Not to Disappear
Type:studio
Artist:Daughter
Cover:Daughter_-_Not_to_Disappear_album_cover.jpg
Recorded:Rare Book Room Studio, Brooklyn, New York
Length:47:03
Language:English
Label:4AD
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Not to Disappear is the second studio album by British indie folk band Daughter, released on 15 January 2016 by 4AD.[1] In anticipation of the album, a music video for the promotional single "Doing the Right Thing" was released on 30 September 2015.[2] A music video for the single "Numbers" followed in November 2015. The album cover is "The World is Spinning Around", a painting by British artist Sarah Shaw.[3]

Critical reception

Not to Disappear received generally positive reviews from critics. Annie Zaleski of The A.V. Club found that Daughter's "brutal lyrical honesty" sets them apart from musical antecedents such as The Cure, PJ Harvey and Beach House. Sonic Seducer said that the band had created a dynamic mixture of indie pop, folk and shoegaze that reflected influences from bands such as London Grammar and Massive Attack.[4] Marcy Donelson of AllMusic called the album "elegant, moving, and often beautiful", as well as sufficiently dynamic despite its reliance on "sound-defining delay, a dark tone palette, and friable vocals". Rolling Stones Amy Rose Spiegel was more critical, finding that the minimal instrumentation "can highlight the monotony of Tonra's gorgeous, but largely static, vocal phrasing".

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeYearRank
Rough TradeAlbums of the Year2016
The SkinnyTop 50 Albums of 20162016

Personnel

Daughter

Additional contributors

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Daughter Detail New Album 'Not To Disappear'. 30 September 2015. 2 January 2015.
  2. Web site: Daughter announce new album 'Not To Disappear'. . 30 September 2015. 2 January 2015.
  3. Web site: Sarah Shaw - 'The World is Spinning Around' New album art for 'Daughter' album 'Not to Disappear' Jan 2016 - Prints available. www.sarahshaw.co.uk.
  4. Thomas . Vogel . Jörn . Karstedt . Kai . Reinbold . Masi . Kriegs . Peter . Heymann . Thomas . Pilgrim . Marc . Urban . Kym . Gnuch . Erik . Rössler . Medusa . 5 . Soundcheck . . 2 . 2016 . 68 . German.
  5. Web site: Jaaroverzichten 2016. Ultratop. 30 October 2020.