| Perfect Shapes | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Madeline Kenney |
| Cover: | Perfect Shapes.webp |
| Recorded: | January 2018 |
| Length: | 37:34 |
| Prev Title: | Night Night at the First Landing |
| Prev Year: | 2017 |
| Next Title: | Sucker's Lunch |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
Perfect Shapes is the second studio album by American indie rock musician Madeline Kenney. It was released on October 5, 2018 under Carpark Records.[1]
The album was recorded in January 2018 in Durham, North Carolina, alongside producer Jenn Wasner.
Perfect Shapes was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 76, based on 8 reviews. Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 77 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 9 reviews.[2]
Joe Goggins of Drowned in Sound admired Kenney's vocals saying that unlike her previous album, it stood out "front and centre, ringing out honeyed and clear as a bell with only minimal effects applied", and noted the album is "so sharply made in Kenney’s own non-conformist image, and she gets away with it. On this form, she’s destined for alt-pop greatness."
| Publication | Accolade | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| God Is in the TV | God Is in the TVs Top 50 Albums of 2018 | ||
| Under the Radar | Under the Radars Top 100 Albums of 2018 |
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