Resurgam | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Alias |
Cover: | Resurgam (album).jpg |
Genre: | Instrumental hip hop |
Label: | Anticon |
Producer: | Alias |
Prev Title: | Collected Remixes |
Prev Year: | 2007 |
Next Title: | Fever Dream |
Next Year: | 2011 |
Resurgam is a solo studio album by American hip hop musician Alias. It was released on Anticon in 2008. It features guest appearances from Yoni Wolf and The One AM Radio.[1] The title is Latin for "I shall rise again".[2]
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Resurgam received an average score of 79% based on 6 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
David Jeffries of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying: "Putting paranoia and noir to the side for the moment, Alias has created his most welcoming and positive dream world on Resurgam, an album where the creaks comfort and the low cloud cover comes off as heavenly." Mia Lily Clarke of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.0 out of 10, saying: "While Resurgam is a record of many different moods, and unashamedly derivative of Alias' influences, it maintains a distinctive, concrete consistency." She added: "This is largely due to Alias' impressive talent for arrangements; the material is deftly woven with a great ear for detail, and there really is something to appeal to almost everyone."
Credits adapted from liner notes.