Hideaway | ||||
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Released | July 16, 2021 | |||
Studio | Dave Sitek's home studio (Los Angeles) | |||
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Length | 29:15 | |||
Label | Fat Possum | |||
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Wavves chronology | ||||
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Hideaway is an album by Wavves released on the record label Fat Possum Records on July 16, 2021. [1] This was the band's first album since You're Welcome was released four years earlier. The band worked with producer Dave Sitek, [2] and the album's themes were inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic. [3]
In early 2019, Wavves began recording songs for what would become their seventh studio album. [4] This would become their first new music released since the 2018 standalone singles "All Star Goth" and "Emo Christmas". [3] After early studio sessions reportedly lacked surprises and "magic", according to frontman Nathan Williams, [4] the band began working with producer Dave Sitek. [2] According to Williams, melodies were initially built around short samples of songs from the 1950s and 1960s before removing those samples and creating the rest of the song's structure. [4] The album's lyrical themes were reportedly inspired by Williams living in a shed behind his parents' house during the album's recording, along with the COVID-19 pandemic. [3]
On March 30, 2021, the album's first single "Sinking Feeling" was released. [5] On May 4, 2021, the band officially announced the album, simultaneously releasing the second single "Help Is on the Way". [6] The album was released by Fat Possum Records on July 16, 2021. On August 23, 2021, the band announced a live tour throughout the United States with 38 shows, starting in Las Vegas on October 1, 2021. [7] This was the first live performance by the band since December 31, 2019, [8] as plans to tour in support of the re-release of their third album King of the Beach had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [5]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 69/100 [9] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [10] |
Beats Per Minute | 58% [11] |
Classic Rock | [12] |
DIY | [13] |
Exclaim! | 7/10 [14] |
Kerrang! | 3/5 [15] |
The Line of Best Fit | 58% [16] |
NME | [17] |
Pitchfork | 6.2/10 [2] |
Uncut | 7/10 [18] |
The album was met with generally favorable reviews by critics, scoring 69 out of 100 on Metacritic. [9] NME called the album "Wavves' most original and varied work yet". [17] In a mixed review, Pitchfork called the album's hooks "straightforward to a fault, and short on those small, sometimes barely even perceptible deviations from expectation that distinguish a sublime hook from a routine one". [2] Classic Rock was more negative, calling it "an album full of lo-fi pop-tinged melodies sugarcoating a bitter centre". [12]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Thru Hell" | Nathan Williams | 2:46 |
2. | "Hideaway" |
| 3:58 |
3. | "Help Is on the Way" |
| 3:24 |
4. | "Sinking Feeling" | Alex Gates | 3:34 |
5. | "Honeycomb" | Stephen Pope | 4:12 |
6. | "The Blame" |
| 3:08 |
7. | "Marine Life" | Williams | 2:06 |
8. | "Planting a Garden" | Williams | 2:25 |
9. | "Caviar" | Williams | 3:48 |
Total length: | 29:15 |
Wavves
Additional personnel
Hideaway | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | July 16, 2021 | |||
Studio | Dave Sitek's home studio (Los Angeles) | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 29:15 | |||
Label | Fat Possum | |||
Producer |
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Wavves chronology | ||||
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Hideaway is an album by Wavves released on the record label Fat Possum Records on July 16, 2021. [1] This was the band's first album since You're Welcome was released four years earlier. The band worked with producer Dave Sitek, [2] and the album's themes were inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic. [3]
In early 2019, Wavves began recording songs for what would become their seventh studio album. [4] This would become their first new music released since the 2018 standalone singles "All Star Goth" and "Emo Christmas". [3] After early studio sessions reportedly lacked surprises and "magic", according to frontman Nathan Williams, [4] the band began working with producer Dave Sitek. [2] According to Williams, melodies were initially built around short samples of songs from the 1950s and 1960s before removing those samples and creating the rest of the song's structure. [4] The album's lyrical themes were reportedly inspired by Williams living in a shed behind his parents' house during the album's recording, along with the COVID-19 pandemic. [3]
On March 30, 2021, the album's first single "Sinking Feeling" was released. [5] On May 4, 2021, the band officially announced the album, simultaneously releasing the second single "Help Is on the Way". [6] The album was released by Fat Possum Records on July 16, 2021. On August 23, 2021, the band announced a live tour throughout the United States with 38 shows, starting in Las Vegas on October 1, 2021. [7] This was the first live performance by the band since December 31, 2019, [8] as plans to tour in support of the re-release of their third album King of the Beach had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [5]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 69/100 [9] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [10] |
Beats Per Minute | 58% [11] |
Classic Rock | [12] |
DIY | [13] |
Exclaim! | 7/10 [14] |
Kerrang! | 3/5 [15] |
The Line of Best Fit | 58% [16] |
NME | [17] |
Pitchfork | 6.2/10 [2] |
Uncut | 7/10 [18] |
The album was met with generally favorable reviews by critics, scoring 69 out of 100 on Metacritic. [9] NME called the album "Wavves' most original and varied work yet". [17] In a mixed review, Pitchfork called the album's hooks "straightforward to a fault, and short on those small, sometimes barely even perceptible deviations from expectation that distinguish a sublime hook from a routine one". [2] Classic Rock was more negative, calling it "an album full of lo-fi pop-tinged melodies sugarcoating a bitter centre". [12]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | "Thru Hell" | Nathan Williams | 2:46 |
2. | "Hideaway" |
| 3:58 |
3. | "Help Is on the Way" |
| 3:24 |
4. | "Sinking Feeling" | Alex Gates | 3:34 |
5. | "Honeycomb" | Stephen Pope | 4:12 |
6. | "The Blame" |
| 3:08 |
7. | "Marine Life" | Williams | 2:06 |
8. | "Planting a Garden" | Williams | 2:25 |
9. | "Caviar" | Williams | 3:48 |
Total length: | 29:15 |
Wavves
Additional personnel