| Wild Light | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 16, 2013 | |||
| Genre | Post-rock, electronic | |||
| Length | 50:22 | |||
| Label | Superball Music | |||
| Producer | 65daysofstatic | |||
| 65daysofstatic chronology | ||||
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Wild Light is the fifth studio album by 65daysofstatic, released on 16 September 2013 in the UK and Europe and on 29 October 2013 in the United States. It is the band's first album released on the Superball Music label. [1]
Reception
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 82/100 [2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  
[3] |
| Clash Music | 8/10 [4] |
| New Musical Express | 8/10 [5] |
| Q |
[6] |
Upon release, Wild Light received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 82/100 based on 12 reviews. [2]
"The pomp that they derive from taking dour post-rock to a rave - notable here in Prisms - is satisfying," according to Q. "Similarly enjoyable are pyroclastic flows of guitars and electronics as heard in Unmake the Wild Light," concludes reviewer Luke Turner, giving the album a 3/5 rating. [6]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Heat Death Infinity Splitter" | 5:06 |
| 2. | "Prisms" | 5:58 |
| 3. | "The Undertow" | 6:32 |
| 4. | "Blackspots" | 7:30 |
| 5. | "Sleepwalk City" | 6:54 |
| 6. | "Taipei" | 6:00 |
| 7. | "Unmake the Wild Light" | 6:24 |
| 8. | "Safe Passage" | 5:58 |
| Total length: | 50:22 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 9. | "Destructivist" | 4:08 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 9. | "Doxxx Yrself" | 5:06 |
References
- ^ "Superball Music - 65daysofstatic - Wild Light". Superball Music. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
- ^ a b "Wild Light Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ Kerr, Scott. "Wild Light - 65daysofstatic : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
- ^ Diver, Mike (2 September 2013). "Clash Music. Wild Light – 65daysofstatic". Retrieved 26 October 2013.
- ^ Calvert, John (20 September 2013). "New Musical Express. Wild Light – 65daysofstatic". NME. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
- ^ a b Turner, Luke (November 2013). "65daysofstatic - Wild Light". Record reviews. New releases. Q. p. 101.
| Wild Light | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 16, 2013 | |||
| Genre | Post-rock, electronic | |||
| Length | 50:22 | |||
| Label | Superball Music | |||
| Producer | 65daysofstatic | |||
| 65daysofstatic chronology | ||||
| ||||
Wild Light is the fifth studio album by 65daysofstatic, released on 16 September 2013 in the UK and Europe and on 29 October 2013 in the United States. It is the band's first album released on the Superball Music label. [1]
Reception
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 82/100 [2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |
[3] |
| Clash Music | 8/10 [4] |
| New Musical Express | 8/10 [5] |
| Q |
[6] |
Upon release, Wild Light received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 82/100 based on 12 reviews. [2]
"The pomp that they derive from taking dour post-rock to a rave - notable here in Prisms - is satisfying," according to Q. "Similarly enjoyable are pyroclastic flows of guitars and electronics as heard in Unmake the Wild Light," concludes reviewer Luke Turner, giving the album a 3/5 rating. [6]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Heat Death Infinity Splitter" | 5:06 |
| 2. | "Prisms" | 5:58 |
| 3. | "The Undertow" | 6:32 |
| 4. | "Blackspots" | 7:30 |
| 5. | "Sleepwalk City" | 6:54 |
| 6. | "Taipei" | 6:00 |
| 7. | "Unmake the Wild Light" | 6:24 |
| 8. | "Safe Passage" | 5:58 |
| Total length: | 50:22 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 9. | "Destructivist" | 4:08 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 9. | "Doxxx Yrself" | 5:06 |
References
- ^ "Superball Music - 65daysofstatic - Wild Light". Superball Music. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
- ^ a b "Wild Light Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ Kerr, Scott. "Wild Light - 65daysofstatic : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
- ^ Diver, Mike (2 September 2013). "Clash Music. Wild Light – 65daysofstatic". Retrieved 26 October 2013.
- ^ Calvert, John (20 September 2013). "New Musical Express. Wild Light – 65daysofstatic". NME. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
- ^ a b Turner, Luke (November 2013). "65daysofstatic - Wild Light". Record reviews. New releases. Q. p. 101.