| A Distant Call | ||||
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| Released | August 23, 2019 | |||
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| Length | 33:52 | |||
| Label | Wilsuns | |||
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| Singles from A Distant Call | ||||
A Distant Call is the second studio album by American band Sheer Mag. It was released on August 23, 2019, through Wilsuns Recording Company. [7]
The first single from the album, "Blood From A Stone," was released on June 19, 2019. [8]
Three singles were released on A Distant Call which were released prior to the release of the album. The first single, "Blood From A Stone" was released on June 19, 2019, which coincided with the album's announcement. [3] The second single, "Hardly to Blame", was released on July 22, 2019. [5] The third, and final single from the album, "The Killer", came out on August 19, 2019. [6]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.3/10 [9] |
| Metacritic | 81/100 [10] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [11] |
| Consequence of Sound | B [12] |
| Exclaim! | 7/10 [13] |
| The Guardian | |
| NME | [14] |
| Paste | 8.5/10 [15] |
| Pitchfork | 7.8/10 [1] |
| Q | [10] |
| Rolling Stone | [2] |
A Distant Call was met with universal acclaim 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 81, based on 12 reviews. [10]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Steel Sharpens Steel" | 4:02 |
| 2. | "Blood From a Stone" | 2:37 |
| 3. | "Unfound Manifest" | 3:36 |
| 4. | "Silver Line" | 3:25 |
| 5. | "Hardly to Blame" | 3:07 |
| 6. | "Cold Sword" | 3:29 |
| 7. | "Chopping Block" | 2:32 |
| 8. | "The Right Stuff" | 3:14 |
| 9. | "The Killer" | 4:43 |
| 10. | "Keep On Runnin" | 3:07 |
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