All Ashore (album)

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All Ashore
Album artwork for Punch Brothers' 2018 album All Ashore.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 20, 2018
Genre Progressive bluegrass
Length43:16
Label Nonesuch Records
Producer Punch Brothers
Punch Brothers chronology
The Wireless
(2015)
All Ashore
(2018)
Hell on Church Street
(2022)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 72/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Exclaim! 7/10 [2]
PopMatters 6/10 [3]

All Ashore is the fifth studio album by the American group Punch Brothers, released on July 20, 2018. The band announced the release of the album's first singles "It's All Part of the Plan" and the instrumental "Three Dots and a Dash" on June 14, 2018. [4] The album was self-produced by the band and was released on the Nonesuch Records label. [5] The nine songs were written and recorded in the sequence of the tracklist at the United Sound studio in Los Angeles, California. [6] The album received generally favorable reviews from critics. [7]

Contents

Support from Grammy voting members led to a Grammy Award nomination, and All Ashore won the Grammy Award for Best Folk Album at the 61st Grammy Awards on February 10, 2019. [8]

Production history

After the release of their 2015 album The Phosphorescent Blues the band toured 23 U.S. cities before taking a scheduled hiatus. [9] In October 2016 Punch Brothers frontman Chris Thile became the host of the weekly radio program Live from Here (formerly A Prairie Home Companion) which featured a recurring "song of the week" segment. [10] Thile released ten of these songs in the December 2017 solo album Thanks For Listening . [11]

Punch Brothers fiddler Gabe Witcher produced several albums during the hiatus including Punch Brothers banjoist Noam Pikelny's March 2017 solo album Universal Favorite [12] Punch Brothers guitarist Chris Eldridge's 2017 duo album with Julian Lage Mount Royal [13] Sara Watkins' 2016 album Young in All the Wrong Ways [14] and Punch Brothers bassist Paul Kowert's newly formed band Hawktail's May 2018 album Unless. [15]

Writing and recording the songs for All Ashore occurred sequentially, with band member Gabe Witcher saying that "In doing so we were really able to construct the narrative, musically and lyrically, throughout the whole process." Recording took place at the United Sound studio in Los Angeles, California. [6]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."All Ashore"7:05
2."The Angel of Doubt"5:14
3."Three Dots and a Dash"4:27
4."Just Look at This Mess"5:10
5."Jumbo"3:35
6."The Gardener"4:59
7."Jungle Bird"3:56
8."It's All Part of the Plan"3:37
9."Like It's Going Out of Style"5:13

Spotify Singles

No.TitleLength
1."Jumbo - Recorded at Spotify Studios NYC"3:35
2."Let It Happen (Tame Impala cover) - Recorded at Spotify Studios NYC"3:30

Personnel

Charts

ChartPeak
position
US Top Bluegrass Albums (Billboard) [16] 1
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [17] 8
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [18] 48

References

  1. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  2. Easton, Anthony (July 17, 2018). "Punch Brothers: All Ashore". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  3. Ezell, Bryce (July 18, 2018). ""All Ashore" Shows That the Punch Brothers Know Fully Who They Are Now". Popmatters.com. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  4. "'All Ashore' Out July 20". Punch Brothers. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  5. "Chris Thile Talks Strumming Through the Apocalypse With Punch Brothers". Billboard. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  6. 1 2 "The Story Behind Punch Brothers' New Album, "All Ashore" - Nonesuch Records". Nonesuch Records Official Website. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  7. "All Ashore by Punch Brothers". Metacritic .
  8. "2021 GRAMMY WINNERS : 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards". Grammy.com. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  9. "Punch Brothers Announce U.S. Tour in Support of Upcoming LP". Diffuser.fm. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
  10. "Chris Thile seems right at home as new 'Prairie Home Companion' host". Star Tribune. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
  11. "Thanks for Listening by Chris Thile reviews | Any Decent Music". Anydecentmusic.com. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
  12. "Noam Pikelny: Universal Favorite « American Songwriter". American Songwriter. March 2, 2017. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
  13. "Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge and Their New Record, "Mount Royal"". The New Yorker. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
  14. "On Her Own For Once, Sara Watkins Finds New Footing". NPR.org. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
  15. "Hawktail: Unless « American Songwriter". American Songwriter. May 14, 2018. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
  16. "Punch Brothers Chart History (Top Bluegrass Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  17. "Punch Brothers Chart History (Top Americana/Folk Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  18. "Punch Brothers Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 March 2019.