Ancient Romans (album)

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Ancient Romans
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Studio album by
Sun Araw
ReleasedAugust 23, 2011 (2011-08-23)
Recorded2010
StudioLos Angeles, California, US
Length79:28
Label
Sun Araw chronology
On Patrol
(2010)		Ancient Romans
(2011)		The Inner Treaty
(2012)

Ancient Romans is the fifth solo studio album by Cameron Stallones as Sun Araw. [1] It was released on Sun Ark Records and Drag City on August 23, 2011. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 75/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The A.V. Club C+ [5]
Beats Per Minute 72/100 [6]
Cokemachineglow 77/100 [7]
Consequence of Sound B [8]
Pitchfork 7.9/10 [9]
Spin 8/10 [10]
Tiny Mix Tapes Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Under the Radar Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
XLR8R 8/10 [13]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75, based on 16 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [3]

Paul Thompson of Pitchfork described the album as "another fever dream of dub-mottled organ grind and guitar squiggle, at once elemental and futuristic." [9] Ned Raggett of AllMusic wrote, "Throughout the album the sense is of rough experimentation, a kind of direct curiosity in the collision of sampled loops, echoed vocals, bursting bass, and random moments." [4] Ron Hart of Blurt stated that this album along with the Eternal Tapestry collaboration Night Galley cemented Sun Araw "continu[ing] to redefine the freak-out for the digital age, leading the pack of new young mindbenders looking to rock music down paths not yet explored without fear or frenzy". [14] Adam Kivel of Consequence of Sound commented that "You can't help but move along to some of the entrancing, pulsing drones found on Ancient Romans; altogether, another epic, grandiose, striking LP from one of the best and most underrated musicians of the moment." [8]

The Wire placed the album at number 12 on the "Top 50 Releases of the Year" list. [15]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Cameron Stallones.

Ancient Romans track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Lucretius"9:07
2."Crown Shell"9:54
3."Crete"9:30
4."Lute and Lyre"7:01
5."At Delphi"11:08
6."Fit for Caesar"10:35
7."Trireme"6:39
8."Impluvium"15:35
Total length:79:28

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

References

  1. ↑ Malitz, David (August 22, 2011). "Quick spin: 'Ancient Romans' by Sun Araw". The Washington Post . Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  2. ↑ Breihan, Tom (June 2, 2011). "New Release: Sun Araw: Ancient Romans". Pitchfork . Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Ancient Romans by Sun Araw". Metacritic . Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  4. 1 2 Raggett, Ned. "Ancient Romans - Sun Araw". AllMusic . Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  5. ↑ Mincher, Chris (August 30, 2011). "Sun Araw: Ancient Romans". The A.V. Club . Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  6. ↑ Becker, Josh (August 25, 2011). "Album Review: Sun Araw – Ancient Romans". Beats Per Minute . Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  7. ↑ Goerner, P.M. (August 24, 2011). "Sun Araw: Ancient Romans". Cokemachineglow . Archived from the original on May 19, 2012. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  8. 1 2 Kivel, Adam (August 23, 2011). "Sun Araw – Ancient Romans". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  9. 1 2 Thompson, Paul (August 31, 2011). "Sun Araw: Ancient Romans". Pitchfork . Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  10. ↑ Beta, Andy. "Sun Araw, 'Ancient Romans'". Spin . Archived from the original on December 3, 2011. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  11. ↑ Reid, Reed Scott. "Sun Araw - Ancient Romans". Tiny Mix Tapes . Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  12. ↑ Trunick, Austin. "Sun Araw: Ancient Romans (Sun Ark/Drag City)". Under the Radar . Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  13. ↑ Fallon, Patric (August 22, 2011). "Sun Araw Ancient Romans". XLR8R . Archived from the original on June 10, 2012. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  14. ↑ Hart, Ron (October 24, 2011). "Night Gallery; Ancient Romans by Eternal Tapestry & Sun Araw + Sun Araw". Blurt . Archived from the original on October 29, 2011. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  15. ↑ "2011 Rewind Chart: Top 50 Releases of the Year". The Wire . December 2012. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
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