Aureate Gloom

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Aureate Gloom
Of Montreal - Aureate Gloom.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 2, 2015
Recorded Sonic Ranch
(Tornillo, Texas)
Genre Glam rock [1] [2]
Length43:28
Label Polyvinyl
Producer Kevin Barnes
Of Montreal chronology
Lousy with Sylvianbriar
(2013)
Aureate Gloom
(2015)
Innocence Reaches
(2016)
Singles from Aureate Gloom
  1. "Bassem Sabry"
    Released: December 9, 2014

Aureate Gloom is the thirteenth studio album by indie rock band of Montreal. It was released in the UK on March 2, 2015, and in the US on March 3. [3] [4] On February 18, the album was made available for instant download on the Polyvinyl Record Co. website, two weeks before its retail release date. [5]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 67/100 [6]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The A.V. Club B- [8]
Consequence of Sound C+ [1]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Drowned in Sound 6/10 [10]
Pitchfork Media 7/10 [11]
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Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Sputnikmusic2.6/5 [2]
Exclaim! 8/10 [13]
Inveterate6/10 [14]

Aureate Gloom received positive reviews from critics. On the review aggregate site Metacritic, the album has a score of 67 out of 100, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [15]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kevin Barnes.

No.TitleLength
1."Bassem Sabry"4:45
2."Last Rites at the Jane Hotel"5:02
3."Empyrean Abattoir"4:32
4."Aluminum Crown"3:34
5."Virgilian Lots"3:21
6."Monolithic Egress"5:23
7."Apollyon of Blue Room"3:56
8."Estocadas"4:20
9."Chthonian Dirge for Uruk the Other"2:48
10."Like Ashoka's Inferno of Memory"5:49

Personnel

of Montreal
Production
Artwork

References

  1. 1 2 Essner, Dean (February 24, 2015). "of Montreal – Aureate Gloom". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  2. 1 2 K, Rudy (March 3, 2015). "Review: Of Montreal – Aureate Gloom". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Stevens, Nathan (March 4, 2015). "Of Montreal: Aureate Gloom (take 2)". Popmatters . Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  4. "Of Montreal Announce New Album Aureate Gloom, Share "Bassem Sabry"". December 9, 2014. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
  5. "Polyvinyl Records - Aureate Gloom" . Retrieved February 21, 2015.
  6. "Aureate Gloom – Of Montreal". Metacritic. CBS Interactive . Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  7. Donelson, Marcy. "Aureate Gloom – Of Montreal". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation . Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  8. Colburn, Randall (March 3, 2015). "Of Montreal channels '70s New York, stays weird on Aureate Gloom". The A.V. Club . The Onion . Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  9. Zammit, David (February 27, 2015). "Aureate Gloom – Of Montreal". DIY . Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  10. Warfield, Russell (February 24, 2015). "Album Review: Of Montreal – Aureate Gloom". Drowned in Sound . Silentway. Archived from the original on February 26, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  11. D. Larson, Jeremy (March 4, 2015). "Of Montreal: Aureate Gloom". Pitchfork Media . Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  12. Hermes, Will (March 3, 2015). "Of Montreal's New Album: Aureate Gloom". Rolling Stone . Wenner Media . Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  13. Herd, Mackenzie (February 27, 2015). "Of Montreal - Aureate Gloom". Exclaim! . Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  14. Scott, Daisy-Chain (March 12, 2015). "Review: Of Montreal - Aureate Gloom (Album)". Inveterate. Archived from the original on March 14, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  15. "Reviews for Auereate Gloom - of Montreal" . Retrieved March 5, 2015.