Blind Spot (EP)

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Blind Spot
Lush - Blind Spot cover art.jpg
EP by
Released15 April 2016 (2016-04-15)
Recorded2015-16
StudioCardeal, São Paulo, Brazil and Lime Green Monkeys, Saffron Walden
Genre
Length14:46
Label Edamame
Producer
Lush chronology
Ciao! Best of Lush
(2001)
Blind Spot
(2016)
Singles from Blind Spot
  1. "Out of Control"
    Released: 15 April 2016

Blind Spot is the fourth and final extended play (EP) by English rock band Lush. Released on 15 April 2016, by the band's record label Edamame, the EP contains the band's first new material since 1996, following their reunion in 2015. It was produced by Jim Abbiss and Ladytron member Daniel Hunt. [2] [3]

Contents

Recording

The EP was recorded before the band started rehearsals for their 2015-16 reunion. The first stage involved recording home demos, which were sent to co-producer Hunt, who was in Brazil at the time. The second stage was recorded in co-producer Abbiss's Lime Green Monkey studio. [4]

Video

The music video for the EP's opening track, "Out of Control", was released on 19 February 2016. It was directed by Martin Masai Andersen and Kim Thue. [5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 76/100 [6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Pitchfork 7.6/10 [9]

Blind Spot received generally positive reviews from music critics upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized score out of 100 to ratings from publications, the album received a mean score of 76 based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favourable reviews". [6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Emma Anderson and Miki Berenyi

Blind Spot track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Out of Control"4:22
2."Lost Boy"3:18
3."Burnham Beeches"3:07
4."Rosebud"3:59
Total length:14:46

Personnel

Lush

Additional personnel [4]

Charts

Chart performance for "Out of Control"
Chart (2016)Peak
position
UK Physical Singles (OCC) [10] 1

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