Blizzards (album)

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Blizzards
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Studio album by
Released3 April 2020 (2020-04-03)
Length63:24
Label Cambria Instruments
Nathan Fake chronology
Providence
(2017)
Blizzards
(2020)
Crystal Vision
(2023)
Singles from Blizzards
  1. "Tbilisi"
    Released: 12 February 2020 [1]
  2. "Vectra"
    Released: 20 March 2020 [2]
  3. "Torch Song"
    Released: 24 April 2020 [3]

Blizzards is the fifth studio album by English electronic musician Nathan Fake. It was released on 3 April 2020 through Cambria Instruments. [4]

Contents

The first single from the album, "Tbilisi" was released on 12 February 2020. [1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 79/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [6]
Resident Advisor Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [7]

Blizzards was met with generally favourable 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 79, based on 4 reviews. [5] Paul Simpson of AllMusic stated that the album is Fake's "strongest album" so far, and that it plays "like the soundtrack to an end-of-days rave". [6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Nathan Fake.

Blizzards track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Cry Me a Blizzard"5:25
2."Tbilisi"4:01
3."Pentiamonds"5:07
4."Stepping Stone"7:14
5."Ezekiel"6:36
6."North Brink"3:44
7."Vectra"3:43
8."Firmament"8:46
9."Torch Song"5:25
10."Eris & Dysnomia"7:37
11."Vitesse"5:46

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