Civic Jams

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Civic Jams
Civic Jams.jpg
Studio album by
Darkstar
Released19 June 2020 (2020-06-19)
Length37:30
Label Warp
Darkstar chronology
Foam Island
(2015)		Civic Jams
(2020)
Singles from Civic Jams
  1. "Wolf"
    Released: 20 February 2020 [1]
  2. "Jam"
    Released: 1 May 2020 [2]
  3. "Text"
    Released: 17 June 2020 [3]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 71/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Clash 8/10 [6]
The Line of Best Fit 7/10 [7]
Loud and Quiet 6/10 [8]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]

Civic Jams is the fourth studio album by English electronic music duo Darkstar. It was released on 19 June 2020 under Warp. [11] [12]

Contents

Singles

On 20 February 2020, the band announced their first single in four years, "Wolf". [1] Their second single "Jam" was released on 1 May 2020, along with the announcement of the new album. [2] On 17 June 2020, the third single "Text" was released. [3]

Critical reception

Civic Jams 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 71, based on 5 reviews. [4] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the album 67 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 6 reviews. [13]

Track listing

Civic Jams track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Forest"3:25
2."Jam"3:30
3."1001"4:50
4."30" (featuring Laura Groves)3:08
5."Wolf"5:30
6."Loon"4:11
7."Tuesday"4:45
8."Text"5:25
9."Blurred"2:46

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References

  1. 1 2 Kenneally, Cerys (20 February 2020). "Darkstar return with first single in four years "Wolf"". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  2. 1 2 Kenneally, Cerys (1 May 2020). "Darkstar announce first album in five years with lead single "Jam"". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  3. 1 2 Kenneally, Cerys (17 June 2020). "Darkstar unveil new song "Text"". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Metacritic Review". Metacritic . Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  5. ↑ Simpson, Paul. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic . Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  6. ↑ Murray, Robin (29 June 2020). "Clash Magazine Review". Clash . Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  7. ↑ Daly, Aidan (18 June 2020). "Stuttered and broken beats return but, over a decade on, Darkstar sound obscured and withdrawn". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  8. ↑ Cortassa, Guia (15 June 2020). "Loud and Quiet Review". Loud and Quiet . Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  9. ↑ Devlin, Ben (19 June 2020). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH . Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  10. ↑ Doyle, Tom (1 July 2020). "Q Magazine": 98. Retrieved 11 July 2020.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  11. ↑ Richards, Will (3 May 2020). "Darkstar announce first new album in five years". NME . Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  12. ↑ "Darkstar announce 'Civic Jams', their first new album in five years". Far Out Magazine. 3 May 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  13. ↑ "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved 11 July 2020.


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