Deep in View

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Deep in View
Cola Deep In View.jpg
Studio album by
Cola
ReleasedMay 20, 2022
Genre
Length34:24
Label Fire Talk Records

Deep in View is the debut studio album by Canadian post-punk band Cola. It was released on May 20, 2022, via Fire Talk Records.

Contents

The album was written by former Ought members Tim Darcy and Ben Stidworthy, who collaborated with Toronto-based drummer Evan Cartwright. [1] Deep in View received positive acclaim upon its release, with a Metacritic score of 81/100, indicating "universal acclaim". Critics praised the album's melody, energy, and the band's subtle experimentation, describing it as a new path rather than a continuation of Ought's work.

Background

In 2019, Darcy and Stidworthy started collaborating with Toronto-based drummer Evan Cartwright, whom they met frequently on tour. [2] In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the band wrote a collection of songs that would eventually become Deep in View. In November 2021, on the same day Ought announced its disbandment, Darcy, Stidworthy, and Cartwright revealed their new band, Cola, and released a new single, "Blank Curtain". [3] In February 2022, Fire Talk Records formally announced Deep in View, providing the full tracklist and releasing a second single, "So Excited". [4] The label said the album takes its name from a 1965 anthology of interviews with British philosopher Alan Watts. [5]

Deep in View was officially released on May 20, 2022.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 81/100 [6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Exclaim! 8/10 [8]
Loud and Quiet 8/10 [9]
Pitchfork 7.3/10 [10]
Uncut 8/10 [11]

Deep in View received positive acclaim upon its release. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized score out of 100 to ratings from publications, the album received a mean score of 81 based on 4 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [12]

Chris Gee, writing for Exclaim!, praised the album's "willingness to lean into [the band's] instinct for melody." He added that, compared to Ought's "sprawling abandon and explosive spontaneity, Cola keep it more succinct and lock in their adrenaline right from the get-go." [13]

Daniel Dylan Wray, of Uncut Magazine, also praised the album, calling the album's single, "Blank Curtain", an "infectious opener, as punchy as it is loosely unfurling, with rolling bass, gentle licks of melody and layered guitar coalescing into a radiating hum." [11]

AllMusic's Fred Thomas wrote the album is "a sturdy, engaging, and highly listenable debut that feels less like a continuation of Ought and more like a new path branching off some of their best work." [14]

Pitchfork's Jesse Locke scored the album a 7.3 out of 10, writing the band "haven't reinvented the wheel, but these subtle experiments suggest they still have boundaries to push." [10]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Timothy Darcy and Ben Stidworthy

No.TitleLength
1."Blank Curtain"04:31
2."So Excited"03:00
3."At Pace"03:07
4."Met Resistance"03:12
5."Degree"02:51
6."Water Table"04:03
7."Gossamer"03:18
8."Mint"03:23
9."Fulton Park"02:41
10."Landers"04:18
Total length:34:24

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

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References

  1. ↑ "Cola - Deep in View". Fire Talk.
  2. ↑ "Deep in View, by Cola". Bandcamp.
  3. ↑ Monroe, Jazz; Minkser, Evan (November 3, 2021). "Ought Break Up, Members Form New Band Cola and Share New Song". Pitchfork.
  4. ↑ "Cola Announce Debut Album 'Deep in View', Share "So Excited" Single and Video". Fire Talk. February 22, 2022. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Cola - Deep in View". Killbeat Music. April 4, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Cola - Deep in View". Metacritic.
  7. ↑ Thomas, Fred. "Cola - Deep in View". AllMusic.
  8. ↑ Gee, Chris (May 20, 2022). "Cola - Deep in View". Exclaim!.
  9. ↑ Walton, Sam. "Cola - Deep in View - Album Review". Loud and Quiet. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  10. 1 2 Locke, Jesse (May 31, 2022). "Cola - Deep in View". Pitchfork.
  11. 1 2 Wray, Daniel Dylan. "Cola - Deep in View". Uncut .
  12. ↑ Deep in View by Cola
  13. ↑ "Ought Offshoot Cola Are Fizzing with Energy on 'Deep in View'". exclaim.ca. Exclaim!.
  14. ↑ Cola - Deep in View Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic
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