Drowners (album)

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Drowners
Drowners(band)-selftitledalbum.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 28, 2014
Genre Indie rock
Length28:32
Label Frenchkiss Records
Producer Gus Oberg and Johnny T. Yerington
Drowners chronology
Between Us Girls EP
(2013)
Drowners
(2014)
On Desire
(2016)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 58/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
CMJ (favourable) [3]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
NME (7/10) [6]
Pitchfork Media 5.8/10 [7]

Drowners is the debut album by the indie rock band Drowners, released on January 28, 2014. [8]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Matthew Hitt

No.TitleLength
1."Ways to Phrase a Rejection"1:46
2."Long Hair"1:48
3."Luv, Hold Me Down"2:50
4."Watch You Change"2:42
5."You've Got It All Wrong"1:50
6."Unzip Your Harrington"2:31
7."Pure Pleasure"2:42
8."Bar Chat"2:12
9."A Button on Your Blouse"3:13
10."Let Me Finish"2:31
11."Well, People Will Talk"2:27
12."A Shell Across the Tongue"2:00

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic. [9]

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References

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