Find the Sun

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Find the Sun
Find the Sun Deradoorian.jpg
Studio album by
Deradoorian
ReleasedSeptember 18, 2020 (2020-09-18)
Studio Panoramic House (Marin County, California, U.S.) [1]
Genre
Length53:34
Label Anti-
Deradoorian chronology
Eternal Recurrence
(2017)		Find the Sun
(2020)		 Ticket to Fame
(2023)

Find the Sun is the second studio album by American indie musician and former Dirty Projectors member Deradoorian. It was released by Anti- on September 18, 2020. [2]

Contents

Background

Find the Sun was announced on March 10, 2020 with an initial release date of May 22, 2020. [3] Also announced were Deradoorian's 2020 tour dates, in which she planned to join Stereolab on their 2020 reunion tour. [1] Deradoorian began writing most of the songs in the summer of 2019, with some songs having been started in the previous summer. The writing for all songs was completed in the summer of 2019. [4] The creation process for the album started in Rockaway, Queens. The album was then recorded at Panoramic House, a recording studio in Marin County, California. [1] While the album was still in development, Deradoorian attended a Vipassana retreat in complete silence for ten days, which led Samer Ghadry and Dave Harrington to join the track as collaborators. [5]

Release

The lead single, "Saturnine Night", was released on March 10, 2020. [6] A second single, "Monk's Robes", was released on April 21, 2020, alongside the announcement of the album's postponement and the cancellation of her tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [7] "It Was Me" was released next on May 19, 2020. [8] A fifth single, "Mask of Yesterday", was released on August 5, 2020. [9]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.4/10 [10]
Metacritic 76/100 [11]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Clash 8/10 [13]
Exclaim! 8/10 [14]
The Line of Best Fit 8/10 [15]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [16]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [17]
The Sydney Morning Herald Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [18]
Uncut 7/10 [19]

Find the Sun was met with generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 76, based on nine reviews. [11] Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 7.4 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus. [10] Album of the Year assessed the critical consensus as 78 out of 100, based on eleven reviews. [20]

In a five star review for The Sydney Morning Herald , Barnaby Smith compared the album to the works of Can, Trees, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, Pink Floyd, and Gil Scott-Heron. [18] John Aizlewood of Mojo was more tepid in his review, noting 'it doesn't work when she wails and chants her way through the closing "Sun" ... the climax to "Red Den" is a choral feast, and "It Was Me" is a slab of surprisingly crisp pop'. [16]

Accolades

Accolades for Find the Sun
PublicationAccoladeRank
Pitchfork The 35 Best Rock Albums of 2020
— [21]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Angel Deradoorian.

No.TitleLength
1."Red Den"4:43
2."Corsican Shores"3:44
3."Saturnine Night"7:06
4."Monk's Robes"4:47
5."The Illuminator"9:19
6."Waterlily"2:06
7."It Was Me"4:26
8."Devil's Market"5:30
9."Mask of Yesterday"3:58
10."Sun"7:55
Total length:53:34

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Schatz, Lake (March 10, 2020). "Deradoorian announces new album Find the Sun, plots tour dates with Stereolab". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  2. 1 2 Miller, Bruce (September 15, 2020). "Deradoorian's 'Find the Sun' Turns Disquiet Into Transcendence". PopMatters. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Deradoorian announces new album 'Find The Sun'". DIY. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  4. ↑ Wallock, Matt (August 5, 2020). "Inside Angel Deradoorian's Journey to 'Find the Sun'". American Songwriter. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  5. ↑ Pelly, Jenn (September 15, 2020). "Angel Deradoorian Channels Cosmic Energy (and Ozzy Osbourne)". The New York Times. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  6. ↑ Roberts, Christopher. "Deradoorian Announces New Album, Shares New Song "Saturnine Night"". Under the Radar. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  7. ↑ Enis, Eli (April 21, 2020). "Deradoorian shares new song "Monk's Robes": Stream". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  8. ↑ Roberts, Christopher. "Deradoorian Shares Video for New Song "It Was Me"". Under the Radar. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  9. ↑ Roberts, Christopher. "Deradoorian Shares New Song "Mask of Yesterday"". Under the Radar. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  10. 1 2 "Find The Sun by Deradoorian reviews". AnyDecentMusic. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  11. 1 2 "Find the Sun by Deradoorian". Metacritic. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  12. ↑ Simpson, Paul. Review of Find the Sun at AllMusic. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  13. ↑ Gray, Josh. "Deradoorian – Find The Sun". Clash Magazine. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  14. ↑ Bell, Kaelen. "Deradoorian Basks in the Darkness on 'Find the Sun'". Exclaim!. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  15. ↑ Horton, Ross. "Deradoorian's starkly beautiful self-reflection is a pertinent fit for 2020". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  16. 1 2 Aizlewood, John. "Deradoorian – Find the Sun". Mojo (July 2020): 82. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  17. ↑ Segal, Victoria. "Deradoorian – Find the Sun". Q (July 2020): 106. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  18. 1 2 Smith, Barnaby (September 18, 2020). "Emily Barker, Deradoorian, Paul van Kempen and Waveteller". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  19. ↑ O'Connell, Sharon. "Deradoorian – Find the Sun". Uncut (October 2020): 31. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  20. ↑ "Deradoorian – Find The Sun". Album of The Year. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  21. ↑ "The 35 Best Rock Albums of 2020". Pitchfork. December 15, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
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