Green and Gray

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Green and Gray
Green and Gray (album).jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 3, 2019 (2019-05-03)
Genre Rock [1]
Length49:21
Label Exploding in Sound
Pile chronology
A Hairshirt of Purpose
(2017)
Green and Gray
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 78/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
The 405 6.5/10 [1]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Exclaim! 8/10 [4]
Now 4/5 [5]
Pitchfork 7.9/10 [6]

Green and Gray is the seventh studio album by American indie rock band Pile. It was released on May 3, 2019, through Exploding in Sound. [7]

Contents

Critical reception

Green and Gray was met with generally favorable 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 78, based on 5 reviews. [2]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Firewood"5:13
2."Your Performance"2:53
3."On a Bigger Screen"2:39
4."Other Moons"1:31
5."Hair"4:25
6."A Labyrinth With No Center"4:33
7."The Soft Hands of Stephen Miller"2:05
8."Lord of Calendars"4:47
9."Bruxist Grin"3:36
10."A Bug on Its Back"2:27
11."My Employer"3:06
12."Hiding Places"7:22
13."No Hands"4:44

Charts

ChartPeak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [8]
3
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [9]
42

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References

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