Grievances (album)

Grievances
Studio album by Rolo Tomassi
Released	1 June 2015 (2015-06-01)
Studio	The Ranch, Southampton, UK
Genre	Mathcore experimental rock post-rock
Length	39:55
Label	Holy Roar Records (UK) Ipecac Recordings (US)
Rolo Tomassi chronology
Astraea (2012) Grievances (2015) Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It (2018)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	79/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Drowned in Sound	9/10 [2]
Kerrang!	[1]
NME	7/10 [3]
The Quietus	favourable [4]

Grievances is the fourth studio album by British mathcore band Rolo Tomassi. The album was released on 1 June 2015 through Holy Roar Records and Ipecac Recordings.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Eva and James Spence; all music is composed by Rolo Tomassi.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Estranged"	2:40
2.	"Raumdeuter"	5:16
3.	"The Embers"	3:16
4.	"Prelude III (Phantoms)"	1:42
5.	"Opalescent"	4:42
6.	"Unseen and Unknown"	0:37
7.	"Stage Knives"	3:52
8.	"Crystal Cascades"	3:20
9.	"Chandelier Shiver"	2:14
10.	"Funereal"	4:57
11.	"All That Has Gone Before"	7:19
Total length:		39:55

Personnel

Rolo Tomassi

• Eva Spence – vocals
• James Spence – keyboards, vocals, string arrangement (tracks 8, 9)
• Chris Cayford – guitar
• Nathan Fairweather – bass guitar
• Tom Pitts – drums, backing vocals

Additional personnel

• Andrew Stuart-Buttle – violin, viola (tracks 8, 9)
• Will Calderbank – cello (tracks 8, 9)
• Jon Desmond – string arrangement (tracks 8, 9)
• Dan Marsh – engineering
• Brad Boatright – mastering
• Lewis Johns – recording, mixing
• Simon Moody – artwork

References

1. "Grievances - Rolo Tomassi on Metacritic". Metacritic . Retrieved 20 July 2015.
2. "Album Review: Rolo Tomassi - Grievances / Releases / Releases // Drowned in Sound". Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
3. "NME Reviews - Rolo Tomassi - 'Grievances' | NME.COM". NME . Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
4. "Reviews | Rolo Tomassi". Thequietus.com.