Grievances (album)

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Grievances
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Studio album by
Released1 June 2015 (2015-06-01)
StudioThe Ranch, Southampton, UK
Genre
Length39:55
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
SourceRating
Metacritic 79/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Drowned in Sound 9/10 [2]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
NME 7/10 [3]
The Quietus favourable [4]

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

Contents

Track listing

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

No.TitleLength
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
Additional personnel

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