| High Anxiety | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | 19 August 2016 |
| Recorded | 2014–2016 |
| Genre | |
| Length | 1:10:00 |
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High Anxiety is the debut solo album by British musician Thom Sonny Green. It was composed and recorded by Green from 2014 to 2016, while he was touring with alt-J, and was released on 19 August 2016 by Infectious and Sudden Records. The album received mixed reviews by critics.
Green started producing in 2012, using his laptop. [2] He composed and recorded the album over the course of two years while touring with alt-J, [3] in hotel rooms. [4] In the process, he used Ableton Live [2] and a short music gear, including Bass Station II and OP-1 synthesisers, a H2n recorder, and a Game Boy. [5]
High Anxiety is an electronica, [6] ambient [7] and experimental [8] album. Green cited Clams Casino, Arca, Deftones and Radiohead as influences on the record. [3] The title of the album refers to Green's "general anxiety". [9]
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 5.8/10 [10] |
| Metacritic | 57/100 [11] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Paste | 7.7/10 [6] |
| The Observer |   [1] |
| NME | [7] |
| PopMatters |   [12] |
High Anxiety received mixed reviews by music critics, many of whom found the album overlong. [1] [12] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, it received an average score of 57, based on 7 reviews. [11]
All tracks are written by Thom Sonny Green
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Vienna" | 3:12 |
| 2. | "40 Beers" | 1:04 |
| 3. | "Market" | 2:44 |
| 4. | "System" | 4:08 |
| 5. | "Blew" | 4:09 |
| 6. | "Arizona" | 2:03 |
| 7. | "Oslo" | 3:37 |
| 8. | "Ping" | 2:38 |
| 9. | "Cologne" | 2:23 |
| 10. | "Houston" | 3:29 |
| 11. | "Oakland" | 2:31 |
| 12. | "VVVV" | 2:38 |
| 13. | "Phoenix" | 3:08 |
| 14. | "Large" | 4:39 |
| 15. | "Palms" | 3:21 |
| 16. | "Beach" | 2:41 |
| 17. | "Grounds" | 2:43 |
| 18. | "Preach" | 3:55 |
| 19. | "Christ" | 4:16 |
| 20. | "Meh" | 5:34 |
| 21. | "Neon Blue" | 3:45 |
| Total length: | 1:10:00 | |
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