Host (Cults album)

Host
Studio album by Cults
Released	September 18, 2020
Studio	Lone Palm Sonora Diamond Mine Thunderdome Bertram's Bedroom Rehab
Length	41:17
Label	Sinderlyn
Producer	Cults Shane Stoneback
Cults chronology
Offering (2017) Host (2020) To the Ghosts (2024)

Host is the fourth studio album by American indie pop band Cults, released on September 18, 2020, by Sinderlyn. ^{[1] [2]}

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100 [3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Pitchfork	6.8/10 [5]

Host received generally favorable reviews from several mainstream critic websites. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 75 out of 100, which indicates "Generally Favorable Reviews," based on 7 reviews. ^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Trials"	3:24
2.	"8th Avenue"	3:21
3.	"Spit You Out"	3:52
4.	"A Low"	4:03
5.	"No Risk"	2:33
6.	"Working It Over"	4:36
7.	"A Purgatory"	3:17
8.	"Like I Do"	3:43
9.	"Masquerading"	2:47
10.	"Honest Love"	2:23
11.	"Shoulders to My Feet"	3:35
12.	"Monolithic"	3:39

Personnel

Cults

• Madeline Follin – vocals, production
• Brian Oblivion – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, production

Additional contributors

• Shane Stoneback – production, engineering
• Heba Kadry – mastering
• John Congleton – mixing
• Doug Boehm – additional strings recording
• Max Kamins – engineering assistance (all tracks), bass (tracks 1, 2)
• Jon Safley – percussion (tracks 1–7, 9, 10, 12)
• Tess Scott-Suhrstedt – viola (tracks 1, 2, 4–7, 10, 12), violin (1, 5, 7, 10, 12)
• Mia Barcia-Colombo – cello (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5)
• Loren Humphrey – drums (tracks 1, 2, 8, 11)
• Will McLaren – guitar (tracks 1, 4, 5)
• Ricky Lucchese – trombone (tracks 2, 3, 6, 9)
• John Eatherly – drums (tracks 3–7, 9, 10, 12)
• Paige Boehm – cello (tracks 3, 8)
• Richie James Follin – slide guitar (track 4)
• Adam Gil – guitar (tracks 6, 11, 12)
• Ben Tipton – artwork
• Patrick Fernandes – layout

References

1. Raven, Matt the. "Host". Under the Radar . Retrieved October 9, 2022.
2. "Cults – Host – Review". DIY . September 17, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
3. "Host Reviews". Metacritic . Retrieved August 4, 2022.
4. Phares, Heather. "Host – Cults". AllMusic . Retrieved August 4, 2022.
5. Gordon, Arielle (September 22, 2020). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved August 4, 2022.