Hyacinth (album)

Last updated

Hyacinth
Spinning Coin - Hyacinth.jpg
Studio album by
Released21 February 2020 (2020-02-21)
Length41:44
Label Geographic
Spinning Coin chronology
Permo
(2017)
Hyacinth
(2020)
Singles from Hyacinth
  1. "Feel You More Than World Right Now"
    Released: 7 November 2019
  2. "Ghosting"
    Released: 16 January 2020
  3. "Get High"
    Released: 19 February 2020
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 75/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Exclaim! 8/10 [4]
PopMatters 7/10 [5]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Under the Radar Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]

Hyacinth is the second studio album by Scottish indie rock band Spinning Coin. It was released on 21 February 2020 through Geographic Music.

Track listing

Hyacinth track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Avenues of Spring"3:15
2."Feel You More Than World Right Now"2:33
3."Get High"3:09
4."The Long Heights"3:18
5."Despotic Sway"4:30
6."Ghosting"3:32
7."Laughing Ways"2:46
8."Black Cat"2:49
9."Soul Trader"2:40
10."Never Enough"3:10
11."Slips Away"2:44
12."It's Alright"4:19
13."Things of the Past"2:53
Total length:41:44

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Discus throw</span> Event in track and field athletics

The discus throw, also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an ancient sport, as demonstrated by the fifth-century-BC Myron statue Discobolus. Although not part of the current pentathlon, it was one of the events of the ancient Greek pentathlon, which can be dated back to at least 708 BC, and it is part of the modern decathlon.

Hyacinth, genus Hyacinthus, is a small group of bulbous, spring-blooming perennial plants.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kelis</span> American singer (born 1979)

Kelis Rogers, known mononymously as Kelis, is an American singer-songwriter and chef. She was admitted to New York's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, where she learned to play the saxophone and won a spot in the Girls Choir of Harlem. After she graduated from high school, Kelis took on a variety of jobs before landing a backup vocal slot on an album track called "Fairytalez", released by the American hip hop group Gravediggaz. She then began working with music producers Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, known as The Neptunes, which ultimately resulted in her being signed to Virgin Records in 1998.

<i>Spin</i> (magazine) American music magazine

Spin is an American music magazine founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione, Jr. Now owned by Next Management Partners, the magazine is an online publication since it stopped issuing a print edition in 2012.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alex Kapranos</span> Scottish musician (born 1972)

Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley is a Scottish musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and author. He is best known as the lead singer and guitarist of Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand. He has also been a part of the supergroups FFS and BNQT.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)</span> 1984 single by Dead or Alive

"You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" is a song by English pop band Dead or Alive, featured on their second studio album, Youthquake (1985). Released as a single in November 1984, it reached No. 1 in the UK in March 1985, taking 17 weeks to get there. It was the first UK number-one hit by the Stock Aitken Waterman production trio. On the US Billboard Hot 100, it peaked at No. 11 on 17 August of that year, becoming their highest charting single there.

<i>Super Mario</i> Video game series

Super Mario is a platform game series created by Nintendo starring their mascot, Mario. It is the central series of the greater Mario franchise. At least one Super Mario game has been released for every major Nintendo video game console. There are more than 20 games in the series.

<i>Hyacinths and Thistles</i> 2000 studio album by The 6ths

Hyacinths and Thistles is the second studio album by the indie rock band The 6ths. It was released in 2000 on Merge Records.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Spin (song)</span> 2002 single by Lifehouse

"Spin" is a song by American alternative rock band Lifehouse from their second studio album, Stanley Climbfall (2002). It was written by Jason Wade and produced by Ron Aniello. The song received positive reviews from music critics and peaked at number 71 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was a top-thirty success in New Zealand, reaching number 25 on the RIANZ Singles Chart in January 2003.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sex on Fire</span> 2008 single by Kings of Leon

"Sex on Fire" is the first single released from American rock band Kings of Leon's fourth studio album, Only by the Night. The song gave Kings of Leon their first number-one single in Australia, Finland, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, charting at the top spot on digital downloads alone in the latter country, before its physical release. In September 2009, it was Britain's second most-downloaded digital single ever. The song has sold 1.2 million copies in the United Kingdom as of November 2012. It has also gained significant popularity in the United States, reaching number one on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 56 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the band's second highest-charting song there on the former chart.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anthony Fantano</span> American music critic and YouTuber

Anthony Fantano is an American music critic and YouTuber who runs the YouTube channel The Needle Drop and its tie-in website and Twitch streaming channel. Fantano discusses and reviews music from a variety of genres online.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chvrches</span> Scottish synthpop group

Chvrches are a Scottish synth-pop band from Glasgow, formed in September 2011. The band consists of Lauren Mayberry, Iain Cook, Martin Doherty and, unofficially since 2018, Jonny Scott. Mostly deriving from the synth-pop genre, Chvrches also incorporate indietronica, indie pop, and electronic dance into their sound.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The 1975</span> English pop rock band

The 1975 are an English pop rock band formed in 2002 in Wilmslow, Cheshire. The band consists of lead vocalist, principal songwriter and rhythm guitarist Matty Healy, lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and primary producer George Daniel. The name of the band was inspired by a page of scribblings found in Healy's copy of On the Road by Jack Kerouac that was dated "1 June, The 1975".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Big Thief</span> American indie rock band

Big Thief is an American indie folk band based in Brooklyn, New York. Its members are Adrianne Lenker, Buck Meek, Max Oleartchik (bass), and James Krivchenia (drums).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lewis Capaldi</span> Scottish singer-songwriter (born 1996)

Lewis Marc Capaldi is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician. He was nominated for the Critics' Choice Award at the 2019 Brit Awards. Capaldi also won the 2020 Brit Award for Best New Artist. In March 2019, his single "Someone You Loved" (2018) topped the UK Singles Chart where it remained for seven weeks, and in November 2019, it reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100; it was nominated at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and won the 2020 Brit Award for Song of the Year. "Someone You Loved" was the bestselling single of 2019 in the UK. In May 2020, it was announced that Capaldi's song "Someone You Loved" had become the longest-running top 10 UK single of all time by a British artist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Black Honey (band)</span> British indie rock band

Black Honey is a British four-piece indie rock band formed in Brighton, England in 2014. The band is composed of lead singer and guitarist Izzy Baxter Phillips, guitarist Chris Ostler, bassist Tommy Taylor, and drummer Alex Woodward, who joined the group after the departure of Tom Dewhurst.

<i>Coin Master</i> 2015 mobile video game

Coin Master is a free, single-player, casual mobile game created by Israeli studio Moon Actives

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Relax (Crystal Waters song)</span> 1995 single by Crystal Waters

"Relax" is a song by American singer-songwriter Crystal Waters from her second studio album, Storyteller (1994). It was released in 1995 as the fourth and last single from the album and peaked at number one on the US Billboard Dance CLub Play chart. In the UK, it reached number 37. A black-and-white music video was also produced to promote the single, directed by German director Marcus Nispel.

Spinning Coin are a Scottish indie rock band formed in Glasgow in 2014. They are signed to the Domino Records imprint Geographic Music, which is run by Stephen Pastel. Their first album Permo was released in 2017, and the follow-up Hyacinth was released in 2020.

<i>Permo</i> 2017 studio album by Spinning Coin

Permo is the debut studio album by Scottish indie rock band Spinning Coin. It was released on 10 November 2017 through Geographic Music.

References

  1. "Hyacinth by Spinning Coin Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic . Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  2. Sendra, Tim. Review of Hyacinth at AllMusic. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  3. Walker, Sophie (20 February 2020). "Spinning Coin – Hyacinth". DIY . Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  4. Hill, Eric (24 February 2020). "Spinning Coin – Hyacinth". Exclaim! . Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  5. Rushbury, Ian (19 March 2020). "The sound of young Scotland? Spinning Coin channel postcard records on Hyacinth". PopMatters . Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  6. Turner-Heffer, Adam (17 February 2020). "Spinning Coin – Hyacinth". The Skinny . Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  7. Matt the Raven (4 March 2020). "Spinning Coin – Hyacinth". Under the Radar . Retrieved 3 May 2023.