Innocence Reaches | ||||
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Released | August 12, 2016 | |||
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Length | 56:26 | |||
Label | Polyvinyl | |||
Producer | Kevin Barnes | |||
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Singles from Innocence Reaches | ||||
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Innocence Reaches is the fourteenth studio album by American indie rock band of Montreal. It was released on August 12, 2016.
The album has been characterized as electronic, [1] [2] synthpop [3] and psychedelic. [1]
Kevin Barnes cited the Beach Boys, the Beatles, Jack Ü, Chairlift and Arca as influences for the album. [4] [5]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 6.4/10 [6] |
Metacritic | 68/100 [7] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The A.V. Club | B+ [9] |
Consequence of Sound | C+ [1] |
Exclaim! | 8/10 [10] |
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Pitchfork | 6.3/10 [11] |
Spin | 5/10 [2] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 68, based on 21 reviews. [7] Writing for Exclaim! , Daniel Sylvester praised the "inspired, inventive, re-energized and wide-eyed" sound. [10]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Let's Relate" | 3:53 |
2. | "It's Different for Girls" | 4:00 |
3. | "Gratuitous Abysses" | 4:10 |
4. | "My Fair Lady" | 4:25 |
5. | "Les Chants de Maldoror" | 6:04 |
6. | "A Sport and a Pastime" | 4:33 |
7. | "Ambassador Bridge" | 3:37 |
8. | "Def Pacts" | 5:02 |
9. | "Chaos Arpeggiating" | 5:54 |
10. | "Nursing Slopes" | 4:17 |
11. | "Trashed Exes" | 4:15 |
12. | "Chap Pilot" | 6:16 |
Total length: | 56:32 |
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