Love What Survives

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Love What Survives
Mount Kimbie Love What Survives.jpg
Studio album by
Released8 September 2017 (2017-09-08)
Genre Post-punk, electronic
Length39:18
Label Warp
Producer
  • Dominic Maker
  • Kai Campos
Mount Kimbie chronology
Cold Spring Fault Less Youth
(2013)
Love What Survives
(2017)
Mount Kimbie DJ Kicks
(2018)

Love What Survives is the third studio album by British electronic music duo Mount Kimbie, released on Warp on 8 September 2017. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Background

Artwork for the album is by Frank Lebon, who also directed the official videos for "Marilyn" (featuring Micachu), "We Go Home Together" (featuring James Blake) and "Delta". They teased the album for several months before officially revealing the details, such as the title and release date. [4] [5] [6] "Blue Train Lines" is the third single from the album, [7] after "We Go Home Together" and "Marilyn". [8] [9] It features eleven songs. [10] [11]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.5/10 [12]
Metacritic 82/100 [13]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [14]
The A.V. Club B [15]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [16]
The Irish Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [17]
Mixmag 8/10 [18]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [19]
Pitchfork 8.4/10 [20]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [21]
Resident Advisor 4.0/5 [22]
XLR8R 8/10 [23]

The album has received strongly positive reviews on release; DIY gave the album a 4/5 review, describing it as "the most affecting work to date by some stretch", and Mixmag called the album "searingly brilliant" and rated it 8/10. [24] [18] Pitchfork rated the album 8.4/10, selecting it as their "Best New Music". [20]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, Love What Survives received an average score of 82, based on 25 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [13]

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeRankRef.
Pitchfork The 50 Best Albums of 2017
34

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Four Years and One Day"3:17
2."Blue Train Lines" (featuring King Krule)4:10
3."Audition"4:12
4."Marilyn" (featuring Micachu)4:06
5."SP12 Beat"2:33
6."You Look Certain (I’m Not So Sure)" (featuring Andrea Balency)3:22
7."Poison"1:54
8."We Go Home Together" (featuring James Blake)2:32
9."Delta"4:03
10."T.A.M.E.D"4:11
11."How We Got By" (featuring James Blake)5:07

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [26] 49
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [27] 99
UK Albums (OCC) [28] 98

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