Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin

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Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 2, 2020 (2020-10-02)
Length46:31
Label PAN
Eartheater chronology
Trinity
(2018)
Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin
(2020)
Powders
(2023)
Singles from Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin
  1. "Below The Clavicle"
    Released: May 5, 2020
  2. "How To Fight"
    Released: August 5, 2020
  3. "Volcano"
    Released: October 2, 2020
  4. "Faith Consuming Hope"
    Released: April 21, 2021
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 78/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Resident Advisor 80/100 [2]
Pitchfork 7.8/10 [3]

Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter and producer Eartheater. It was released on October 2, 2020 under PAN.

Contents

Development and production

"Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin" was developed during Eartheater's two month FUGA residency in Zaragoza, Spain. It takes a journey back to acoustic sound helped and provided by the acoustics of Eutopia's reverb chamber. The main themes on the album are birth, death and rebirth, that's why Eartheater chose the phoenix as a representative symbol of it. The album was produced, recorded and developed between October 1 and December 2, 2019. "Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin" was announced on August 5, 2020 and released on October 2.

Track listing

Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Airborne Ashes"3:27
2."Metallic Taste of Patience"3:50
3."Below The Clavicle"3:59
4."Burning Feather"1:26
5."How To Fight"3:31
6."Kiss of The Phoenix"3:03
7."Volcano"4:35
8."Fantasy Collision"4:38
9."Mercurial Nerve"2:15
10."Goodbye Diamond"1:28
11."Bringing Me Back"5:19
12."Diamond In The Bedrock"4:13
13."Faith Consuming Hope"4:51
Total length:46:31

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