Plum (Widowspeak album)

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Plum
Widowspeak Plum cover small.png
Studio album by
Widowspeak
Released28 August 2020
RecordedWinter 2019
Length39:07
Label Captured Tracks
Producer Robert Earl Thomas
Widowspeak chronology
Expect the Best
(2017)		Plum
(2020)		The Jacket
(2022)
Singles from Plum
  1. "Breadwinner"
    Released: 27 May 2020
  2. "Money"
    Released: 23 June 2020
  3. "Plum"
    Released: 14 July 2020
  4. "Even True Love"
    Released: 5 August 2020

Plum is the fifth studio album by American band Widowspeak. It was released on 28 August 2020 on record label Captured Tracks. Plum was recorded in the Catskill Mountains in the winter of 2019, [1] and was preceded by four singles: "Breadwinner" in May 2020, "Money" in June, "Plum" in July, and "Even True Love" in August. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 79⁄100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Beats Per Minute 73% [5]
Loud and Quiet 8/10 [6]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
No Ripcord8/10 [7]
Pitchfork 7.2/10 [8]

Metacritic summarised the critical response to Plum as "generally favorable." [3] Todd Dedman of Beats Per Minute wrote that Widowspeak's "sound remains a woozy delight, but with a more direct and purposeful feel to it," but felt that the title track is one of the weakest on the album. [5] Loud and Quiet wrote: "there's a rumbling, phantom thread in the strata of Plum that elevates their fifth effort to a vantage point above their previous releases," and compared Hamilton's vocals to Hope Sandoval of Mazzy Star. [6] In a review for Pitchfork , Julia Gray wrote that Plum "doesn’t take enough risks to really widen Widowspeak's scope." [8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Widowspeak.

No.TitleLength
1."Plum"4:24
2."The Good Ones"4:38
3."Money"4:53
4."Breadwinner"4:09
5."Even True Love"4:46
6."Amy"4:03
7."Sure Thing"3:07
8."Jeanie"4:28
9."Y2K"4:39
Total length:39:07

Personnel

Widowspeak
Other credits
Technical

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References

  1. 1 2 Graeme Marsh (2020-08-28), "Widowspeak – Plum", MusicOMH , retrieved 2024-12-18
  2. ↑ Singles:
    1. Chris DeVille (2020-05-27), "Widowspeak – "Breadwinner"", Stereogum , retrieved 2024-12-18
    2. Chris DeVille (2020-06-23), "Widowspeak – "Money"", Stereogum , retrieved 2024-12-18
    3. Chris DeVille (2020-07-14), "Widowspeak – "Plum"", Stereogum , retrieved 2024-12-18
    4. Ryan Leas (2020-08-05), "Widowspeak – "Even True Love"", Stereogum , retrieved 2024-12-18
  3. 1 2 Plum at Metacritic
  4. ↑ Heather Phares. Plum Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  5. 1 2 Todd Dedman (2020-09-03), "Album Review: Widowspeak – Plum", Beats Per Minute , retrieved 2024-12-18
  6. 1 2 Tristan Gatward (2020-08-24), "Widowspeak – Plum", Loud and Quiet , retrieved 2024-12-18
  7. ↑ Juan Edgardo Rodriguez (2020-09-06), "Widowspeak – Plum", No Ripcord, retrieved 2024-12-18
  8. 1 2 Julia Gray (2020-09-04), "Plum – Widowspeak", Pitchfork , retrieved 2024-12-18
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