Red Sun Through Smoke

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Red Sun Through Smoke
Red Sun Through Smoke.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 27, 2020 (2020-03-27)
Length40:20
Label FatCat
Ian William Craig chronology
Thresholder
(2018)
Red Sun Through Smoke
(2020)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 80/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Exclaim! 9/10 [3]
Louder Than War 8/10 [4]

Red Sun Through Smoke is a studio album by Canadian musician Ian William Craig. It was released on March 27, 2020 under FatCat Records. [5]

Contents

Critical reception

Red Sun Through Smoke was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 80, based on 7 reviews. [1]

Track listing

Red Sun Through Smoke track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Random"1:30
2."The Smokefallen"3:07
3."Weight"6:37
4."Comma"2:00
5."Condx QRN"3:07
6."Mountains Astray"2:08
7."Take"1:33
8."Last of the Lantern Oil"5:35
9."Supper"1:39
10."Far and then Farther"3:17
11."Open Like a Loss"6:02
12."Stories"3:23

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References

  1. 1 2 "Metacritic Review". Metacritic . Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  2. Simpson, Paul. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic . Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  3. Bucifal, Slavko (March 24, 2020). "Exclaim! review". Exclaim! . Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  4. Clarke, Paul (March 21, 2020). "Louder Than War Review". Louder Than War . Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  5. Eede, Christian (March 17, 2020). "Ian William Craig Streams New LP In Full". The Quietus . Retrieved May 27, 2020.