Revival (Vancouver Sleep Clinic album)

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Revival
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Studio album by
Released7 April 2017
Recorded2015–16
Genre
Length46:01
Label Sony Music
Producer
Vancouver Sleep Clinic chronology
Winter EP
(2014)
Revival
(2017)
Therapy: Phase 001 EP
(2018)
Singles from Revival
  1. "Lung"
    Released: 24 August 2016
  2. "Killing Me to Love You"
    Released: 2 September 2016
  3. "Someone to Stay"
    Released: 4 November 2016
  4. "Unworthy"
    Released: 13 March 2017

Revival is the debut studio album by Vancouver Sleep Clinic. It was released on 7 April 2017 through Columbia Records. It features production work primarily from Al Shux, who has previously worked with Banks, Birdy and Shura.

Contents

Track listing

Revival [1]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Whispers" Al Shux 3:47
2."Killing Me to Love You"
  • Bettinson
  • Shuckburgh
Al Shux3:22
3."Living Water"
  • Bettinson
  • Shuckburgh
Al Shux5:20
4."Empire"
  • Bettinson
  • Shuckburgh
Al Shux4:48
5."Someone to Stay"
  • Bettinson
  • Shuckburgh
Al Shux4:14
6."Lung"BettinsonAl Shux3:35
7."Letting Go"
  • Bettinson
  • Shuckburgh
Al Shux4:04
8."Sleeping World"
  • Bettinson
  • Shuckburgh
Al Shux4:18
9."Wildfire"
  • Bettinson
  • Shuckburgh
Al Shux4:01
10."Unworthy"
  • Bettinson
  • Shuckburgh
Al Shux4:30
11."Revival"
  • Bettinson
  • Shuckburgh
Al Shux4:02
Total length:46:01

Critical reception

Writing for the fan-based blog Carnesa, Benjamin Solomon states, "The album is a moody record, and the eerie nature of his voice makes for a chilling collection of acoustic pieces perfectly collated to tell a story almost incomprehensible due to his ghostly vocals, but very relatable... [the album] is sorrowfully sombre, yet is a fine anesthetizer to the more up-beat and violent waves rocking the radio today," stating tracks Empire, Wildfire and Revival as album highlights. He also praises Tim Bettinson's vocal performance, noting that it is "transcendent from start to finish, although it particularly is powerful on Someone to Stay." [2]

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References

  1. Revival by Vancouver Sleep Clinic on Apple Music
  2. "New Music: Vancouver Sleep Clinic's 'Revival'" . Retrieved 2017-04-09.