Skin Turns to Glass

Skin Turns to Glass
Studio album by Nadja
Released	October 27, 2003 (2003-10-27)
Genre	Drone metal
Length	44:07(Original edition) 79:56 (Reissue) 79:47 (2018 vinyl reissue)
Label	NOTHingness Records The End Records Re-Issue [1]
Nadja chronology
Touched (2003/2007) Skin Turns to Glass (2003) Corrasion (2003/2007)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Pitchfork Media	(7.0/10) [3]
The Skinny	[4]

Skin Turns to Glass is the second full-length album by drone doom band Nadja. ^[1] It was released on October 27, 2003, by NOTHingness Records and was limited to 120 copies. The album was made when Nadja was still a solo effort of Aidan Baker's, prior to Leah Buckareff joining in 2005.

The album was re-issued by The End Records on April 1, 2008, with the entire album remastered and extended (with the exception of "Slow Loss"). Also, this edition of the album contains an untitled 28 minute ambient bonus track played after "Slow Loss."

Critical reception

The Quietus wrote: "The attention to detail is never anything less than immaculate. The sensuous drag of ‘Skin Turns To Glass’ features squalls of multi-tracked guitar lines producing birdsong as a veritable Glen Branca of a guitar orchestra provides the snail-slow rumble." ^[5] Exclaim! called the album "yet another display of densely layered guitars, buried vocals, achingly slow build-ups and barely audible drum machine patterns." ^[1]

Track list

Original edition

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sandskin"	11:40
2.	"Skin Turns to Glass"	12:21
3.	"Slow Loss"	20:06
Total length:		44:07

2008 Reissue

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sandskin"	14:25
2.	"Skin Turns to Glass"	17:58
3.	"Slow Loss"	19:00
4.	Untitled	28:33
Total length:		79:56

2018 vinyl version

Side One

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sandskin"	18:34

Side Two

No.	Title	Length
2.	"Skin Turns to Glass"	20:30

Side Three

No.	Title	Length
3.	"Slow Loss"	20:32

Side Four

No.	Title	Length
4.	"Untitled II"	20:11
Total length:		79:47

Personnel

2008 Re-Issue

• Aidan Baker – guitar, vocals, flute, piano, drum programming
• Leah Buckareff – bass, vocals

References

1. "Nadja Skin Turns to Glass". exclaim.ca.
2. Rivadavia, Eduardo. Skin Turns to Glass at AllMusic
3. "Nadja: Skin Turns to Glass / Bliss Torn from Emptiness". Pitchfork.
4. "Nadja - Skin Turns To Glass | The Skinny". www.theskinny.co.uk.
5. "The Quietus | Reviews | Nadja". The Quietus.

External links

• 2008 edition of "Skin Turns to Glass"
• 2003 edition of "Skin Turns to Glass"