Someone New (album)

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Someone New
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Studio album by
Helena Deland
ReleasedOctober 6, 2020 (2020-10-06)
Length47:51
LanguageEnglish
Label Chivi Chivi and Luminelle
Producer Valentin Ignat
Helena Deland chronology
From the Series of Songs "Altogether Unaccompanied"
(2018)		Someone New
(2020)		 Goodnight Summerland
(2023)

Someone New is the first full-length studio album by Canadian art pop musician Helena Deland.

Contents

Reception

Editors at AllMusic rated this album 3.5 out of 5 stars, with critic Marcy Donelson writing that "Deland's vulnerable voice helps make her self-conscious, searching commentaries all the more engrossing" on an album with "with subtly shifting sounds and structures". [1] Jess Wrigglesworth of Clash Music gave this album an 8 out of 10 for displaying Deland's "ability to combine woozy guitars with killer synths and endlessly catchy melodies". [2] In Exclaim! , Joe Bagel rated this album 9 out of 10, calling it "a confetti cannon filled with breakup roses" that is "a gestational document, thrilling to witness" for Deland's exploration of romantic relationships. [3] Editors of the publication chose it as the 39th best album of 2020, with Kaitlin Irving praising "evocative lyricism and melancholic guitar riffs [that] make the album so intoxicating, real and timeless, it may prove impossible to turn off". [4] Someone New was album of the week at The Line of Best Fit , where reviewer Jay Singh gave it a 9.5 out of 10 and called it "a living, breathing entity" that "has a presence that lingers long after it’s finished". [5] Writing for Pitchfork Media, Sophie Kemp rated this album a 7.9 out of 10, stating that "despite its frequent darkness and sullen mood, Someone New shudders with a digital glow" that "replicates the push and pull of a complicated relationship". [6]

Track listing

  1. "Someone New" – 3:50
  2. "Truth Nugget" – 4:41
  3. "Dog" – 3:53
  4. "Fruit Pit" – 3:16
  5. "Pale" – 3:02
  6. "Comfort, Edge" – 3:44
  7. "The Walk Home" – 2:29
  8. "Seven Hours" – 2:24
  9. "Smoking at the Gas Station" – 4:34
  10. "Lylz" – 3:03
  11. "Mid Practice" – 3:58
  12. "Clown Neutral" – 4:42
  13. "Fill the Rooms" – 4:16

Personnel

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Donelson, Marcy (n.d.). "Helena Deland – Someone New". AllMusic . RhythmOne . Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  2. ↑ Wrigglesworth, Jess (October 19, 2020). "Helena Deland – Someone New". Reviews. Clash Music . Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  3. ↑ Bagel, Joe (October 14, 2020). "Helena Deland's 'Someone New' Is a Confetti Cannon Filled with Breakup Roses". Reviews. Exclaim! . ISSN   1207-6600 . Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  4. ↑ Irving, Kaitlin (December 2, 2020). "Exclaim!'s 50 Best Albums of 2020". Features. Exclaim! . ISSN   1207-6600 . Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  5. ↑ Singh, Jay (October 12, 2020). "Helena Deland constructs an effigy of herself ready to burn on the haunting Someone New". Albums. The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  6. ↑ Kemp, Sophie (October 21, 2020). "Helena Deland: Someone New Album Review". Albums. Pitchfork Media . Retrieved October 12, 2023.
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