Stop Mute Defeat

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Stop Mute Defeat
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 19, 2017 (2017-05-19)
Length42:47
Label Thrill Jockey
White Hills chronology
Walks For Motorists
(2015)
Stop Mute Defeat
(2017)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 80/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Backseat Mafia8/10 [3]
Blurt Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
PopMatters 9/10 [5]

Stop Mute Defeat is the tenth studio album by American band White Hills. It was released on May 19, 2017 through Thrill Jockey. [3]

Contents

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeRankRef.
PopMatters Top 60 Albums of 2017
60
[6]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Overlord"7:21
2."A Trick of the Mind"5:47
3."Importance 101"4:26
4."Attack Mode"4:21
5."If...1...2"6:52
6."Sugar Hill"4:49
7."Entertainer"4:43
8."Stop Mute Defeat"4:28

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References

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  2. Simpson, Paul. "Stop Mute Defeat - White Hills". AllMusic . Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  3. 1 2 Crowley, Le (May 16, 2017). "Say Psych: White Hills - Stop Mute Defeat". Backseatmafia.com. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
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