The Sisypheans

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The Sisypheans
Xylouris White - The Sisypheans album cover.jpeg
Studio album by
Xylouris White
Released8 November 2019 (2019-11-08)
Length39:50
Label Drag City
Xylouris White chronology
Mother
(2018)		The Sisypheans
(2019)
Singles from The Sisypheans
  1. "Tree Song"
    Released: 28 August 2019 [1]
  2. "Black Sea"
    Released: 25 September 2019 [2]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 77/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Loud and Quiet 7/10 [6]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]

The Sisypheans is the fourth studio album by Australian band Xylouris White. It was released on 8 November 2019 under Drag City. [8]

Contents

The album is named after the Ancient Greek king, Sisyphus. [9]

Critical reception

The Sisypheans was met with generally favourable 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 77, based on 5 reviews. [3]

Track listing

The Sisypheans track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Tree Song"7:24
2."Goat Hair Bow"3:28
3."Heart's Eyes"6:38
4."Telephone Song"3:12
5."Black Sea"4:19
6."Inland"4:59
7."Wedding Song"5:22
8."Ascension"4:28

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References

  1. ↑ "Tree Song - Single by Xylouris White". Apple Music . Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  2. ↑ "Black Sea - Single by Xylouris White". Apple Music . Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Metacritic Review". Metacritic . Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  4. ↑ Jurek, Thom. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic . Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  5. ↑ Dylan Wray, Daniel (28 January 2020). "The Guardian Review". The Guardian . Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  6. ↑ Jenkins, Dafydd. "Loud and Quiet Review". Loud and Quiet . Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  7. ↑ Newington, Mark (4 November 2019). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH . Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  8. ↑ "Xylouris White Announces New Album 'The Sisypheans'". Folk Radio UK . 29 August 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  9. ↑ Ragousis, Vasilis (18 November 2019). ""The Sisypheans": Xylouris White rediscovers itself in its new album". Special Broadcasting Service . Retrieved 2 May 2020.


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