This Mess Is a Place

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This Mess is a Place
This Mess Is a Place.jpg
Studio album by
Tacocat
ReleasedMay 3, 2019 (2019-05-03)
Label Sub Pop
Tacocat chronology
Lost Time
(2016)		This Mess is a Place
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 76/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [3]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Pitchfork 6.9/10 [6]

This Mess is a Place is the fourth studio album by American band Tacocat. It was released on May 3, 2019, under Sub Pop Records. [7]

Contents

Tacocat announced a European tour to promote the album, starting in August 2019. [8]

Critical reception

This Mess is a Place received generally favorable reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76, based on 8 reviews. [1]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Hologram"3:46
2."New World"2:55
3."Grains of Salt"3:54
4."The Joke of Life"3:19
5."Little Friend"3:18
6."Rose-Colored Sky"3:51
7."The Problem"2:18
8."Crystal Ball"3:33
9."Meet Me at la Palma"2:38
10."Miles and Miles"2:53

Charts

ChartPeak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [9] 7
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [10] 29

References

  1. 1 2 "Metacritic Review". Metacritic . Retrieved July 5, 2019.
  2. ↑ Sendra, Tim. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic . Retrieved July 5, 2019.
  3. ↑ Robert Christgau, "Tacocat Consumer Guide Reviews", robertchristgau.com, retrieved June 3, 2024
  4. ↑ Hughes, Mia. "DIY Magazine Review". DIY . Retrieved July 5, 2019.
  5. ↑ "This Mess Is A Place (review)". Mojo . No. 307. June 2019. p. 96.
  6. ↑ Kemp, Sophie (May 6, 2019). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved July 5, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Tacocat's New Full-Length "This Mess is a Place" Is Out Tomorrow". Sub Pop Records . May 2, 2019. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Tacocat Announce 2019 UK Tour Supporting New Album". Sub Pop Records . May 30, 2019. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Tacocat Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Tacocat Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 5, 2019.


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