Through a Room

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Through a Room
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 11, 2022 (2022-11-11)
Genre Experimental [1]
Length42:00
Label Drag City
Producer Cooper Crain
Bill Nace chronology
Both
(2020)
Through a Room
(2022)
Singles from Through a Room
  1. "Boil First"
    Released: 8 August 2022 [2]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 75/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork 7.9/10 [1]

Through a Room is the third studio album by American experimental guitarist Bill Nace. It was released on November 11, 2022, by Drag City. [2]

Contents

Background

Through a Room was recorded in Philadelphia in the summer of 2021, with producer and engineer Cooper Crain. [4]

Singles

On August 8, 2022, the first single "Boil First" was released. [5] The official music video for the single, released the same day, was directed by American film director Laurie Collyer. [6] [5]

Critical reception

Through a Room was met with generally favorable 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 75, based on 4 reviews. [3]

Track listing

Through a Room track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Intro"3:46
2."Les Echos (Piece For Tuba)"7:42
3."Boil First"3:05
4."E:E"5:53
5."When Orange"2:00
6."Crooked Teeth"7:06
7."The Giant"2:23
8."Ann"8:03
9."Outro"2:11

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