Triage (Methyl Ethel album)

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Triage
Triage by Methyl Ethel.png
Studio album by
Released15 February 2019 (2019-02-15)
Length37:04
Label Dot Dash/4AD
Methyl Ethel chronology
Everything Is Forgotten
(2017)
Triage
(2019)
Singles from Triage
  1. "Scream Whole"
    Released: October 2018
  2. "Real Tight"
    Released: November 2018
  3. "Trip the Mains"
    Released: February 2019
  4. "Ruiner"
    Released: March 2019

Triage is the third studio album by Australian band Methyl Ethel. It was released on 15 February 2019 through Dot Dash/4AD Records. [1]

Contents

In February 2020, Triage was nominated for the Australian Music Prize of 2019. [2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 67/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Consequence of Sound B- [5]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [7]

Marcy Donelson from AllMusic said "Triage was produced, performed, and recorded by Jake Webb at his home studio, though its lush, lopsided textures hardly sound like what was a solo effort until the mixing stage. Parts melancholy, trippy, and dancy, he combined programmed and traditional instruments, including his own synth timbres, layering them in ways that sound more like atmospheric arena fare than what was essentially a one-man recording project." [4]

Brad Dountz from Consequence of Sound said "Every song from Methyl Ethel's latest album seems like it is trying to outdo all the others and that is never a bad thing. Triage is probably their best album yet because they only seem to be competing with themselves, which makes for the best form of uncompromising music." [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jake Webb

No.TitleLength
1."Ruiner"4:19
2."Scream Whole"4:12
3."All the Elements"4:23
4."Trip the Mains"3:49
5."Post-Blue"5:16
6."Real Tight"3:16
7."Hip Horror"3:56
8."What About the 37º?"3:49
9."No Fighting"4:04
Total length:37:04

Charts

ChartPeak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [8] 11

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelCatalogue
Australia15 February 2019 Dot Dash Recordings DASH055CD /DASH055LPX
Worldwide15 February 2019
  • CD
  • digital download
  • LP
  • streaming
4AD 4AD0114CD / 4AD0114LP

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