Winter Wheat | ||||
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Released | October 21, 2016 | |||
Genre | Folk, Indie | |||
Label | ANTI- | |||
Producer | Jason Tait, Christine Fellows | |||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 85/100 [1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The A.V. Club | B+ [3] |
Exclaim! | 9/10 [4] |
The Line of Best Fit | 8/10 [5] |
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PopMatters | 8/10 [7] |
Tom Hull | B+ ( ![]() |
Uncut | 8/10 [9] |
Winter Wheat is the second solo album by John K. Samson, released on October 21, 2016, via ANTI-. [10] It is his first album of new material since The Weakerthans went on hiatus in 2015. [11]
The album was produced by Samson's Weakerthans bandmate Jason Tait and Christine Fellows, and also features contributions from his Weakerthans bandmate Greg Smith. [10] In an interview with The A.V. Club , Samson described the album as feeling in some ways like a new Weakerthans album rather than a solo project. [10]
The album was a longlisted nominee for the 2017 Polaris Music Prize. [12]