Felt (Suuns album)

Felt
Studio album by
Suuns
ReleasedMarch 2, 2018 (2018-03-02)
StudioBreakglass Studio
Length45:59
LabelSecretly Canadian
Suuns chronology
Hold/Still
(2016) 		Felt
(2018) 		Fiction
(2020)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic70/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Austin Chronicle[3]
Drowned in Sound7/10[4]
Exclaim!8/10[5]
Pitchfork7.4/10[6]

Felt is the fourth studio album by Canadian band Suuns. It was released on March 2, 2018 under Secretly Canadian.[7]

Release

On January 11, 2018, the band announced their new album, along with the first single "Watch You, Watch Me".[7] On May 15, 2018, the music video for "Look No Further" was released.[8]

Production

The album was recorded at Breakglass Studio's in Montreal, Quebec, and mixed by Grammy Award-winning producer John Congleton.[9]

Tour

Suuns announced a worldwide tour from February 2018 to April 2018, starting at Saint-Casimir, Quebec and finishing in Istanbul, Turkey.[7]

Critical reception

Felt 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 70, based on 15 reviews.[1] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 70 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 11 reviews.[10]

Accolades

Accolades for Felt
Publication Accolade Rank
Gigwise Gigwise's 51 Best Albums of 2018
45[11]

Track listing

Felt track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Look No Further"3:56
2."X-ALT"3:21
3."Watch You, Watch Me"5:56
4."Baseline"4:23
5."After the Fall"4:30
6."Control"3:29
7."Make It Real"4:40
8."Daydream"4:43
9."Peace and Love"3:45
10."Moonbeams"2:17
11."Materials"4:59

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Felt
Chart (2018) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[12] 135

References

  1. ^ a b "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  2. ^ Martin, Liam. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  3. ^ Ramirez, Alejandra (April 27, 2018). "The Austin Chronicle Review". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  4. ^ Harrison, Andrew (March 2, 2018). "Drowned in Sound Review". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on July 15, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  5. ^ Baird-Lew, Courtney (March 1, 2018). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim!. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  6. ^ Burleson, Ryan (March 3, 2018). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  7. ^ a b c Thiessen, Brock (January 11, 2018). "Suuns Return with New Album 'Felt'". Exclaim!. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  8. ^ Murphy, Sarah (May 15, 2018). "Suuns - Look No Further". Exclaim!. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  9. ^ Baird-Lew, Courtney (March 1, 2018). "Suuns Emerge From the Darkness and Get Happy on 'Felt'". Exclaim!. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  10. ^ "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  11. ^ "Gigwise's 51 Best Albums of 2018". Gigwise. December 17, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  12. ^ "Ultratop.be – Suuns – Felt" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 2, 2020.