Fires in Distant Buildings

Fires in Distant Buildings
Studio album by
Gravenhurst
ReleasedOctober 25, 2005
GenreShoegazing
Length52:24
LabelWarp Records[1]
ProducerNick Talbot
Gravenhurst chronology
Black Holes in the Sand
(2004) 		Fires in Distant Buildings
(2005) 		The Western Lands
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Pitchfork Media7.1/10[3]

Fires in Distant Buildings is an album by the British singer-songwriter Gravenhurst, released in 2005.[4][5]

Critical reception

Spin thought that "all too often ... the album fades into the background for long, dull stretches."[1] The Times wrote that "sprawling structures and Low/Nick Drake/Velvets template are stretched to the point where songs—as opposed to what have, in the past, seemed like extemporisations—begin to reveal their compact shapes."[6]

AllMusic wrote that "Gravenhurst flesh out their starkly lovely fusion of British folk, dream pop, and electronica with full-fledged drums, electric guitars, and even denser electronic atmospheres."[2]

Track listing

  1. "Down River"
  2. "The Velvet Cell"
  3. "Animals"
  4. "Nicole"
  5. "The Velvet Cell Reprise"
  6. "Cities Beneath the Sea"
  7. "Song From Under the Arches"
  8. "See My Friends"

References

  1. ^ a b "Gravenhurst, 'Fires in Distant Buildings' (Warp)". SPIN. 21 October 2005.
  2. ^ a b "Fires in Distant Buildings - Gravenhurst | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ "Gravenhurst: Fires in Distant Buildings". Pitchfork.
  4. ^ "Gravenhurst Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  5. ^ "The Quietus | Features | A Quietus Interview | Whale Bone Clues: Nick Talbot Of Gravenhurst Interviewed". The Quietus.
  6. ^ Cairns, Dan. "Gravenhurst: Fires in Distant Buildings" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.