We Move

We Move
Studio album by
James Vincent McMorrow
Released2 September 2016 (2016-09-02)
Recorded
GenreAlternative R&B[1]
Length44:17
Label
  • Faction Records (IRE)
  • Believe Recordings (UK)
  • Mahogany Books / Burning Rope (US)
Producer
James Vincent McMorrow chronology
Post Tropical
(2014) 		We Move
(2016) 		True Care
(2017)
Singles from We Move
  1. "Rising Water"
    Released: 5 July 2016
  2. "Evil"
    Released: 10 October 2016
  3. "Get Low"
    Released: 25 January 2017
  4. "One Thousand Times"
    Released: 13 March 2017
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic78/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Financial Times[4]
The Irish Times[5]
Rolling Stone Australia[6]

We Move is the third studio album by Irish singer-songwriter James Vincent McMorrow. Produced in part by Nineteen85 and Frank Dukes,[7] the album marks the musician's transition from folk to minimalistic R&B. It was recorded in Los Angeles, Toronto and Dublin,[1] and released on 2 September 2016.

Background

James Vincent McMorrow met producer Nineteen85 in 2014 in Toronto, when they were introduced to work together on material for other artists. However, McMorrow kept most of the results of the collaboration to himself. In an interview with the London Evening Standard, he said about Nineteen85, "He was the catalyst for the album. He was the one constantly texting and emailing me, wanting to know when we were gonna make my record. He saw something in it that I wasn't seeing at the time. He heard something."[8]

On the album, McMorrow opens up and sings for the first time about mental health problems he had as a teenager. The song "I Lie Awake Every Night" deals with an eating disorder that left him hospitalised in a mental health unit weighing somewhere between 32 and 35 kilograms. McMorrow said in the interview, "I just wasn't coping well with life. ... I just have a predisposition towards control and wanting to have control of my life. The classic thing with eating disorders is that when life is out of control, it's the one thing that you can control." He also admitted that the mental health problems were something he ran away from pretty aggressively when he was in his twenties. "I'm a classic example of a person who keeps their mouth shut. I just ran away from it going, 'I’m fine, I'm totally grand'. Now I have things to say that I wasn't confident enough to sing or talk about five years ago."[8]

Promotion

The album is promoted by the lead single "Rising Water", which was released on 5 July 2016.[7][9] A music video for the song, directed by David M. Helman, was released on 8 August 2016.[10] In October and November 2016, McMorrow will also tour Europe and the United States in support of the album.[1][7]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Rising Water"
4:55
2."I Lie Awake Every Night"
Frank Dukes3:19
3."Last Story"McMorrow
  • Nineteen85
  • McMorrow[a]
4:47
4."One Thousand Times"
  • McMorrow
  • Jeffries
 3:19
5."Evil"McMorrow
4:41
6."Get Low"McMorrowNineteen854:10
7."Killer Whales"McMorrow
  • Two Inch Punch
  • McMorrow[a]
5:00
8."Seek Another"McMorrowMcMorrow4:08
9."Surreal"McMorrow
  • Nineteen85
  • McMorrow[a]
  • Dowling[a]
5:38
10."Lost Angles"McMorrowMcMorrow4:20
Notes
  • ^[a] signifies a co-producer

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic[11]

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[12] 28
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] 52
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[14] 133
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[15] 39
French Albums (SNEP)[16] 105
Irish Albums (IRMA)[17] 1
New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ)[18] 3
Scottish Albums (OCC)[19] 46
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[20] 63
UK Albums (OCC)[21] 47

Release history

Country Date Label
Ireland[22] 2 September 2016 Faction Records
United Kingdom[23] Believe Recordings
United States[24] Mahogany Books / Burning Rope

References

  1. ^ a b c Kim, Michelle (4 September 2016). "Listen To James Vincent McMorrow's New Album We Move". The Fader. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  2. ^ "We Move by James Vincent McMorrow". Metacritic. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  3. ^ Monger, James Christopher (2 September 2016). "We Move - James Vincent McMorrow". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  4. ^ Hunter-Tilney, Ludovic (2 September 2016). "James Vincent McMorrow: We Move — review". Financial Times. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  5. ^ Carroll, Jim (2 September 2016). "Album of the Week: James Vincent McMorrow's We Move: distinctive and idiosyncratic". The Irish Times. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  6. ^ LeFevre, Jules (5 September 2016). "Album Review: James Vincent McMorrow - We Move". Rolling Stone. Australia. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  7. ^ a b c Ysteboe, Taylor (5 July 2016). "James Vincent McMorrow Announces New Album We Move, Releases Single "Rising Water"". Paste. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  8. ^ a b Smyth, David (2 September 2016). "James Vincent McMorrow, interview: 'Now I have things to say that I wasn't confident enough to sing or talk about five years ago'". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Rising Water - Single by James Vincent McMorrow". iTunes (IE). Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  10. ^ McCormick, Luke (8 August 2016). "Watch James Vincent McMorrow's Video For "Rising Water"". The Fader. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
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  13. ^ "Ultratop.be – James Vincent McMorrow – We Move" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
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  15. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – James Vincent McMorrow – We Move" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  16. ^ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes - SNEP (Week 36, 2016)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  17. ^ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 36, 2016". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  18. ^ "NZ Heatseekers Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  19. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
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  21. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
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  24. ^ "We Move by James Vincent McMorrow". iTunes (US). Retrieved 4 September 2016.