Bashed Out
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 6 April 2015 | |||
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| Length | 37:34 | |||
| Label | Brassland | |||
| Producer | Aaron Dessner | |||
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Bashed Out is the third studio album by British folk rock band This Is the Kit. It was released on 6 April 2015 through Brassland Records. Production was handled by Aaron Dessner.
Critical reception
[edit]| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.2/10[1] |
| Metacritic | 75/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Drowned in Sound | 8/10[3] |
| The Line of Best Fit | 8/10[4] |
| musicOMH |    [5] |
| NME | 7/10[6] |
| Pitchfork | 7.2/10[7] |
| Q | [8] |
| Uncut | 8/10[9] |
Bashed Out was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 75 based on eight reviews indicating a generally favorable response.[2] The aggregator AnyDecentMusic? has the critical consensus of the album at a 7.2 out of 10, based on eight reviews.[1]
Paul Faller of Drowned in Sound praised the album, stating "this album ought to see Kate Stables recognized as one of the most compelling voices in alt-folk".[3] Andrew Hannah of The Line of Best Fit said, "It's hard to find fault with Bashed Out; timeless and completely modern all at once, Stables might have taken a little bit of time to hit her stride with This Is The Kit but this combination of players has helped her realise a vision of sorts: it's as lucid a record as you'll hear all year".[4] Fiona Sturges of Uncut said, "It's an understated yet absorbing work, full of delicate arrangements that are elegantly swept along by Stables' gloriously tender vocals".[9] Writing for Pitchfork, Stephen Deusner said, "These new songs don’t sound terribly different from Stables’ first recordings nearly a decade ago, but the music is bolder and more purposeful, with a broader, richer palette of sounds".[7] Graeme Marsh of musicOMH said, "Whether or not it's enough to push Stables into a more prominent place, however, remains to be seen, but surely a wider acknowledgement of her prowess can’t be far away".[5] Matthew Horton of NME said, "The assembled talent takes This Is The Kit's traditional folk to the edge of the avant-garde".[6]
In a mixed review, John Aizlewood of Q said, "For much of Bashed Out, emotion is shown rather than told, but once the layers have been unpicked, it's obviously special".[8]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Kate Stables
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Misunderstanding" | 5:01 |
| 2. | "Silver John" | 3:27 |
| 3. | "Spores All Settling" | 3:42 |
| 4. | "Magic Spell" | 4:20 |
| 5. | "Bashed Out" | 3:41 |
| 6. | "All In Cahoots" | 3:05 |
| 7. | "Nits" | 3:37 |
| 8. | "Vitamins" | 4:18 |
| 9. | "We Are In" | 3:19 |
| 10. | "Cold and Got Colder" | 3:04 |
| Total length: | 37:34 | |
Usage in other media
[edit]The song "Bashed Out" is featured in the TV series Pretty Little Liars and Grace and Frankie and plays at the end of episode S2E2 of the TV series Sex Education (2020).[10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Bashed Out by This Is The Kit reviews | Any Decent Music". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Critic Reviews for Bashed Out - Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ a b Faller, Paul (31 March 2015). "Album Review: This is the Kit - Bashed Out". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ a b Hannah, Andrew (30 March 2015). "It'd be a pointless compartmentalising exercise to still call This Is The Kit a "folk" band". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ a b Marsh, Graeme (13 April 2015). "This Is The Kit - Bashed Out | Album Reviews". musicOMH. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ a b Horton, Matthew (30 March 2015). "9 Great Albums That May Have Passed You By This Week | NME". NME. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ a b Deusner, Stephen M. (16 April 2015). "This Is the Kit: Bashed Out". Pitchfork. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ a b Aizlewood, John (2015). Q Magazine - May 2015. Q. p. 112.
- ^ a b Sturges, Fiona (2015). Uncut May 2015 UK. Uncut. p. 83.
- ^ "Top TV Song Last Week: Bashed Out by This Is the Kit". tunefind. January 20, 2020.
External links
[edit]- Bashed Out at Discogs (list of releases)
