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Guild of the Asbestos Weaver

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Guild of the Asbestos Weaver
Studio album by
Released23 August 2019 (2019-08-23)
GenreAvant-pop[1]
Length39:40
LabelThrill Jockey
Alexander Tucker chronology
Don't Look Away
(2018)
Guild of the Asbestos Weaver
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
MusicOMH[4]

Guild of the Asbestos Weaver is the eighth studio album by English musician Alexander Tucker. It was released on 23 August 2019 by Thrill Jockey.[5]

The album is inspired by the 1953 novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, and references H. P. Lovecraft and Alan Moore.[6][4]

Critical reception

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Guild of the Asbestos Weaver 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 74, based on 7 reviews.[2]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Energy Alphas"7:21
2."Artificial Origin"9:05
3."Montag"5:48
4."Precog"7:06
5."Cryonic"10:20

References

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  1. ^ Tucker, Simon (16 August 2019). "Alexander Tucker: Guild of the Asbestos Weaver – album review". Louder Than War. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  3. ^ Simpson, Paul. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  4. ^ a b Marsh, Graeme (3 September 2019). "Alexander Tucker - Guild of the Asbestos Weaver". MusicOMH. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Alexander Tucker To Release New Album". The Quietus. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  6. ^ Eede, Christian (20 August 2019). "The New Alexander Tucker Album". The Quietus. Retrieved 26 October 2019.