When My Heart Felt Volcanic
When My Heart Felt Volcanic | ||||
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Released | April 6, 2018 | |||
Genre | Indie pop | |||
Length | 47:44 | |||
Language | English | |||
Label | Red Bull | |||
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When My Heart Felt Volcanic is the debut full-length album by American indie pop group The Aces. It has received positive reviews from critics.
Reception
[edit]When My Heart Felt Volcanic received positive reviews from critics noted at review aggregator Metacritic. It has a weighted average score of 75 out of 100, based on four reviews.[1] Johnny Rogerson of Clash Magazine gave the album a 7 out of 10, stating that they have "escape[d] the indie clichés attached to pop bands using guitars, and have created a fully-fledged pop scorcher".[2] In The Line of Best Fit, Pip Williams rated this release a 6 out of 10, calling it a "breezy, fun debut", but criticizing the band for not being more experimental with their sound.[3] Writing for NME, Hannah Mylrea calls this album "sugar with substance" and rates it 4 out of 5 stars, writing that "Fake Nice" "could be one of the best pop songs of the year".[4] NPR's Lyndsey McKenna writes in First Listen that the band has a similar sound to contemporary acts such as The 1975, Haim, and Paramore, but "here's a timelessness to the construction" of this album that makes it "a refined mission statement from a band with history" that is the kind of pop music "that's fit to be blasted from car stereos and sung along to at high volumes".[5]
Track listing
[edit]- "Volcanic Love" (Daniel Gibson, Katie Henderson, Simon Oscroft, McKenna Petty, Alisa Ramirez, and Cristal Ramirez) – 3:25
- "Stuck" (Gibson, Henderson, Oscroft, Petty, A. Ramirez, and C. Ramirez) – 4:05
- "Fake Nice" (Henderson, Petty, A. Ramirez, C. Ramirez, and Wendy Wang) – 3:23
- "Lovin’ Is Bible" (Gibson, Henderson, Oscroft, Petty, A. Ramirez, and C. Ramirez) – 3:20
- "Just Like That" (Henderson, Petty, A. Ramirez, C. Ramirez, and Butch Walker) – 3:47
- "Last One" (Frederik Berger, Henderson, Elof Loelv, Petty, A. Ramirez, and C. Ramirez) – 3:46
- "Strong Enough" (Gibson, Henderson, Oscroft, Petty, A. Ramirez, and C. Ramirez) – 3:47
- "Holiday" (Mike Green, Henderson, Petty, A. Ramirez, and C. Ramirez) – 3:49
- "Stay" (Gibson, Henderson, Oscroft, Petty, A. Ramirez, and C. Ramirez) – 3:25
- "Bad Love" (Henderson, Petty, A. Ramirez, C. Ramirez, and Greg Wells) – 3:05
- "Put It on the Line" (Gibson, Henderson, Oscroft, Petty, A. Ramirez, and C. Ramirez) – 3:58
- "Hurricane" (Josh Gudwin, Henderson, Petty, A. Ramirez, and C. Ramirez) – 3:37
- "Waiting for You" (Henderson, Daniel Nigro, Petty, A. Ramirez, and C. Ramirez) – 4:17
Bonus track on vinyl edition
- "Friends" (Demo) – 3:28
Personnel
[edit]The Aces
- Katie Henderson – lead guitar, vocals, production on "Hurricane"
- McKenna Petty – bass guitar, vocals, production on "Hurricane"
- Alisa Ramirez – drums, vocals, production on "Hurricane"
- Cristal Ramirez – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, production on "Hurricane"
Additional personnel
- Zoux Bluestein – instrumentation, engineering
- Mike Crossey – mixing engineering
- Chris Gehringer – mastering
- Jonathan Gilmore – engineering assistance, mixing assistance
- Mike Green – engineering, production on "Holiday"
- Josh Gudwin – engineering, vocal production
- Matt Jacobson – engineering assistance, vocal production
- Ian MacGregor – engineering
- Dan Nigro – instrumentation, engineering, production on "Waiting for You"
- Simon Oscroft – engineering, production on "Volcanic Love", "Stuck", "Lovin' Is Bible", "Last One", "Strong Enough", "Stay", and "Put It on the Line"
- Will Quinnell – mastering
- Eric Stenman – mixing, mixing engineering
- Derrick Stockwell – engineering assistance, vocal production
- Todd Stopera – engineering
- Butch Walker – engineering, production on "Just Like That"
- Wendy Wang – instrumentation, engineering, production on "Fake Nice"
- Greg Wells – mixing engineering, production on "Bad Love"
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "When My Heart Felt Volcanic by The Aces". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. n.d. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
- ^ Rogerson, Johnny (November 6, 2018). "The Aces – When My Heart Felt Volcanic". Reviews. Clash Magazine. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
- ^ Williams, Pip (April 6, 2018). "The Aces' When My Heart Felt Volcanic is formulaic but fun". Albums. The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
- ^ Mylrea, Hannah (April 5, 2018). "The Aces – 'When My Heart Felt Volcanic' Review". Reviews > Album Reviews. NME. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
- ^ McKenna, Lyndsey (March 29, 2018). "For Your Summer Pop Consideration, The Aces' 'When My Heart Felt Volcanic'". First Listen. NPR. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
External links
[edit]- When My Heart Felt Volcanic at Discogs (list of releases)
- When My Heart Felt Volcanic at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
- Review from Atwood Magazine