''"Darling the Dawn"'' is the debut studio album by Canadian
post-rock
Post-rock is a form of experimental rock characterized by a focus on exploring textures and timbre over traditional rock song structures, chords, or riffs. Post-rock artists are often instrumental, typically combining rock instrumentation with ...
duo
All Hands_Make Light.
Reception
A brief review for ''
BrooklynVegan
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'' by Andrew Sacher considers this music a mixture of
Broken Social Scene and
Godspeed! You Black Emperor
Godspeed You! Black Emperor (sometimes abbreviated to GY!BE or Godspeed) is a Canadian post-rock band which originated in Montreal, Quebec in 1994. The group releases recordings through Constellation, an independent record label also locate ...
.
Nicholas Sokic rated this release an 8 out of 10 for ''
Exclaim!
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'', writing that "the guitar-free, orchestral shoegaze is propped up by a treasure trove of Montreal's independent music scene".
In ''
Uncut'', Sharon O'Connell gave ''Darling the Dawn'' a 7 out of 10, calling it "luminous" with "soundscapes that shift across drone, ancestral chant, shoegaze and a forlorn take on sacred music, lent extra otherworldly heft by Engle’s beauteous vocals".
The album was longlisted for the
2023 Polaris Music Prize
The 2023 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 19, 2023. The winner was electronic musician Debby Friday for her album ''Good Luck''.
The longlist was announced on June 13, and the shortlist was released July 13 ...
.
Track listing
#"A Sparrows’ Lift" – 3:13
#"We Live on a Fucking Planet and Baby That’s the Sun" – 10:07
#"Waiting for the Light to Quit" – 4:46
#"A Workers’ Graveyard (Poor Eternal)" – 3:07
#"The Sons and Daughters of Poor Eternal" – 9:28
#"Anchor" – 7:30
#"Lie Down in Roses Dear" – 5:50
Personnel
All Hands_Make Light
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Ariel Engle
Ariel Engle is a Canadian indie pop singer and songwriter who records and performs as a solo artist and with Broken Social Scene. Ben Rayner, "Broken Social Scene put it back together for Hug of Thunder". ''Toronto Star'', July 5, 2017.
Engle fir ...
– vocals
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Efrim Manuel Menuck – instrumentation
Additional personnel
*Michele Fiedler Fuentes – artwork
*Jace Lasek –
mixing
*Jessica Moss – violin
*Harris Newman –
mastering
*Liam O’Neill – drums
See also
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List of 2023 albums
The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in or scheduled for release in 2023. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues, remasters, and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable
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References
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2023 albums
All Hands Make Light albums
Constellation Records (Canada) albums